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Invest Like The Best
Ep.420
Investing at the Frontier
Matt Huang is the co-founder of Paradigm. We cover the building blocks of Paradigm's highly technical investing approach, how navigating illegible frontiers leads to outsized returns, and why crypto plays an important role in preserving economic freedoms.
04.22.2025

Business Breakdowns
Ep.214
Ecolab: Clean Machine
Todd Wenning is the founder of KNA Capital Management. We cover Ecolab's evolution from a hotel cleaning company into an industrial chemicals powerhouse, how an aggressive approach to divesting assets has strengthened its bottom line, and why Bill Gates has invested heavily in its water sustainability vision.
04.23.2025

Glue Guys
Ep.35
The Price of Risk is Lower Than You Think
Shane Battier, Ravi Gupta and Alex Smith are the hosts of Glue Guys, an exploration of their favorite lessons from the worlds of sports and business. We cover the parallels between venture capital and draft strategies, why playing it safe often leads to frustration, and how executives misjudge the complex interplay between luck and skill.
04.24.2025

April 2025
Paradigm Shifts
Inside one of crypto’s most trusted institutions with Co-founder and Managing Partner Matt Huang

Issue 02
Colossus Review
June 2025Colossus Review is the premier publication for definitive accounts of investors, founders, companies, and the people & ideas that inspire them.
Issue 02 features profiles of Neil Mehta and crypto firm Paradigm, an in-depth exploration of robotics, and a Q&A with Blake Hall.

Invest Like The Best
Ep.414
Investing At Lone Pine
Kelly Granat is the co-CIO and Managing Director of Lone Pine Capital. We cover the building blocks behind Lone Pine's investment decisions, why the market frequently misprices the ability to execute, and the investing industry's problems with aligning incentives and duration.
03.11.2025

Glue Guys
Ep.20
Coach K: Get On The Right Bus
Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski coached Duke University's basketball team for 42 years, and led the US men's team to three Olympic gold medals. We cover his ability to get the most out of anyone who played for him, the importance of adapting your leadership style to the team in front of you, and the idea that being worthy of winning is more important than any one result when defining success.
01.09.2025

Joys of Compounding
Ep.18
The Art of Compounding
Mitch Rales is the co-founder of Danaher. We cover the formula behind four decades of compounding success, why benchmarking and continuous adaptation are essential to building a winning organization, and the fishing trip that inspired his philanthropy.
04.29.2024

Business Breakdowns
Ep.196
Inditex: Fast Fashion
Alistair Wittet is a Founding Partner at Aecus Partners. We cover how Inditex differentiates itself from its fast fashion peers by being more adaptable to trends, its ability to consistently deliver industry-leading gross margins and free cash flow, and the idea that a business model is more durable than a brand.
12.18.2024

Founders
Ep.361
#361 Estée Lauder
David Senra is the host of Founders, where he studies history's greatest entrepreneurs. This is what he learned from reading Estée: A Success Story by Estée Lauder.
08.18.2024

Invest Like The Best
Ep.355
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.
12.05.2023

Business Breakdowns
Ep.208
Apollo: Connoisseurs of Complexity
Hunter Hopcroft is a financial analyst and writer. We cover Apollo's mastery of complex deals, how they created a financial perpetual motion machine, and why the future of the alternative asset management industry lies in credit origination.
03.14.2025