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6 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
In 2009, @BGurley bet on $AMZN in his PA because he saw the potential of AWS:

"it was obvious they were winning. You could see it in the number of startups that were building on their platform and that were adding to their platform"

abovethecrowd.com/2009/06/08/ama…
"Many are quick to point out that only small businesses and rogue developers in large organizations are using AWS. This is exactly how these markets develop. Amazon is selling to the innovators and early adopters — the exact customers that are prescribed in Crossing the Chasm.
"First, as a “retailer” Amazon was comfortable running a low-margin business."

"The second piece of the strategy leverages the company’s prowess in customer support ... They would have the best developer relations attitude and execution in the business."
"No cloud platform vendor is more communicative and more of a “listener” than Amazon"

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“Investing With Keynes”

"After losing 80% of his net worth in the '29 crash, he “switched from market timer to value investor, seeking to profit from swings in the market rather than participating in them.”

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Focus on intrinsic value (projected earnings)
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Think for yourself and be contrarian if necessary
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This was me, one year ago. After years in allocator seats, I joined a friend who was spinning out to set up his own fund. Strong team, track record, locked-up capital.

It was so much harder than I expected it to be.
First off: I was so enamored with the idea of helping to build something that I overruled my gut. I knew I wasn't a good fit for a sales role.
My friends know I'm more comfortable in the basement of the NY Public Library than bantering with a group of strangers. It is what it is.
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I was angry. Resentful. But in the back of my mind I knew that I hadn't been a good fit.

Today I can see the positive that came out of it.
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"You can never predict the economy, you can't predict the stock market. But when you look at Dunkin' Donuts, you say 'they're the best donut chain.' You don't have to worry about Korean imports or what's happening with M1."
"You have to be very careful. Some stocks in the next 20 years, a lot of money is going to be made. A lot of money is going to be lost. People that gamble, that buy options. What a tragedy if you're right on a company and you have a three month option on, or a six month option."
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John Templeton, when told that academics believing in efficient markets considered his fundamental analysis to be worthless: "That's just resigning from the game. If you take the game of tennis: exactly as many loses as winners. But that's no reason to give up playing tennis."
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If you go to 10 doctors and they tell you to the same medicine - that's the thing to take.
You go to 10 engineers to build a bridge and they tell you the same thing - that's the thing to do.

But you go to 10 investment advisors and they pick out the same asset. You better stay away from it."
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Munger the ruler: leverage is how you go broke.

Munger the conqueror: leverage is how I'll get rich.

(Doesn't mean his advice isn't generally right.)
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"They don't know what they own. They do more research on a microwave oven and buy based on a tip they heard on the bus. They buy into the potential of something. They hear a terrific story."
"I find when you hear that [story], you just have to black out. You have to think of a movie you went to recently because the stories are very appealing."
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