Bill Gurley Interviews Tim Ferriss — Reflecting on 20+ Years of Life and Business Experiments
Revisiting Warren Buffett’s Advice to Me in 2008 (Plus: 7 Lessons for Young Investors)
If someone asked me to give investing advice to a 30-year-old today who had just made their first million, I would first point them somewhere else. I’m not a financial advisor and don’t think I’m qualified to give anyone financial advice. The particulars matter too much. But if they insisted, I might say:
Jason Calacanis on Brooklyn Grit, Big Asks, Angel Investing (Uber, Calm, Robinhood, and More), The Magic of Thinking Big, and St*bbing People in the Face but Never in the Back (#635)
Interview with Jason Calacanis on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Roelof Botha — Investing with the Best, Ulysses Pacts, The Magic of Founder-Problem Fit, How to Use Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, Learning from Crucible Moments, and Daring to Dream (#618)
Interview with Roelof Botha on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
The Man Who Taught Me How to Invest — Mike Maples (#286)
“Holding a grudge is a symptom of not knowing how you want to spend the gift of the day.” – Mike Maples, Jr. Mike Maples, Jr. (@m2jr) is the man who taught me how to invest. He’s one of my favorite people and a personal mentor. He is a partner at Floodgate, a venture capital firm …
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Finding "Unicorns:" Questions to Ask Before You Invest in a Startup
Many people ask me about startup investing and how to get started. This post — while for informational purposes only and not investment advice — is intended to show you how one successful investor approached the early-stage game. Jason Calacanis (@jason) has made 125 early-stage startup investments and picked 6 “unicorns” (startups to exceed …
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Naval Ravikant — The Person I Call Most for Startup Advice (#97)
“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.” – Naval Ravikant Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList. He previously co-founded Epinions, which went public as part of Shopping.com, and Vast.com. He is an active angel investor and has invested in more than 100 …
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How to Create Your Own Real-World MBA – II
Brainstorming in Boulder, CO with a class of founders from TechStars, where I’ve been a mentor. After this particular trip, I ended up advising Graphic.ly. (Photo: Andrew Hyde) Disclaimer: nothing on this site is legal advice, and I am not an investing expert. This post is continued from Part I. Part I explained how, instead …
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How to Create Your Own Real-World MBA
The most important characteristic of my personal MBA: I planned on “losing” $120,000.
Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss Discuss Angel Investing and Naming Companies
Tim and Kevin from Glenn McElhose on Vimeo. In this video, Kevin Rose — founder of Digg and others — and I talk about how we invest in other companies as “angels” and how we choose names for companies. Topics include: -How to test company or product names using Google AdWords -Kevin’s criteria for both …
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