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#367 Inside the Contrarian Mind of Sam Zell
podcasts.apple.comI often say I’m chairman of everything and the CEO of nothing. I stick to what I’m good at—vision, direction, strategy. That’s where I add the most value. I spend almost my entire day listening to other people. I ask questions, I probe, I raise possibilities
Sam Zell • Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
since he would operate Zeswitz as a stand-alone business.
Royce Yudkoff • HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
Leading “solo capitalists” manage more money than many funds. Oren Zeev manages more than $1 billion without additional investment support. Elad Gil, Josh Buckley, Harry Stebbings and Lachy Groom manage funds in the hundreds of millions with similarly lean structures.
Mario Gabriele • The Future of Solo Capitalists | The Generalist
King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
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Opportunity is very often embedded in the imbalance between supply and demand. It could be rising demand against flat or diminishing supply, or flat demand against shrinking supply. When there’s an imbalance, I look at where the two lines will intersect and then determine whether it is cheaper to buy or to build. Usually the answer is in acquisiti
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