About us
Our mission is to be the leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Our favorite method of learning is asking questions to a network of world-class investors, operators and domain experts. This is the foundation of our content.
What We Are Building
There has been an explosion of content over the past ten years, but finding quality content is harder than ever.
We want Colossus to be a trusted resource for top-quality content. We will partner with some of the smartest minds in the business and investing world to ensure that everything we produce is worth your time and the most efficient way to learn.
Why “Colossus”?
The name is inspired by Tim Urban’s post on the history of human knowledge. In it, he refers to the growing tower of human knowledge as “the human colossus.” The Colossus—our collective knowledge—is what makes humans distinct as a species. It is the root of progress, and our constant reminder to keep adding to the tower ourselves and to give others the tools to do so with us.
Our shows
Invest Like The Best
Conversations with the best investors and business leaders in the world. Patrick explores their ideas, methods, and stories to help you better invest your time and money.
Business Breakdowns
Learn how companies work from the people who know them best. We do deep research and interview industry veterans, investment professionals, and business leaders to explain the inner workings of public stocks and private businesses. Every business has lessons and Breakdowns is here to highlight them.
Founders
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week David reads a biography of an entrepreneur to find ideas you can use in your work.
Joys of Compounding
This 'podclass' is a series of discussions with the world's best investors, company builders, academics, athletes, artists and human beings devoted to exploring the joys of compounding in all its forms.
50X
50X dissects the anatomy of extraordinary long-term investments. We track the often circuitous route to exceptional long-term returns, exploring the foundations of value creation and how that rarest of investment commodities—conviction—is created, maintained, threatened, and sometimes lost. Each episode of 50X looks in detail at an investment that has appreciated at least 50-fold. It is created by Will Thorndike and Compounding Labs, in partnership with Colossus.
Making Media
How to build a media business by two outsiders learning the craft. Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke have decades of experience in investing but almost none in the media industry. In each episode, they talk to great media operators, document their own media building efforts, and dissect their favorite business content.
Making Markets
Making Markets explores the psychology and structure that make up markets all over the world. From mainstream stock and bond markets to esoteric niches like vineyards, antique art, and crypto, Eric explains the transactions that underpin our economy.
Return on India
Through conversations with central figures in Indian business, Return on India explores the investment case for one of the most populous and promising economies in the world.
Founder’s Field Guide
Founder's Field Guide is a series of conversations with founders, CEOs, and operators who are building great businesses.