We asked a $18.9B Investor how to survive the AI bubble
Episode description
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Episode 812: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Graham Weaver ( https://x.com/GrahamCWeaver ) about how which moats will win in AI and how he runs a ruthless PE strategy.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:06) The buy and build strategy
(10:43) Mowing lawns
(14:48) What’s the overhype with AI
(23:00) Where’s the opportunity
(25:17) Ruthless PE
(28:17) Hero deal: $8M to $500M
(31:24) White hot will to win
(34:17) The blank page
(44:02) Graham’s first million
(46:03) the biggest wealth mistake
(53:39) second-hand therapy from graham
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Links:
• Alpine - https://alpineinvestors.com/
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