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Founders In All Forms | Colossus Weekly

October 22, 2023

Best of the Week

And We’re Live!

Thank you to all who came out to a sold-out Webster Hall this week! David and Patrick took the stage with special guest, Jeremy Giffon, for a night on all things “Founder Mentality” in New York City.

Weekly Episode Recap

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Episode Highlights

  1. "A company should be the resonant frequency of some tuning fork, clearly rung. The founders are the first people to respond to that wavelength." Invest Like the Best

  2. "More of Stripe's success than one would think is downstream of the fact that people like beautiful things." Invest Like the Best

  3. "Olin demonstrates that there can be great investment opportunities in cyclical, commodity industries so long as you start with a strong cost position and a resilient balance sheet and you understand where you are in the capital cycle.” Business Breakdowns

  4. “If you just are obsessed with making the very best of something in the world and are willing to do unreasonable things to produce something that you think is just awesome, that has to pay dividends.” Art of Investing

  5. “A story without analysis is interesting but useless. Analysis without a story is boring and most people won't consume it. Marrying those two together has been the secret sauce for us.” Art of Investing

  6. "I'm trying very hard not to build any sort of media business or media empire, anything along those lines. I think that's part of the reason it worked. I’m just focusing on one thing that I can do well for a long time. Even before the podcast I was making much more than I made as a full-time employee at Airbnb. Why would I want to create more work for myself?" Making Media

  7. “The part I enjoy the most, which will always be my instinct, is that I’m not afraid to learn something that other people have a negative view of.” Web3 Breakdowns

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Breakdowns Research

Read our research on Olin’s history, business model, and competitive position.
Prepared by Mohammad Ruhul Kader ahead of Matt’s conversation with Yinan.

Pioneer Program

Thanks to Erick Mokaya, Jefferson Rumanyika, and Mohammad Ruhul Kader for their help and research this week.

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