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Wordly Wisdom Episodes in Honor of Charlie Munger
A Conversation with Charlie Munger & John Collison
Charlie Munger was the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. In this conversation with Stripe's John Collison, recorded last year, he shares the ingredients for long-term business success, his thoughts on American society writ large, and what makes Berkshire special.
Life
Business Building
Investing Frameworks
Daryl Morey: Systems Thinking in Sports
Daryl Morey is President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers. We cover what makes for a great sports match, using systems thinking to improve decision-making, and why superstar athletes are key to success in basketball.
Frameworks
Leadership
Analytics
Charlie Songhurst: Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies
Charlie is an investor and the former head of strategy at Microsoft. We cover what kills startups at each phase of their funding, the importance of recruiting the best people, and how boring investments can be successful.
Crypto
Frameworks
Professional Investors
Kat Cole: How to Operate
Kat Cole is the COO and president of North America for Focus Brands, which owns famous companies like Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, and more. We cover her story from a Hooters waitress to COO of Focus Brands, building and developing brands, and lessons she's learned as a leader.
Business Building
Frameworks
Life
David Senra: Passion & Pain
David Senra is the creator of the Founders podcast. We cover what made him obsessive about studying history's greatest entrepreneurs, the most common themes he's discovered in his studies, and the role obsession plays.
Founders
Business Building
Priya Parker: The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker is the author of The Art of Gathering. We cover how to structure gatherings, her role as a conflict resolution facilitator, and community building.
Frameworks
Life
Sam Hinkie: Find Your People
Sam worked for more than a decade with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers and recently launched his own venture capital firm, Eighty-Seven Capital. We cover how to attract the right people, lessons from the NBA that shape his investment decisions, and building trust.
Life
Professional Investors
Venture Capital
John & Patrick Collison: A Business State of Mind
Patrick and John Collison are the co-founders of Stripe. We discuss how to create a strategy and culture that inspires ambition, why sweating the small stuff pays off, and how Stripe views its progress toward its goal of raising the internet's GDP.
Founders
Business Building
Frameworks
Annie Duke: Wanna Bet?
Annie Duke is a former professional poker player and the author of "Thinking in Bets". We cover frameworks for decision making, the concept of 'Investing Tribes', and the psychology behind investing and decisions.
Frameworks
Life
Rory Sutherland: Moonshots and Marketing
Rory is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Group. We cover how psychological moonshots can be successful and cheap, improving a company's business by using the magic of marketing, and asking dumb questions to reach intelligent answers.
Business Building
Frameworks
Boyd Varty: The Art of Tracking
Boyd Varty is a lion tracker, life coach, and storyteller. We cover tracking and how the same strategy for pursuing animals in the wild can be applied to all aspects of our lives, the dangers of a goal-oriented mindset, and what he learned from spending time with Nelson Mandela.
Frameworks
Life
Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger: How to Build a Great Product
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are the co-founders of Instagram. We cover data and machine learning, growth and distribution in startups, and lessons in leadership.
Business Building
Founders
Technology
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