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Tim Cook has been Apple's CEO since Aug. 24, 2011. Over this span, Apple's market cap has jumped from $340B to -- just today -- $3T.
Despite this massive gain, Cook is only worth $1.5B.
LESSON: You don't get rich being an employee.
"Stress comes from not taking action over something that you can have some control over. If I find that some particular thing is causing me stress, that is a warning that there is something that I haven't completely identified in my conscious mind that is bothering me." - Bezos
If you aren't buying stocks here you're making a macro call. That can work, lots of ways to invest, and of course it feels like we are gonna keep going lower... But if you're a fundamental investor and you can't find something to meet your hurdle at this point you're just scared.
Why ya'll hating in Ackman? He's literally doing what you do all day. I for one welcome the threads and would love to see more threads from famous investors. It's fucking awesome.
$AVLR is the highest conviction idea I have had in a couple years and (finally) one of my largest positions. In the US midmarket they are essentially the only competitive offering.
The most undervalued asset of a CEO is an Executive Assistant.
My EA saves me 60% of time.
I'm able to run a tech startup, coach 7 CEO's every month, write & surf every day, take
@david_perell
's intense WOP course, cook dinner and read every night.
Here's how:
When you Google "Sydney Sweeney" this is what comes up. It takes 30 seconds (practically infinite in internet time) to scroll past this to get to Google's "10 blue links".
Compare this to Perplexity where all you get is the Wikipedia section.
What are we even talking about at…
I can't stress how good this write-up is. Read
@MineSafety
explain $V business model in a way a five year old could understand (never an easy task!). If you have not studied $V read this don't bother with the boring quarterly info.
Last year the market gaslighted you into believing the worst businesses of all time were worth something. This year the market gaslighting you into believing the best business of all time are worth very little.
"The CEO of $GOOG has one job. Do not let ChatGPT secure a leadership position in AI search/discovery. And that's exactly what has happened. 200 million people now treat ChatGPT as a verb synonymous with discovery in the age of AI. They breached the $GOOG moat". -
@altcap
Dad what were the roaring 20s like?
We were all drinking Celsius and getting rich while bears were complaining about inflation and drinking legacy sodas
Nygren Presentation at CFA Brazil
Intangibles, Price to Book, FCF>NI, Owner Operators (Skin in the Game), traditional "value" investing vs. FCF/share, etc.
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@KimKardashian
is more successful than 99.99% of graduates from HBS -- but would have never been accepted to attend the program.
Tells you everything you need to know.
"40% of every VC dollar is spent on $FB $AMZN $GOOG "
"Ad impressions and click-throughs get bid up to outrageous prices by startups flush with venture money"
Greenhaven Q4 Letter
Long $ESTC
"Elasticsearch, has become the default search tool to be integrated into one’s website or to search one’s data. While Google is used to search the internet, Elastic is for the rest of the data."
"South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curbs on the tech giants by a major economy." $AAPL
Longevity Simplified
"All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There" - Charlie Munger
This book does a good job telling you {where} you will die. Good news is you don't have to go there. 1/2 to 3/4 of you who read this tweet will go there anyways.
Google has integrated AI into Slides
You can now generate slides, images, text for your presentations.
This Gemini integration is available natively without installing anything.
Here's how to use it and an overview of what it can do:
A new competitor for $NFLX = $EVO
$EVO isn't only gambling but entertainment + game shows at home.
$EVO has a shot at bringing the entire world into a game show 24 hours of the day, seven days a week, anywhere in the world with zero downtime.