Issue #30: Think Like a Storyteller
Good CEOs drive narrative, they are storytellers. The value of being a good storyteller for a public company is obvious since a huge portion of a public company’s value comes from its perception by others. In small companies, is the same true? Are owner-CEOs storytellers and can good storytelling increase the intrinsic value of their business?
Issue #29: How Concentrated is One Business?
How concentrated is one private company and can most of the risk diversification aims to reduce be achieved within one company?
Issue #21: Update
Brent Beshore, Polsky center, Andy Ellis, Chenmark Capital, Macro-Ops, Grant Thornton, Wendover Productions, Adam Keesling, Kelie Morgan
Issue #17: Evolving Deal Flow
Harvard Search Conference, Tim Ludwig, Ben Rudman, Investor Updates, Paul Graham, and Heico
Issue #13: Location, Location, Location
Ryan Caldbeck, SuperMugatu, Adam Keesling, Little Engine Ventures, Micro VC
Issue #10: Chenmark’s Palmer Higgins on Commercial Landscaping
Palmer Higgins, SureSwift Capital, The Messy Marketplace, Founders Fund, BuiltWith, Stratechery
Issue #8: My Thoughts (So Far) On Building Permanent Capital
Askeladden Capital, Alex Danco, Social Capital, Real Vision, Sidewalk Labs
Issue #7: Brent Beshore on Marketing and Branding
Brent Beshore, HBR, Andrew Wilkinson, Byron Trott, Shake Shack