Mohnish Pabrai
17 statements across 1 episodes · 8 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2026 by Mohnish Pabrai · across every show →
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Jun 15, 2026
Pabrai: Do not sell great businesses when overpriced, only when egregiously overpriced
“When you find yourself
In the happy position of partial ownership of a great business, don't sell it when it's fully priced.
Don't sell it when it's overpriced.
Only possibly sell it when it's egregiously overpriced.
Like, you can't justify it in any possi…”
Jun 15, 2026
Pabrai: I only quit my job once startup cash flow exceeded salary
“After nine months of banging at doors and doing things, I had three clients, and those three clients were giving me enough cash flow that it exceeded my salary. And that's when I quit. So effectively, it was risk-free because I never went to a situation where …”
Jun 15, 2026 positive
Jun 15, 2026 neutral
Pabrai: Investing inherently tolerates a high error rate on moats and leadership
“And the other thing about investing is that it tolerates a high error rate, right? The moats of the companies, the competitive advantage of the company, the nature of the CEO, the nature of his team, many of these things we may or may not have gotten it exactl…”
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Pabrai: Turkish investment made at $15M market cap grew 100x to $1.5B
“And then one that's happened more recently was a company in Turkey where that was just so mispriced. We couldn't, you know, shooting fish in a barrel. Where the market cap when we invested in 2019 was fifteen million dollars, and now it's a billion and a half.…”
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Pabrai: At 25, I drained $30k savings and maxed $70k credit cards
“I was 25. I had about 30,000 in my. I took that to zero because I said, if it fails, I can go back and start over. Not a problem. And I took every credit card I could get. So I had 70,000 in unused credit card credit limits available. And as the company starte…”
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Pabrai: Full-Time Workers Have 40 to 50 Weekly Hours for Side Ventures
“One of the things to keep in mind is there are a 168 hours in a week. Your employer wants 40 hours. There's still another 128 hours left. And so even when you take out time for eating and sleeping and showering and everything else, you have at least another 40…”
Jun 15, 2026 positive
Pabrai: Evaluate companies by asking leaders which competitor to buy or short
“Well, one of the things that which I got from Warren is he says that when you go meet a company, you ask the company leadership that If I were not investing in your business, which of your competitors would you suggest I should invest in? And which of your com…”
Jun 15, 2026 positive
Pabrai: Pabrai Funds tripled its money on Level 3 bonds while clipping coupons
“We went for three years, we clipped the coupons, and after three years, the bonds are at 60 cents. I didn't even wait. I sold them. So basically we tripled our money on what we paid for the asset plus we got the interest in the meanwhile.”