It’s just under a week until Reid Hoffman and EF's cofounders, Alice Bentinck and Matt Clifford, host our first Demo Day in San Francisco. The countdown is on. youtu.be/LSthMcYXP8A

Interesting that in both AI models and quant investing, a version of “the bitter lesson” applies

It’s brute force that wins—more great data, more compute—not fancy modeling techniques

Some of the best quants I know just use OLS on top of amazing and unique data

What are the best businesses with very long sales cycles?

“To care about anything in the world is to imply the question of how one becomes an instrument for advancing what matters.

The question of great achievement need not come from the self’s ambition – it follows from the recognition that one can be an instrument of something…

Today, we break down Embraer.

Embraer is an unlikely story. It was founded in 1969 by the Brazilian government as a state-owned company.

It is the only business & country to successfully enter the commercial aviation space since the 60s.

A key component of its success is that…

This was the most fun I've had with a podcast in a while. Really really good.

This guy is the best.

There’s so much to aspire to when I hear him speak.

Listened to this and still found it awesome- even though I knew much of his story

Langone is a business legend

Just finished probably the best interview I've done (or at the very least the most fun): 6 hours across two days.

Part of a new project we will be able to share more about in a few months.

Killing me to have to keep it to myself for now!

This is fantastic

This is epic. 10/10 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸

I truly think the world would be better if listening to Ken was required

I probably laughed more in this episode than any other

Tomorrow!

this is an extraordinary conversation about obsession, serendipity, faith and friendship

and patrick exhibiting the best interviewing skills here: hardly any need to talk - just let sean speak

One of the best podcast episodes I’ve listened to in a while

On “blending art and commerce”, customer obsession, searching for operational excellence, and building a great brand in hospitality

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Morocco is an incredible country: people, food, history, colors, smells, sounds…haven’t been that many places that feel as alive. Shukran lak almaghrib!

We're excited to announce that Broker and Independent Research is coming to the Tegus platform in 2024! Tegus customers will be able to access Broker Research from leading Wall Street and independent research firms, offering something no other vendor can: a comprehensive,…

A conversation with my longtime friend David Perell about a longtime favorite topic, writing!

Today, we break down Duolingo.

The company was founded by Luis von Ahn in 2011 and has helped over 500 million people learn languages since then.

Before starting Duolingo, Luis invented reCAPTCHA, which he sold to Google in 2009.

Duolingo's mission is to offer free education,…