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InvestED: The Rule #1 Investing Podcast

Phil Town & Danielle Town

Investing, Business

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Founders are vital to a company's success due to their passion, deep understanding of the business, and ability to make agile decisions. Their personal stake in the company aligns their interests with shareholders, fostering commitment to long-term value creation. For investors, recognizing the importance of founders is crucial. Founder-led companies tend to be more resilient and innovative than their competitors while having a unique focus on lasting success. Their leadership often results in strategic advantages, making such investments more attractive to value investors. This week, Phil and Danielle discuss why having a central figurehead can be extremely valuable for companies, and how having the wrong person in such a crucial role can hamstring even the most promising of organizations. To learn more about ways you could improve your own investing practice, click here for the Rule #1 Investing Personality Quiz: https://bit.ly/468F8eW Topics Discussed: Indian Wells, CA Rebuilding VW engines Shake Shack Danny Meyer Sanderson Farms Apple in China Succession planning Resources Discussed: Seven Samurai Eleven Madison Park Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.5	unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.7	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be
0:28.0	protected if something goes wrong. Everybody, this is Phil Town. And this is Daniel Town. Welcome to the Invested
0:44.3	podcast we are broadcasting from around the world today. Of course Daniel is in
0:50.2	Zurich always but I'm in I'm in Indian Wells which is near Palm Springs.
0:56.8	I didn't know you were right in Indian Wells. Yeah I'm at the Lachinta resort which was built in 1926.
1:05.0	You're at the Lachinta dad, you didn't tell me that.
1:07.6	See, look at this room.
1:09.3	You got my fireplace right here.
1:10.7	Well, clearly you didn't, remember. That's where Nuno and I went for our honeymoon.
1:16.4	Oh my gosh, I did not remember that. Oh, well, dang, might I understand why it's fabulous.
1:23.7	Lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely.
1:28.2	Really beautiful.
1:29.4	I'm out here without Melissa.
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