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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley take a deep dive into Duolingo — the leading language learning app with over 50 million daily active users and the chaotic green owl as a mascot. Since its IPO in 2021, Duolingo has expanded beyond language instruction to include math, music, and chess. The vision is to create the world's largest learning platform.
Some people believe Duolingo will succeed and become a company worth hundreds of billions of dollars, dominating one of the largest and most profitable markets – education. However, the stock has fallen 80% from its highs, as the market views Duolingo as a potential target for AI disruption.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:51 - About the mission of the CEO and Founder, Luis von Ahn
00:08:29 - Why Duolingo was founded
00:10:34 - Why Duolingo works better than other apps
00:17:16 - About Duolingo's user numbers and growth
00:37:55 - Why the stock dropped 80%
00:40:55 - Whether AI is a threat or an opportunity
00:53:47 - What the bull and bear cases look like
01:18:11 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add Duolingo to the portfolio
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Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down the ride-sharing giant Lyft Inc. (ticker: LYFT) and discuss whether the company can regain ground against Uber, or whether it’s always destined to be #2. While Lyft has clawed back some market share, finally attained profitability, and is now growing internationally, Shawn finds Lyft most interesting as a potential acquisition target for a company like DoorDash, Amazon, or Alphabet.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:18 - Why Lyft could be such an interesting acquisition target
00:11:58 - How the company has actually managed to regain market share versus Uber
00:13:36 - What Lyft did to achieve operating profitability for the first time this year
00:24:24 - How Zimbabwe became the inspiration for Lyft
00:31:30 - How Lyft’s co-founders used viral marketing to gain traction
00:32:05 - Why scrappiness is in Lyft’s DNA
00:33:14 - Why Lyft made sure to IPO before Uber
01:16:05 - How to think about modeling LYFT’s intrinsic value
01:19:00 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add LYFT to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio
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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley take a deep dive into Constellation Software — the popular Canadian compounder that has turned buying “boring” vertical market software into one of the most effective capital-allocation machines in public markets.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
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Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down Netflix (ticker: NFLX) and discuss whether the company has finally won the streaming wars. While growth looked challenged back in 2022, Netflix has proven resilient in the face of competition and economic slowdowns by leaning into advertising and password crackdowns, with much room left to run internationally.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:13:36 - How Netflix pivoted from mailing DVDs to streaming
00:14:48 - How Netflix killed Blockbuster
00:24:20 - Why the business works so well with two co-CEOs
00:46:25 - How being a first-mover got Netflix through the cash burn phase before any competition arose
00:48:29 - What Netflix is doing to sustain growth into the future
00:54:00 - What makes the company’s culture so legendary
01:04:18 - Why Netflix’s app just “works” better than the competition
01:18:03 - How to think about modeling NFLX’s intrinsic value
01:22:28 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add NFLX to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley answer some of the most common questions about The Intrinsic Value Community. What exactly is it, who is it for, and how does it differ from simply listening to the podcast or reading the free newsletter? In this short episode, they explain why the Community was built, who the members are, and how it helps investors improve idea generation, decision-making, and long-term learning through thoughtful discussion and collaboration.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley take a deep dive into Hermès — the family-controlled luxury house that has turned craftsmanship and scarcity into a compounding machine.
Join Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley as they assess whether Hermès can remain the pinnacle of luxury and whether it deserves a spot in The Intrinsic Value Portfolio.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
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Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down Doximity (ticker: DOCS), known as “the LinkedIn for doctors,” with a suite of productivity apps supporting physicians’ workflows, too. Incredibly, 80% of physicians in the U.S. are on Doximity, giving them fertile real estate to monetize those eyeballs with high-margin advertising opportunities for pharma companies.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00:22 - Why Doximity is so uniquely positioned to capitalize on pharmaceutical marketing
00:01:42 - How much of the U.S. health care system is still plagued by bureaucratic admin work, and the opportunity that creates for Doximity
00:03:40 - What makes Doximity’s ecosystem so useful for physicians at all stages of their career
00:10:32 - Why Doximity uses subscription-based advertising options
00:25:26 - How the company protects doctors’ privacy and saves them hours a week doing admin tasks with HIPAA-compliant generative AI tools
00:26:01 - How Doximity uses productivity tools to complement its social networking service
00:44:22 - The risks and moats of having a business so concentrated on one industry
00:56:17 - How to think about modeling DOCS’ intrinsic value
01:02:36 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add DOCS to their Intrinsic Value Portfolio
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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley take a deep dive into Meta — the world’s most powerful attention engine, spanning Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and still driven primarily by advertising. They break down how Meta’s “Family of Apps” keeps compounding through better AI-driven content discovery and ad targeting, while new surfaces like Reels, Threads, and WhatsApp monetization expand inventory and improve the long-term revenue mix.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
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Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke break down Churchill Downs, Inc. (ticker: CHDN), a gaming company that is uniquely tied to the world of horse racing.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
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Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley take a deep dive into Mercado Libre, the dominant e-commerce and fintech platform in Latin America. What started as an eBay-like marketplace has evolved into a fully integrated ecosystem spanning online retail, logistics, digital payments, lending, and advertising, with leading positions across Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:10:28 - About Mercado Libre’s founding story
00:12:05 - How it won the e-commerce market
00:14:14 - How and why it built its logistics network
00:38:45 - What competitors are the biggest risk
00:46:51 - What flywheel is powering the business
01:00:50 - Why Mercado Pago is such a powerful business
01:07:59 - About Mercado Libre’s management and capital allocation
01:18:29 - Whether Shawn and Daniel add MELI to the portfolio
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