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What Makes Companies Like Shopify and Nike Great with Brett Bivens (Episode 41)


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Brett Bivens is an investor and researcher at Tech Nexus. He also writes the popular Substack Newsletter, Venture Desktop. I was thrilled to get Brett on the show because I wanted to pick his brain on his most popular articles. 

Brett's essays span wide-ranging topics, including: 

  • Bottoms-up investing
  • The Metaverse of healthcare
  • Empowerment Loops
  • Complexity Investing
  • Enablers vs. Growers
  • We spend over an hour discussing these topics and the intricacies of companies like Shopify, Spotify, Facebook and Twitter. 

    Here's the time-stamp: 

    • [0:31] Intro Questions
    • [3:00] What is TechNexus?
    • [7:00] Brett's Role at TechNexus
    • [11:20] Merits of Bottoms-Up Investing
    • [15:15] Don't Invest In What's Trending
    • [20:23] Complexity Investing
    • [25:43] Metaverse of Healthcare
    • [38:14] Empowerment Loops
    • [47:45] Enablers vs. Growers
    • [55:05] How To Find Underrated Markets
    • [67:10] Examples of Underrated Markets
    • [77:00] Closing Questions
    • If you want to learn more about Brett, check out these links: 

      • Brett's Newsletter Venture Desktop 
      • Brett's Twitter @brettbivens
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