Not all network effects are created equally

Key question:

Does 1 more connection create value for ALL other users,

or just some?

Ex: ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Ex: $FB

If 1 more user joins $FB,

it creates value for a few hundred other users that want to be friends and connect,

but not for all 2+ billion users

($FB still benefits hugely from network effects)
Ex: $WU

Western Union can send money from anywhere to anywhere,

which sounds great,

until you learn that a few connections REALLY matter,

and many other connections don't

(to say nothing of the fact that it has been disrupted by electronic payments)
Ex: $CRWD

Every new user makes the threat graph bigger,

which gives it more data,

so it learns faster and grows stronger,

so every existing user benefits from ALL other users who join the network.

That's powerful!

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24 Best @JeffBezos Quotes (thread)

"Your margin is my opportunity."

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"It's not an experiment

if you know it's going to work."
3/

"The best customer service

is if the customer doesn't need to call you,

doesn't need to talk to you,

it just works."
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1⃣Invest in SaaS companies with "must-have" products, not "nice to have"

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1⃣World-Class Team
2⃣Great Product
3⃣Large Market
4⃣Market Leader
5⃣Good Economics
6⃣Optionality
3/ Recognize the role of luck

Framework is designed to increase your chances of being lucky,

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13 Dec
1/

25 Top Quotes On Investing, Money, and Life (thread)

"The difference between sounding smart and being smart is 'I don’t know.' "

-- @naval

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2/

"Conventional metrics don't work on unconventional stocks.

If a technology comes along which changes the entire ballgame,

all those ratios go out the window."

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"You want to be in a stock in the second inning of the ballgame,

and out in the seventh.

That could be 30 years."

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Med-tech is a great industry to get to know

Study these stocks to learn more:

$ABMD
$ALGN
$AMWL
$DXCM
$GDRX
$GH
$IRTC
$ISRG
$LGVW / $BFLY
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$AMWL

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1/ My Mission: To Spread Financial Wellness (thread)

Here’s what "financial wellness" means to me

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Humans are programmed to think short-term

Evolutionary, thinking short-term makes sense. It helps with survival.

Financial wellness is all about training yourself to develop a long-term mindset

Not easy -- it takes practice
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If you join the right tribes, you can’t help but improve

My favs:
@AffordAnything
@ChooseFiFI
FinTwit
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@themotleyfoolFool
@visualizevalue

Twitter / Podcasts / Blogs / YouTube -- when used correctly -- are amazing resources

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Checklists are an amazing, FREE, underutilized investing tool

Here's the step-by-step process for how to create your own

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2/ First, decide what kind of investor you want to be

Are you after:

Compounding machines?
Disruptors?
Dividends?
Founder-led?
Growth at a reasonable price?
High-yield?
Hypergrowth?
Low volatility?
Wide moats?

Know what kind of investments you are after!
3/ Make a list of all of the positive attributes that a "perfect" company would have

Some ideas to get you started:
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