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On today’s episode, Kyle shares the lessons he learned from reading What I Learned About Investing From Darwin by Pulak Prasad.  The book is authored by Pulak Prasad, an investor out of India who helps run Nalanda Capital. From 2007 to 2022, they compounded their capital at 19% per annum turning 1 rupee into 13.8 rupees during that time sample!! But more important than their track record is the unique ways they run their fund. The book illuminates 3 key principles that Nalanda uses for its investing framework:  1. Avoid big risks. 2. Buy high-quality at a fair price. 3. Don’t be lazy – be very lazy. To help readers understand why he invests this way he dives deep into many of Darwin’s principles to help you understand their potential power in investing. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 20:26 - What a cheetah can teach you about risk 24:33 - Why you should be more focused on risk than returns 25:40 - How things in nature and investing mostly stay the same 27:42 - Some interesting data on why great companies remain great, and poor companies remain mediocre 28:29 - What a Russian scientist can teach us about the power of focusing on one investing metric to help identify wonderful businesses 34:58 - The importance of robustness in nature, and why you should search for the same attribute in business 37:00 - How to identify businesses that can evolve in a fast-changing world and remain on top 43:01 - What guppies can teach us about honest and dishonest signaling 46:06 - Why we should prioritize the past over making bold predictions 48:11 - How to invest without ever doing a discounted cash flow ever again 51:05 - What bear teeth and finches can teach us about the importance of avoiding noise 55:20 - How to use the presence of noise as an opportunity to outperform Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Check out What I Learned About Investing From Darwin. Learn more about the Berkshire Summit by clicking here or emailing Clay at clay@theinvestorspodcast.com. Follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn. Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Clay Finck continues his review of Gautam Baid’s book, The Joys of Compounding. Today’s episode is part 4 of our review of this incredible book. Gautam Baid is the Managing Partner and Fund Manager of Stellar Wealth Partners India Fund, a Delaware-based investment partnership which is available to accredited investors in the US. The fund is modeled after the Buffett Partnership fee structure and invests in listed Indian equities with a long-term, fundamental, and value-oriented approach. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 05:51 - What the holy grail of long-term value investing is. 07:55 - Why Gautam prefers to invest in high quality businesses. 10:26 - Why a company’s longevity of growth is much more important than its rate of growth. 15:44 - Why Gautam is bullish on India. 37:26 - Ways in which we can capitalize on inefficiencies in the markets. 45:38 - How Gautam thinks about portfolio management and position sizing. 54:20 - Why it’s so important we emphasize the preservation of our capital and avoiding ruin. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Check out the book, The Joys of Compounding. Tune into our previous episodes covering The Joys of Compounding: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3. Watch the videos here, here and here. Check out our recent episode covering Mark Leonard’s Letter’s and Constellation Software. Watch the video here. Check out Clay’s YouTube video calculating the intrinsic value of Constellation Software here. Follow Clay on Twitter. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 00:38:03 - Nick Sleep’s investment philosophy and how he was able to outperform the market from over his fund's tenure. 00:06:02 - Why Sleep bet big on Amazon and Costco in the early years of his fund. 00:14:54 - What fundamentally set Amazon and Costco apart from all other companies. 00:15:33 - Sleep’s ideas related to portfolio management and portfolio diversification. 00:23:14 - How Sleep uses Destination Analysis in selecting investment opportunities. 00:25:43 - How Sleep capitalized on purchasing cheap stocks during the great financial crisis.  00:36:45 - Some thoughts on one of Sleep’s recent purchases in ASOS. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Listen to Clay’s previous episode covering Warren Buffett's 12 Investment Principles. Learn how Warren Buffett built his $100 billion fortune here. Check out Bill Miller and William Green's conversation here. Check out John Huber's episode on Millennial Investing here. William Green's book - Richer, Wiser, Happier. Follow Clay on Twitter and Instragram. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trey Lockerbie chats with Dev Kantesaria. Dev is the Managing Partner of Valley Forge Capital Management, which currently has $2.7 billion in assets. Dev holds an undergrad from MIT and was top of his class at Harvard Medical School before pivoting and going into venture instead of medicine 14 years ago. Dev is also a big Buffett and Munger fan and follows their principles closely. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 17:27 - How to invest through recessions.  19:23 - Why Dev no longer invests in Biotech after he spent 18 years in Biotech Ventures. 48:21 - The value of running a highly concentrated portfolio. And a whole lot more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Valley Forge Capital Management's Website. CNBC Buffett resources' Website. Trey Lockerbie's Twitter. Read the 9 Key Steps to Effective Personal Financial Management. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Linkedin Marketing Solutions Fidelity Efani Shopify NDTCO Fundrise Wise NetSuite TurboTax Vacasa NerdWallet Babbel HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices