The speaker highlights the hurdle faced by people who do not meet the required minimum investment amount for deals, and the unlikelihood of companies soliciting individuals for investment.
The speaker talks about the frustration Uber experiences due to regulators being triggered by competitive interests like taxi cab companies, and why investing in companies like Uber is not like playing the lottery.
This podcast discusses the fairness of making a 10% return on a billion dollar investment paying 3% interest, while the money supply expands at a rate of 7-10% a year. It highlights that investing in stocks with a 10% gain annually results in a 7% expansion of the money supply.
The author of an investment book discusses the price of $17 and how it could potentially save readers money in their investment decisions, while also noting the long-term perspective is more important than obsessing over daily market movements.
The rich who have places to put their money, but don't know where to put it, are quickly able to work out what they want and weave a narrative that tells them exactly what they want to hear. In nightlife, people use the same approach to promote their clubs or bars, so scalability is very effortful.
The speaker discusses the importance of market and investment decision making when evaluating a potential investment, highlighting the potential pitfalls of focusing solely on the founder.
The difficulty with technical people is that they are good at diligence but poor at making investment decisions. Someone who is formerly a great investor and has technical chops is ideal for making such decisions.
