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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.

Patrick is the Founder and CEO of Positive Sum. He founded Colossus in 2020 to build on the success of Invest Like the Best.
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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

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Ep.400
Capital, Compute & AI Scaling
Chetan Puttagunta is a General Partner at Benchmark and Modest Proposal is a money manager who is one of the most respected thinkers in financial markets. We cover the current scaling challenges of frontier AI models, the incredible proliferation of open source models, and the investing implications across private and public markets.
12.06.2024

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Ep.394
Building Islands of Innovation
Tobi Lütke is the co-founder and CEO of Shopify. We cover the biggest changes he's observed in the wider tech ecosystem with the advent of AI, his unique way of interpreting and implementing "founder mode" at Shopify, and how we can promote more entrepreneurs to build on "islands of innovation" away from the mainstream.
10.22.2024
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Ep.422
The Focused Few
David Senra is the creator and host of the Founders podcast. We cover how obsessive focus can transform a simple idea into a billion-dollar business, the importance of optimizing for durability over growth, and why the best entrepreneurs seek wisdom from unrelated industries.
05.06.2025

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Ep.421
Investing in Carvana
Cliff Sosin is the founder of CAS Investment Partners. We cover how taking concentrated positions in companies with brilliant business models created a billion-dollar fund, the remarkable turnaround story behind Carvana, and the critical decision-making processes that set successful investors apart during market crises.
04.29.2025

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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

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Ep.419
Finding Future S&P 500 Companies
Neil Mehta is the founder of Greenoaks Capital. We cover his favorite stories from being a long-term investment partner to companies like Coupang and Carvana, why he looks for founders with maniacal focus and ambition who are building jaw-dropping customer experiences, and the mechanics behind successful investing partnerships.
04.15.2025

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Ep.418
Turning Potential into Prominence
Michael Ovitz is a legendary talent agent and the co-founder of CAA. We cover his checklist for identifying exceptional talent, the critical components for building enduring institutions, and why time is the most valuable resource in business.
04.08.2025

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Ep.417
The Business of Defense
Darren Farber is the Managing Partner of Albion River. We cover how the defense industry is changing, the delicate balance between the use of innovative new technologies and traditional warfare tactics in a theater of conflict, and his investment philosophy of "getting closer to the molecule".
04.01.2025

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Ep.416
Cybersecurity Investment Playbook
Gili Raanan is the founder of Cyberstarts, a VC firm focused on cybersecurity. We cover how AI is redefining the cybersecurity industry, the most important signal of a quality founder, and the best lessons from his early investment in Wiz.
03.25.2025

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Ep.415
Giving Computers A Sense Of Smell
Alex Wiltschko is the founder and CEO of Osmo. We cover the science behind how we experience smell, the practical applications of using AI to detect and design scents, and why it has the potential to democratize and disrupt the very lucrative fragrance industry.
03.18.2025

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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

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Ep.413
How To Create A New Town
Devon Zuegel is the founder and President of the Esmeralda Institute. We cover how Esmeralda is building a new blueprint for community living, the funding challenges that mean we don't see many new towns built, and how spaces and environments impact the way we live, think, and interact.
03.04.2025