Bill Gurley – Direct Listing vs. IPOs - [Invest Like the Best, EP.144]

My guest this week is Bill Gurley, general partner at Benchmark Capital. Our conversation is about one specific issue that has popped up as a topic of interest in the investing community in recent months: the comparison between bringing a company public through a traditional IPO vs. what’s know as a direct listing. This episode…

Joe McLean – How to be a Pro’s Pro - [Invest Like the Best, EP.143]

My guest this week is Joe McLean, the founder of Intersect Capital, which provides financial advisory services to a variety of clients, including a number of NBA players and other professional athletes. What I loved about this conversation was the weaving of sport, coaching, and finance into a cohesive whole. There’s so much to take…

Brian Christian - How To Live With Computers - [Invest Like the Best, EP.140]

Show Notes 0:00 - (First Question) – Summarizing his collection of interests that led to his three books 1:48 – Biggest questions in AI 2:32 – Defining AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) and its history             4:07 – Computing Machinery and Intelligence 6:43 – The idea of the most human human 8:48 – Tactics that have…

Eric Sorensen – How Quant Evolves - [Invest Like the Best, EP.139]

My guest this week is Eric Sorensen, the CEO of Panagora asset management, which manages more than $46B for clients across a variety of strategies. Eric began his career serving in the Air Force as both a pilot and instructor in high performance jet aircraft. He then accumulated 40 years of quantitative research and investment…

Chuck Akre – The Three-Legged Stool - [Invest Like the Best, EP.135]

My guest today is Chuck Akre, a now widely famous investor who founded Akre Capital Management in 1989, which now manages approximately $10B dollars. We discuss his investing style and his “three-legged stool” for evaluating companies. Please enjoy this great conversation.  For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll…