Topic

Investing

Investing lessons, market structure, capital allocation, venture capital, public markets, and investor profiles.

Lessons from Ron Baron

Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital, practices long-term, growth-oriented investing by finding well-managed businesses with durable competitive advantages. His discipline centers on patient ownership: choose companies carefully, then hold them long enough for their strengths to compound.

Lessons from David Yuan of Tidemark

David Yuan, founder of growth equity firm Tidemark, invests in software-as-a-service businesses with particular attention to vertical SaaS. His frameworks connect company selection with the harder operating challenge of building enduring businesses through a changing technological landscape.

Lessons from Danielle Strachman

Danielle Strachman, co-founder and General Partner at 1517 Fund, backs young founders, dropouts, and “sci-fi scientists.” Her investment philosophy links alternative education and self-directed learning with a conviction that unconventional paths can develop unusually capable builders.

Lessons from Jean de La Rochebrochard

Jean de La Rochebrochard, Managing Partner of Kima Ventures, practices a human-driven approach to early-stage investing. His thesis places founding-team psychology, ambition, and organizational design at the center of investment selection, highlighting the human dynamics beneath startup outcomes.

Lessons from Harry Stebbings

Harry Stebbings turned a teenage bedroom podcast into a media platform and venture fund, using content to enter a closed industry. His path illuminates content-driven networking, personal branding, and the compounding value of conversations with investors and founders.

Lessons from Hurst Lin

Hurst Lin, co-founder of DCM Ventures and a former SINA Corporation COO, bridges operating and investing across the United States and Asia. His perspective links scalable company-building with market cycles and the complexities of a global technology ecosystem.

Lessons from Anna Fang

Anna Fang, CEO and Partner of ZhenFund, pairs early-stage investment judgment with deep empathy for founders. Her work offers a human, pragmatic lens on company-building, venture capital, and the importance of advocating for women in technology and investing.

Lessons from Wang Qiang

Wang Qiang, co-founder of New Oriental and ZhenFund, brings a bibliophile’s philosophical eye to technology, education, and venture capital, emphasizing timeless principles of entrepreneurship, learning, and human nature over the distractions of fleeting market trends.

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