‎Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy: David Gardner – Finding Companies That Break the Rules on Apple Podcasts

The investment strategy discussed in this week’s episode is diametrically opposed to my own value tendencies, but it still one that has done exceptionally well.  
My guest is David Gardner, co-founder of the Motley Fool. He is unique in that he is both a pure investor–a true stock junkie–and an entrepreneur. His energy is remarkable. His positive vibes are something to behold. You’ll hear it over audio, but it’s ever more palpable in person. 
Our conversation is about finding companies which are breaking rules in the right way and reshaping industries. David’s goal is to find these companies early in and hold them forever. 
If you love investing, you are going to love this regardless of your prior beliefs. Please enjoy my conversation with David Gardner on rule breakers.
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Books Referenced
The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
The Motley Fool Investment Guide: How The Fool Beats Wall Street’s Wise Men And How You Can Too
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Motley Fools Rule Breakers Rule Makers : The Foolish Guide To Picking Stocks
 
Links Referenced
Totally Absorbed
FANG stocks
Henry Cloud (author)
“I had a lover’s quarrel with the world” by Robert Frost
As You Like it (Shakespeare)
Invest Like the Best episod with Morgan Housel
Don’t Be a Dip: The 1 Thing You Need to Know About Buying on Dips
Board Game Agricola
Boardgamegeek.com
 
Show Notes
2:03 – (First question) – Among the experiments that David has run in his podcast, which one has he enjoyed the most
3:42 – A deep dive into the rule breaker mentality that David uses
            4:39 –  The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
3:52 –  How his model may mimic venture capital early stage investing
7:22 – What helps you to not sell a rule breaker amid big drawdowns.
            7:33 – Totally Absorbed
            8:32 – FANG stocks
12:25 – List of criteria in picking rule breaker stocks…starting with top dogs and first movers
19:34 – Second criteria…visionary leadership and the traits David looks for in a leader
            22:02 – Henry Cloud (author)
            22:58 – “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world” by Robert Frost
24:07 – Smart backing as part of that second criteria
26:16 – Third criteria – competitive advantage and moats
30:50 – Looking at the development of the Motley Fool brand and business
            32:47 – The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
32:49 – As You Like it (Shakespeare)
39:29 – Looking at David’s writing and how it has evolved over the years
            40:36 – Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
            41:31 – The Motley Fool Investment Guide: How The Fool Beats Wall Street’s Wise Men And How You Can Too
            42:43 – Invest Like the Best episod with Morgan Housel
            42:45 – The Wisdom of Crowds
43:33 – Back to criteria, the fourth one, price momentum
            45:47 – Don’t Be a Dip: The 1 Thing You Need to Know About Buying on Dips
50:03 – Last criteria, something being overvalued and weigh that against the idea of whether a product or service is important based on whether people would miss

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