If you looked at my investment history with no context, you'd think I have the attention span of a golden retriever at a tennis ball factory. Impossible Foods. Athletic Greens. SandboxAQ. Cirkul (the flavored water bottle that Gen Z can't put down). Flexport. Canyon Bikes. Kraken. A real estate portfolio spanning Santa Monica to Brooklyn. And yes, infant nutrition.
But here's what I've learned after building two companies, exiting both, writing a book, and deploying capital across more than fifty startups: every single investment decision I make runs through the same pattern recognition engine. And that engine was built, improbably and irreversibly, in the New York City nightlife scene of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Let me tell you what I mean.
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Want to build influence with great ideas and simple writing? Look no further than Howard Marks. Most smart people use big words and plastic jargon to reinforce the barrier between themselves and “the common folk.” Howard, on the other hand, breaks down this barrier, and that’s why his ideas are so influential.
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There are roughly 15,000 Family Offices around the globe which currently control approximately $10 trillion in assets. In comparison, there is only $6.5 trillion globally in the entire hedge fund world. But even more important than the size Family Offices currently are, we are about to experience the largest transfer of wealth in history.
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