Troy Lavinia, founder and CEO of Mosaic Research Management, explains what an expert network is and how analysts, portfolio managers, and other researchers use them as part of the investment process. He also discusses his decision to become and entrepreneur and build his own expert network and what he has learned along the way about building teams and systems.   ▶️ Subscribe to the Take 15 Podcast YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA3HUMuK4FSp_CvQH_2Ji7g?app=desktop    📃 Transcript: https://cfainst.is/2SLGHzr    📧 Email us for comments, questions, or appearance requests:[email protected] ___________________________________________________________________________  Episode Breakdown: 1:15 What is an expert network? 7:26 Troy’s moment of realization and what he was doing he founded Mosaic 11:05 Doubting moments during Troy’s entrepreneurship journey 14:05 Do you have to be an optimist to be an entrepreneur  16:13 Why Troy decided to start his company 18:13 How Troy is disrupting the space now 12:09 Transcripts: Stream by Mosaic  24:20 Teams, systems, and spirituality AND artists, entrepreneurs, and employees 31:52 Troy’s recommended books 33:24 Wrap-up questions Ray of sunshine from the pandemic  NASA flight – what do you take with you? Flight or invisibility?   ___________________________________________________________________________ Related articles and links: Mosaic Research Management: https://mosaicrm.com/  Stream by Mosaic: https://start.mosaicrm.com/stream-try  Book: The War of Art: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ Book: Team Of Teams: https://www.amazon.com/Team-Teams-Rules-Engagement-Complex/dp/1591847486      ___________________________________________________________________________ Find Troy here:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troylavinia/ Find Lauren here:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren- foster/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenfosternyc