Invest Like The Best
Episode 370 Putting Theory into Practice subtitle
Invest Like The Best

Episode 370: Putting Theory into Practice

Invest Like The Best

Episode 370

Putting Theory into Practice

subtitle

Bill Gurley is a General Partner at Benchmark and Michael Mauboussin is the Head of Consilient Research for Counterpoint Global. We cover their thoughts on the development of AI, what the VC industry should be doing differently, and what it's like to work with a genius.

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(00:00:00) - Welcome to Invest Like the Best

(00:03:38) - Dissecting the Dynamics of AI, LLMs, and Market Disruption

(00:05:06) - The World of AI Investments and Market Trends

(00:08:13) - Integration of New Technologies in Business

(00:15:27) - The Power of Increasing Returns and Strategic Investments

(00:22:26) - Unpacking the Role of Intangibles in Scaling and Innovation

(00:28:54) - Transformative Potential of Open Source and Idea Recombination

(00:34:42) - The Complex Landscape of Regulation and Innovation

(00:43:17) - Today’s Venture Capital Ecosystem

(00:47:08) - Impact of Fewer IPOs and Private Market Dynamics

(00:50:38) - Capital Allocation in Zero Interest Rate Environments

(00:54:44) - The Evolution of Venture Capital and High-Stakes Investment Games

(00:57:21) - Exploring New Frontiers: AI, Energy, and Physical World Innovations

(01:01:14) - The Power of Learning by Doing

(01:17:49) - Working with Genius

(01:26:47) - The Value of Teaching, Writing, and Sharing Knowledge

 

Putting Theory into Practice

Introduction

Patrick
My guests today are Bill Gurley and Michael Mauboussin. Bill is a general partner at Benchmark Capital, and Michael is the Head of Consilient Research for Counterpoint Global. While they are long-time friends with one another, I'd never heard them appear somewhere together, so it was a real treat to be able to do this with the two of them.

They are two of the leading minds in their fields, and we combine their decades of experience into one wide-ranging conversation. We discussed the different kinds of increasing returns to scale, the issue of regulatory capture, AI and hardware, plus a lot more. Please enjoy this great conversation with Bill Gurley and Michael Mauboussin.

An Investing Perspective on AI

Patrick
Well, guys, today's conversation is going to be an excuse to do something that I personally wanted to hear for a long time, which is just the two of you and your long-standing friendship and mutual interest in markets, business, investing. Just to hear you talk together. I don't think I've ever heard you, at least on the record, discuss a bunch of interesting ideas. And I'm going to view my role as queuing some things up and then letting you guys go.

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