companies

9 statements across 9 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jan 6, 2020 by Gregory Zuckerman · across every show →

Everything said about companies, oldest first

Jan 6, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Renaissance Ignores Company Identities Because Fundamental Narratives Are Distracting
“So they don't even know the companies involved. They find that distracting.”
Gregory Zuckerman Jan 6, 2020 ▶ 26:13 Gregory Zuckerman – Decoding Renaissance Medallion (Capital Allocators, EP.119)
Sep 21, 2020 negative
Insight
Post-2008 monetary regimes made shorting weak companies significantly harder
“For the last 10 years, the monetary regime Means that companies can just, even today actually, raise capital at the drop of a hat. There's always capital to help to bail out weak companies. Whereas there was a time when, I think pre 2008 actually, when if a co…”
Sir Paul Marshall Sep 21, 2020 ▶ 34:20 Paul Marshall – 10 ½ Lessons from 23 years at Marshall Wace (Capital Allocators, EP.157)
Apr 15, 2021 neutral
Insight
Xie: Not everything needs to be a DAO, but they provide transparency
“So I don't think everything has to be a DAO. There are plenty of times where a company makes a lot more sense, but what's really interesting about DAOs is there's a lot more transparency.”
Linda Xie Apr 15, 2021 ▶ 47:53 a16z Podcast with Linda Xie and Jesse Walden - All About NFTS (Capital Allocators, EP.189)
May 17, 2021
Insight
Ariely: Companies cannot contract discretionary effort or employee imagination
“Companies can contract on the minimum amount of work you need to do, but nobody can contract on how much energy you're really putting toward work, how imaginative you're trying to be, how much you're reading extra, thinking hard, and so on.”
Dan Ariely May 17, 2021 ▶ 14:19 Dan Ariely – The Human Capital Factor (Capital Allocators, EP.195)
Jun 20, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Forman: DAOs will probably trade at lower multiples than traditional companies
“So because of that uncertainty, I think DAOs probably trade at lower multiples than companies, at least in the near term.”
Ben Forman Jun 20, 2022 ▶ 59:48 Ben Forman – Opportunities in DeFi (EP.256, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.03)
Aug 15, 2022
Assertion Supported
Enright: Less Than 5% of Companies Compound Above 20% Over Five Years
“The half-life of all companies is 10 years and less than five percent compounded greater than 20% for more than five years or something like that.”
Paul Enright Aug 15, 2022 ▶ 16:06 Paul Enright – Inside Long-Short Equity Investing (Capital Allocators, EP.266)
Jul 13, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Venture-backed startups stay private 10 to 12 years, up from seven
“Companies, for sure, were staying private longer. Instead of seven, eight years, it was 10 to 12 years.”
Ravi Viswanathan Jul 13, 2023 ▶ 9:41 Ravi Viswanathan – Venture Secondaries and Growth Capital at NewView (EP.327)
Mar 16, 2026 negative
Insight
Companies obsess over product perfection but neglect human connection
“So many companies, regardless of how successful they are, reserve their best efforts only to invest in the thing that they sell. Don't invest that same amount of energy into how they make people feel, which to me feels counterintuitive. These companies, they a…”
Will Guidara Mar 16, 2026 ▶ 12:19 Will Guidara – Unreasonable Hospitality (EP.492)
Jul 6, 2026
Assertion Supported
Dorsey: Most Companies Empirically Revert Over Time to Their Cost of Capital
“Most companies do revert over time to cost capital.”
Pat Dorsey Jul 6, 2026 ▶ 16:46 Moat Investing Nuances – Pat Dorsey (EP.509)
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