February 07, 2023

S3E9 - John Colley - How do experienced investors find great companies?

39 minutes

My next guest has a background in investment banking, mergers, and acquisitions, and investing. In fact, he lead a successful career in investment banking that allowed him to retire at age 39 and thereafter start several small businesses. This eventually led up to a career as a course creator. Now today, he has dozens of courses on Udemy with over 100,000 students over and 9,000 reviews. Please welcome John Colley.

Key Timecodes

00:44) - Show intro and background history

(04:37) - Deeper into his background history and what he looks for in business

(06:04) - Understanding his journey as an investor

(08:40) - How Warren Buffett's strategies inspired him

(10:58) - What he looks for in the financials as indicators

(14:50) - What are good leadership indicators in business

(17:44) - An example of his biggest investment win

(20:11) - Deeper into his philosophy and investing strategies

(24:09) - A bit about his courses and focus on education

(33:01) - The worst advice he ever received

(33:41) - The best advice he ever received

(36:18) - Guest contacts

Payback Time Podcast

Payback Time is a podcast for investors. The goal of this podcast is to help make investing approachable and easy to understand. We will interview beginner and experienced investors and ask them to share stories on how they got started, what challenges they faced, what mistakes they made, and what strategy works for them today. The overall objective is to provide you with a roadmap that helps you become a better investor.

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