Invest Like the Best
, subject: Interview series about investing, business building, and decision-making
David uses Gupta’s customer-obsession thesis to explain Henry Ford’s operating decisions and a Hinkie quote to warn about the destructive force of ruthless people.
About this work
Launched in 2016, the series ranges across investing, company building, technology, and decision-making, using long-form conversations to help listeners invest their time as well as their money.
Why explore it
Best if you want Hinkie’s Robert Caro discussion as David uses it to reinforce Charlie Munger’s lesson about the total sacrifice demanded by extreme ambition.
Key themes
- Customer obsession in operating decisions
- The damage caused by ruthless people
- Ambition and total sacrifice
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 6 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Henry Ford's Autobiography — David identifies an Invest Like the Best interview with Ravi Gupta and uses its customer-obsession thesis to explain Henry Ford's operating decisions.
- Kobe Bryant (The Life) — David reads a quote from Sam Hinkie's Invest Like the Best appearance and develops it into a warning about the destructive force of ruthless people.
- Brunello Cucinelli — David tells listeners to follow Invest Like the Best, one of his favorite podcasts.
- I had dinner with Charlie Munger — David draws on Sam Hinkie's Invest Like the Best discussion of Robert Caro to reinforce Charlie Munger's lesson about the total sacrifice demanded by extreme ambition.
- How To Run Down A Dream — David identifies Sam Hinkie's Invest Like the Best appearance and reads its compact explanation of 87 Capital to illuminate the founder and company covered in the episode.
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