Tarek Mansour
7 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 1, 2022 by Tarek Mansour · said 11 times in 3 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Oct 1, 2022 positive
Mansour: Outlier founders succeed by leveraging extreme spiked traits
“Founders tend to be, have one category where they're extremely spiked and a lot of other categories where they're just like really abysmal. And, you know, founders that basically find that, you know, something to build or something to do that, you know, really…”
Oct 1, 2022
Mansour: Working smart is conditional on working hard first
“I, you know, I think there's like a lot of the work smart type thing. I mean, I think, sure, you should work smart, but that's conditioned on you working hard first. Like, You don't just show up and start working smart. You need to work very hard first, and th…”
Oct 1, 2022
Mansour: The best senior hires retain a childish curiosity for new tech
“We tend to, Try to focus on people with a lot of experience and wisdom that still, I mean, I don't mean that, I really mean this in a good way, that still have a little bit of like, I call it like the childish fascination aspect. And there's a lot of those peo…”
Oct 1, 2022 negative
Mansour: Goldman sold indirect Brexit option bundles at 40% premiums
“We did these things in 2016 where people wanted to hedge themselves against Brexit or get exposure to Brexit. And what we would do is like, we would take a bunch of option swaps, put them in one bundle and then sell it to investors and sell it as a good proxy …”
Oct 1, 2022 positive
Mansour: Alfred Lin pushes founder reasoning even on correct decisions
“Alfred is an outlier, like he's just really good at pushing my thinking And I got to learn that over time. And I cannot really like that now, but like, no matter what I go to Alfred with, even if it's the right decision, oftentimes it is the right decision. Al…”
Oct 1, 2022
Mansour: Kalshi's worst hiring mistakes came from prioritizing raw intellect over culture
“And I think we over indexed on this a little bit earlier on. I mean, I think it was really about like, okay, what are the smartest people who can get into the company? And I think we would put aside a little bit of the cultural aspects and you know, whether th…”
Dec 8, 2025
Mansour: An industry truly becomes an industry when there is a rivalry
“What I'm really, what I'm learning over time is that an industry truly becomes an industry when there's a rivalry. Because that rivalry will push you... We'll, we'll push you to, we'll push you beyond the, like, the limits of what you thought you could get to.”