Coburn Ventures Podcast

You want better meetings and energy on your team, but becoming a facilitator was probably not on your to do list when you became an investor or executive, right?  You don’t have to go that far, because today we are going to offer some simple skills and practical ideas to try out. Implementing them could be more of an impactful lever than you realize! Let’s jump in.

What is one of the most important “technologies” investors have at their disposal? Meetings. Today we are offering 10 practical ways to adjust and enhance what you are already doing that you know could be even more valuable. Let’s jump in.

A few weeks ago, in episode #254, we had a conversation about flipping the idea of needing to get better and Saying No on its head: instead of the cliche, meme-filled "we need to get better at saying no!", let's look at it another way and see if we notice something different. How about, let's avoid saying yes. Today a master in discovery and discernment joins us-- Irwin Kula will take us to an even more important element of avoiding saying yes and we will get into some real live communication scenarios. Let’s jump in. 

What I am loving about AI coming on as a new widespread technology is how we are adopting it: it's so uniquely human - we are diving in, learning so quickly, watching and observing what others do, then mimicking that, then making it our own, it's like compressing the years 0-5 when a human is growing from baby to toddler to kindergartner and that whole time has been a giant sponge. That’s us, today, and it can be invigorating. One of the most involved and engrossed humans that I have loved to learn from on AI is Mike Lee. Mike has become a bit of an AI whisperer to me at least in some ways, because he can cut through the noise so well. Today he helps us translate more uses that might help us and importantly, some mindsets that are breakthrough for adoption. 

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Last week we laid the foundation for AI workshops by offering our design principles. Today, we get into the meat of the matter, with three modules designed to create a deeper partnership with AI, all toward the goal of unearthing uncommon insights on your most important investment questions. 

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Many of you have asked us in one way or another about how we and how investors are using AI. Today we take you through the design principles of our current iteration of our AI workshop. We’re taking time on this foundational layer because it influences the power of everything else.  There are three elements we’ll cover today, and I think you'll see how each one is likely different from how most of the investment and business culture is viewing, and using, AI… Let’s jump in.

In recent podcasts and writings, we’ve been exploring how investors can better determine whether they are truly developing uncommon insights. Today we are getting a deeper perspective from our friend and long-time investor Jeff Cardon. Through his great storytelling, Jeff illustrates what it means to follow the judgment inherent in your investment philosophy, within the pressures and the ebb and flow of a professionalized, standardized industry. Let’s jump in.

Our people, our teams, our talent... they are integral to our ability to generate sustained uncommon results for clients. But, were you ever deeply trained on hiring or developing that team? Probably not! We're investors! But...we know we need to do it well. Here's a snapshot of three elements of hiring that Pip has found useful. Let's jump in.

Today our conversation starts with a really simple refrain that goes around in high functioning circles: “I just need to learn to say no”. Pip breaks apart the comfort of that meme, predictably-- but then we discover even more about this false duality, and why the skillset and capacities involved in learning to say no is also revealed as one of the greatest skills for investors to develop and hone.

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Today, we're discussing uncommon understanding: we know we need to systematically generate uncommon insight, but how do we know if we're actually achieving it? Today we’ll discuss four feedback mechanisms of sorts that we can use right now to assess whether our thinking is truly differentiated. Then, we'll break down three forms uncommon understanding. We're finding that most of us might be doing great work in one of those buckets, yet there is much more available. We don’t want to miss that opportunity! Let's dive in.