Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Exploring the ideas, methods, and stories of people that will help you better invest your time and money. Learn more and stay-up-to-date at InvestorFieldGuide.com

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Sam Bankman-Fried - Creatin...

10.19.2021

My guest today is Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of leading cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. In a little over two years, FTX has registered 1.2 million users, grown to facilitate $10.9 billion of daily trading volume, and reached an $18 billion ...

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy episodes:

10.19.2021 Sam Bankman-Fried - Creating a Perfect Market - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 247] My guest today is Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of leading cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. In a little over two years, FTX has registered 1.2 million users, grown to facilitate $10.9 billion of daily trading volume, and reached an $18 billion ...
10.12.2021 Nick Neuman - Becoming Your Own Bank - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 246] My guest today is Nick Neuman, CEO and co-founder of Casa. Casa helps bitcoin investors and owners keep their digital assets safe from loss or theft by providing managed self-custody services. In our discussion, we cover the history of asset ...
10.07.2021 Devin Finzer - An Everything Store for Digital Assets - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 53] My guest today is Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace. In a journey that started like many other founders in the space, Devin went deep down the crypto rabbit hole in 2017 and became ...
10.05.2021 Jenny Lefcourt - The Go-to-Market Motion - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 245] My guest today is Jenny Lefcourt, an equal General Partner at seed-stage venture firm Freestyle Capital, where she manages $450 million in seed investments. Jenny has been engrained in the tech world since the early days of the internet. She ...
09.30.2021 Dave Girouard - Making Better Loans - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 52] My guest today is Dave Girouard, co-founder and CEO of Upstart, a lending platform that leverages AI to make loans more accessible and affordable. Dave started in Silicon Valley as a Product Manager at Apple and later spent eight years ...
09.28.2021 Jay Hoag - Calibrating Market Adoption - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 244] My guest today is Jay Hoag, co-founder of TCV. If you look at Jay’s investment track record, it’s a “who’s who” of tech giants with Airbnb, Netflix, Peloton, Zillow, and a list that does not stop there. Needless to say, ...
09.23.2021 Gina Bianchini - Helping Creators Build Communities - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 51] My guest today is Gina Bianchini, founder and CEO of Mighty Networks, which gives creators a platform to start, grow and own their social communities. In our conversation, we cover the differences between leadership and management, the lessons Gina learned ...
09.21.2021 David Fialkow - Paint Outside the Lines - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 243] My guest today is David Fialkow, co-founder of General Catalyst. If you are looking for a dose of fun, charismatic energy from a very unique investor then this is the conversation for you. David has a diverse background not only ...
09.16.2021 Justin Waldron - The Future of Social Gaming - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 50] My guest today is Justin Waldron, co-founder and President of Playco. Justin is a pioneer of the social gaming industry after he co-founded Zynga at age 19, and he has continued to build games ever since. In our conversation, we ...
09.14.2021 Daniel Ek - Enabling Creators Everywhere - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 242] Today is a special episode because it marks five years since I released the first episode of Invest Like the Best. Over those years, I’ve learned so much from so many investors and builders, but today’s guest may have taught ...
09.02.2021 Gabby Dizon - Mapping the Metaverse Economy - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 49] My guest today is Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games or YGG. In 2020, Gabby and his co-founders built YGG around the growing “play-to-earn” economy within blockchain-based games. Based in the Philippines, YGG effectively backs players - who might ...
08.31.2021 Scott Malpass - Building a Great Endowment - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 241] My guest today is Scott Malpass. Scott was the CIO of Notre Dame's endowment for 32 years and has always been a pioneer at the forefront of the endowment investing world - leading Notre Dame's early investments into Sequoia as ...
08.26.2021 Mike Maples, Jr. - A Playbook for Startups - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 48] My guest today is Mike Maples, co-founder and partner of Floodgate. As a child of the computer revolution, Mike was deconstructing calculators in grade school, writing video games in high school, and inevitably found himself building businesses in Silicon Valley ...
08.24.2021 Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek - Investing at the Supercritical Stage - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 240] My guests today are Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek, co-founders and managing directors of Renegade Partners. Before launching Renegade, Renata and Roseanne were partners at high-profile VC firms, Lux Capital and IVP. During our conversation, we explore their careers and ...
08.19.2021 Max Simkoff - Redesigning the Home Buying Experience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 47] My guest today is Max Simkoff, Founder and CEO of Doma. Max founded Doma in 2016 after experiencing the pain and manual process associated with title insurance and real estate transactions. With a background in predictive analytics, Max built Doma ...
08.17.2021 Suzanne Ciani - Exploring the Creative Process - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 239] The intro music you just heard is from my guest today, Suzanne Ciani, an early pioneer of electronic music dating back to the 1970s. As a 5-time Grammy-nominated composer, Suzanne’s music can be heard on her solo albums as well ...
08.12.2021 Sameer Shariff - Breaking Language Barriers - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 46 ] My guest today is Sameer Shariff, co-founder and CEO of Cambly. After starting his career at Google, Sameer founded Cambly in 2013 as an on-demand service to learn English. At the touch of a button, Cambly connects its global user ...
08.10.2021 Sridhar Ramaswamy - The Past, Present, and Future of Search - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 238] My guest today is Sridhar Ramaswamy, co-founder and CEO of Neeva and Venture Partner at Greylock. After a 15-year career building Google’s ad business, Sridhar launched Neeva as an ad-free search engine with a focus on personalization and privacy. During ...
08.05.2021 Ernie Garcia - Disrupting the Auto Buying Experience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 45] My guest today is Ernie Garcia, co-founder and CEO of online used car platform, Carvana. Ernie launched Carvana in 2012, and less than a decade later, the business commands a $60 billion valuation while selling a used car every other ...
08.03.2021 Karen Karniol-Tambour - All Things Macro - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 237] My guest today is Karen Karniol-Tambour, Partner and Co-CIO for Sustainability at Bridgewater Associates. You will quickly understand why Ray Dalio described Karen as a “vacuum cleaner of learning” - our conversation covered a variety of market themes, and Karen ...
07.29.2021 Sebastian Mejia - Mastering On-Demand Convenience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 44] My guest today is Sebastian Mejia, co-founder and president of Rappi. Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 2015, Rappi set out to create an on-demand convenience store and has expanded into nine countries and over 200 cities. In our conversation, Sebastian ...
07.27.2021 Carl Kawaja - Wisdom from Decades of Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 236] Today’s conversation is one of my all-time favorites, with someone I’ve come to respect deeply in the field of investing. My guest is Carl Kawaja, who has served as a portfolio manager at Capital Group for decades. Capital Group is ...
07.22.2021 Stewart Butterfield - We Don’t Sell Saddles Here - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 43] My guest today is Stewart Butterfield, founder and CEO of Slack. Stewart’s 2014 essay “Why We Don’t Sell Saddles Here” had a massive impact on my own business journey, which made this discussion extra special. During our conversation, we discuss ...
07.20.2021 Steve Mandel - Investing Behind Change - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 235] My guest today is Steve Mandel, founder of Lone Pine Capital, one of the most successful hedge fund and investment firms of this generation. In our conversation, we discuss how the investing business has evolved since Steve’s start in the ...
07.15.2021 Spenser Skates - Challenging Big Ideas - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 42] My guest today is Spenser Skates, CEO and co-founder of Amplitude Analytics. Spenser founded Amplitude in 2012 with a thesis that building the best product requires, deep cross-functional understanding of customer behavior. During our conversation, we discuss Spenser’s long history ...
07.13.2021 David Sacks - How to Operate a SaaS Startup - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 234] My guest today is David Sacks, General Partner at Craft Ventures and founding COO of PayPal. During our conversation, we explore what differentiates Enterprise SaaS from DTC subscriptions, what makes for a magical product launch event, and what key growth ...
07.08.2021 David Vélez - Building the Branchless Bank - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 41] My guest today is David Vélez, founder and CEO of Nubank, the world’s largest digital bank with over 40 million customers. In our conversation, David talks about his venture capital background at Sequoia and how that led him down an ...
07.06.2021 Balaji Srinivasan - Optimizing Your Inputs - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 233] My guest today is Balaji Srinivasan, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Balaji is known to challenge conventional wisdom, and he lives up to his reputation in this conversation. We discuss a wide variety of topics, including advancements in health ...
07.01.2021 Michael Mayer - Business Boss Battles - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 40] My guest today Michael Mayer, is the founder and CEO of Bottomless, a company that automatically replenishes your coffee supply where I am both an excited investor and customer. Today’s conversation is about tactical lessons Michael has learned while building ...
06.29.2021 Marc Andreessen - Making the Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 232] My guest today is Silicon Valley icon, Marc Andreessen. Before co-founding the legendary venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, Marc was an early pioneer of the internet. At age 22, he built Mosaic, the first widely adopted web browser and the ...
06.24.2021 Will Ahmed - Optimizing Human Performance – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 39] My guest today is Will Ahmed, founder of fitness wearable company WHOOP. What started as a business plan in 2011 has evolved into the 24/7 health-tracking device you’ll often see on athletes across professional sports. During our conversation, Will and ...
06.22.2021 Howard Marks - Embracing the Psychology of Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 231] My guest today is Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital, a leading investment manager, and one of the world’s largest distressed debt investors. In our conversation, we discuss takeaways from the market selloff and rapid recovery in 2020, the importance ...
06.17.2021 Christina Cacioppo - Building the New Standard in Security – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 38] My guest today is Christina Cacioppo, founder of Vanta, a security and compliance software business founded in 2017. In our conversation, Christina brings to life the idea of “finding a problem that exists and fixing it.” We dive into the ...
06.15.2021 John Harris - Resilience and Imagination - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 230] My guest today is John Harris, Managing Partner of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, where the flagship Sequoia Fund has an incredible 50-year track record running a highly concentrated portfolio of equities. In our conversation, we cover John’s approach to finding ...
06.10.2021 Florian Hagenbuch and Mate Pencz - Everything Will Be Bought Online – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 37] My guests today are Florian Hagenbuch and Mate Pencz, co-founders of Loft. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Loft is a digital platform designed to bring Latin American real estate into the e-commerce age. The 3-year-old startup scaled to over $150mm ...
06.08.2021 Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 229] My guest is Gabe Leydon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of MZ, also known as Machine Zone, the company behind huge games such as Mobile Strike and Game of War. Gabe has spent the last 20 years designing ...
06.03.2021 Assaf Wand - Innovation in Static Industries – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 36] My guest today is Assaf Wand, CEO, and co-founder of Hippo, a homeowner insurance startup founded in 2015. In March 2021, Hippo announced a SPAC merger, valuing the business at over $5bn. In our discussion, we cover how Hippo approached ...
06.01.2021 Dennis Lynch - Delivering Alpha in Adapting Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 228] My guest today is Dennis Lynch, Head of Counterpoint Global, where he oversees over $100bn in AUM and boasts one of the strongest track records of any public investor. In our conversation, we cover Dennis's unique approach to building a ...
05.27.2021 Henrique Dubugras - Building the Financial Center of Gravity – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 35] My guest today is Henrique Dubugras, co-founder and CEO of Brex, an all-in-one finance account for businesses. Brex recently raised funding at a valuation of over 7 billion dollars despite being founded only four years ago. In our conversation, we ...
05.25.2021 Justin Fishner-Wolfson - Secondary Investing in Private Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 227] My guest today is Justin Fishner-Wolfson, founder of 137 Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on providing liquidity solutions to founders, investors, and employees of private businesses. In our conversation, we discuss what early career experiences led Justin to start ...
05.20.2021 Peter Reinhardt - Learning How to Sell – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 34] My guest today is Peter Reinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Segment, the market-leading data customer data platform that was acquired by Twilio last year. In our conversation, we cover the fascinating journey of Segment from an education feedback tool to ...
05.18.2021 Brent Beshore - Learnings from a Year of Unexpected Events - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 226] My guest today is Brent Beshore. For those that don’t know Brent from his frequent appearances on this podcast, he runs Permanent Equity Fund and has been a close personal friend for the past five years. Brent and I revisit ...
05.13.2021 Jeremy Cai - Manufacturer to Customer – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 33] My guest today is Jeremy Cai, founder, and CEO of Italic, a subscription marketplace for consumer goods that works directly with manufacturers. I was introduced to Jeremy by my friend Blake Robbins and was dying to better understand the Italic ...
05.11.2021 Eli Dourado - Frontiers for Productivity - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 225] My guest today is Eli Dourado, economist and senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University. In our discussion, we touch on the ongoing stagnation in labor productivity, the system constraints, and some of ...
05.06.2021 James Reinhart – Lessons in Process Power – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 32] My guest today is James Reinhart, founder, and CEO of thredUP, an online thrift marketplace. thredUP’s online store is distinct in the way the company touches every product, processing every piece of clothing at their own facilities instead of focusing ...
05.04.2021 Andrew Sugrue - Investing in Paradigm Shifts - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 224] My guest today is Andrew Sugrue, co-founder, and partner at Avenir Growth Capital. Avenir is a growth equity firm focused on backing category-defining businesses. In our conversation, we cover Andrew’s investing career, what he learned from Julian Robertson, how counter-positioning ...
04.29.2021 Alyssa Ravasio - Supply, Demand, and the Outdoors - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 31] My guest today is Alyssa Ravasio, co-founder and CEO of Hipcamp, a platform to discover and book your next camping trip. I was excited for this conversation as it combines two of my favorite passions – the outdoors and internet ...
04.27.2021 Josh Buckley - Identifying Legendary Start-ups - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 223] My guest today is Josh Buckley. Josh is the new CEO of Product Hunt and an investor in many breakout companies like Rippling, Lattice, Boom Supersonic, and Relativity Space. In our conversation, we cover how video game companies are at ...
04.22.2021 Thomas Tull - New Physics of Business - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 30] My guest today is Thomas Tull, the founder of Tulco LLC, an investment holding company that invests in businesses with high growth potential and helps them apply machine learning and data analytics. Thomas is also the founder and former CEO ...
04.20.2021 Paul Enright - The Buy Side Primer - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 222] My guest today is Paul Enright, managing partner at Krainos Capital, his family office. Before running his own family office, Paul worked on the buy-side at Viking Global for over a decade managing their consumer and technology portfolios and before ...

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