Sarah Samuels
22 statements across 3 episodes · 6 bullish · 6 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 7, 2017 by Kip McDaniel · said 10 times in 7 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2024 6 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- Michael Mervosh - Invest in Yourself (EP.402)
- CIO Transition – Roz Hewsenian and Joshua Fenton, Helmsley Trust (EP.401)
- Todd Simkin - Game of Trading at Susquehanna (EP.399)
- Rob Small and Anil Seetharam - Public Equity Adjacent to Private Equity at Stockbridge (EP.397)
- Charles Duhigg- Secrets of Communication (EP.394)
- Yann Robard - Liquidity Solutions for Private Capital at Dawson (EP.392)
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2017 4 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Sarah Samuels, oldest first
Aug 7, 2017 positive
Aug 1, 2022 neutral
Samuels: On-site diligence remains essential despite remote work tools
“When it comes to the future of diligence, I do think we can do a lot more virtually, but we still need to be traveling and meeting with managers. You miss a lot of stuff when you're not there face-to-face, whether it's the dynamics of the junior person with th…”
Aug 1, 2022 neutral
Samuels: MassPRIM held 240 underlying hedge fund relationships before moving direct
“Our hedge fund portfolio began a long time ago as fund of funds. We realized we had 240 underlying relationships when we looked through those dozen or so fund of funds, and we built a direct program when I was there.”
Aug 1, 2022 positive
Samuels: Allocate active capital only where median managers beat fees and dispersion is wide
“We developed an active management versus index framework where we would put more active dollars to work and asset classes on the traded side that had a wider dispersion of results from the best and the worst managers, and where the median manager outperformed …”
Aug 1, 2022 bearish
Aug 1, 2022 negative
Aug 1, 2022
Samuels outlines six-phase change management cycle including a critical danger zone
“The first is loss, so people don't want to change the way to do things usually because we're humans, and then doubt in the new process and their new leader, and then discomfort, and I watched all this happen. It's like a cycle. After discomfort, it's this dang…”
Aug 1, 2022 positive
Samuels: Committing to 30 Seconds of Bravery Yields Career Benefits
“I wish I knew this much earlier, but the advice that I got from someone once is just have 30 seconds of bravery. If it's asking for a promotion, if it's interviewing for a job, doing something bold, speaking up in a meeting, just be brave for 30 seconds, even …”
Aug 1, 2022 positive
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Aug 12, 2024 negative
Samuels: Hiring a 24-year-old founder's son as CIO caused talent collapse
“This founder's son came to work for the company, 24 years old, becomes the CIO. So he's directing all sorts of stuff and managing people who are 20 to 30 years his senior. Of course we saw turnover, we saw cultural issues, we saw redemptions, and turns out the…”
Aug 12, 2024
Samuels: Promoting top dealmakers to managers without training causes organizational damage
“Oftentimes, it's the person who has a zone of genius In doing deals, and then they're asked to manage people, and they have no idea what to do. They throw spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks, and a lot of damage can be done in the meantime.”
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024 positive
Samuels: Wellington provides in-house executive coaching for senior leaders
“Wellington has a wonderful program where they are basically providing in-house executive coaching and a leadership program for managing directors and even some partners to learn about these skills, and other organizations support a coach.”
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Samuels: Concentrated founder equity drives risky outside GP stake sales
“If there's a large lump sum, whether it's a boutique firm or a huge organization, it's probably going to be tricky for that next gen to buy them out, which leads to Increased risk of a GP state coming in or an outside minority or majority investor, which neces…”
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024 negative
Samuels: Highfields Capital folded two weeks after NEPC flagged succession risk
“We identified a list of GPs that were of higher concern to us on this succession framework that we built, and two weeks later, one of the firms that was at the top of our list, Highfields, announced that they were folding and turning into a family office.”
Aug 12, 2024 neutral