Rob Small
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Stockbridge requires unanimity among senior partners for new investments
“That's why we demand unanimity among the senior people to invest in something, because you're gonna get hit with a bump, and so when you get hit with a bump, you have to have enough information, enough belief to evaluate the new information, but be able to sti…”
Small: Stockbridge Sells for Only Three Specific Reasons
“Well, there's three reasons that you sell. One is you lose conviction in the thesis, and you think you should move on. Two is it gets so expensive that you think the returns looking forward aren't acceptable, or at least certainly compared to what else. Or thr…”
Small: Passing on Investments Means Lacking Conviction, Not Predicting Failure
“Our no is not that this isn't going to be a great investment, it's that we're not going to get to high conviction that this is going to be a great investment, and that makes it a little easier.”
Small: Internal data is necessary for operational change theses
“The private data would be great if you had an enormous change thesis. If you thought management was doing the wrong thing on major operational issues and you thought you could do better, I don't know how you make that decision without internal data.”