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.

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Matt is the CEO of Colossus. Zack is the Chief Investment Officer of Shoni Holdings, a single family office.

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Ep.79

Archaea Energy: Turning Pollution into Profit

Chadd is a portfolio manager of the Ave Maria mutual funds. We cover the mechanics of turning landfill waste into usable methane, the driving factors behind the large untapped opportunity in this sector, and touch on the significance of BP's acquisition of Archaea.

10.19.2022

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Ep.78

Spotter: Funding YouTube Creators

Aaron DeBevoise is the CEO of Spotter. We cover YouTube's evolution, why it nailed monetization in a way competitors didn't, and how Spotter helps the world's most influential creators.

10.12.2022

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Ep.77

Intuit: An Operating System for Small Businesses

John Feeley is Deputy CIO and a Portfolio Manager at Findlay Park. We cover the scope of Intuit's various offerings, how they have fought off significant competition, and the key drivers behind Intuit's dominant financial position.

10.05.2022

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Ep.76

Trader Joe’s: Grocer to the Overeducated and Underpaid

Cristina Berta Jones is a long-time e-commerce and grocery investor who is now building an online supermarket business called Picnic. We cover the elements that made Trader Joe's so successful over a long period of time, how it's differentiating itself amidst greater competition, and how the pandemic changed the way we shop for groceries.

09.28.2022

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Ep.75

Polaroid: The Genius of Edwin Land

David Senra is the creator of the Founders podcast. We cover the history behind the instant camera, why Edwin Land was Steve Jobs' hero, and the lessons from Polaroid's meteoric rise and equally spectacular fall.

09.21.2022

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Ep.74

GE: Lessons From the Rise and Fall

Josh Aguilar is a senior equity analyst at Morningstar. We cover the evolution of GE's business strategy, how it lost the right to be an industrial conglomerate, and the role GE Capital played in its rise.

09.14.2022

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Ep.73

AMD: How Chips Are Changing

Jay Goldberg is a semiconductor industry consultant at D2D Advisory and a Partner at Snowcloud Capital. We cover the rise of custom silicon, AMD's competition with Intel and Nvidia, and whether chip-making is a good business.

09.07.2022

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Ep.72

CrowdStrike: Cyber SaaS

Roneal Desai is a public markets investor focused on enterprise software. We cover how CrowdStrike reinvented cybersecurity for the cloud era, why the pandemic-induced shift to remote work drove a paradigm shift in the industry, and how the company helped identify Russian hackers during the 2016 election.

09.01.2022

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Ep.71

Atlas Copco: Sweden’s Best Kept Secret

Stephen Paice is the Head of European equities at Baillie Gifford. We cover the rich corporate history of Atlas Copco, what makes its culture so noteworthy, and provide an overview of its products that are used in industries all around the world.

08.24.2022

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Ep.70

ChargePoint: Leading the EV Charge

Mark Tomasovic is a principal at Energize Ventures. We cover how ChargePoint is leading the land grab for EV charging infrastructure, why the US is at a particularly interesting point for EV adoption, and the challenges of running a business in a rapidly commoditizing industry.

08.19.2022

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