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The Outsiders Book Club Discussion with author Will Thorndike

ACQ2 by Acquired

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Optimizing for Long Term Shareholder Value Is Not Cool, Right?

Anda: I think the obje tive for any ceo should still be to optimize very long term per shareale, per share value. But in the world of hi tak business is now, i think t the near term metrix that you'd optimize for would be different than the metrics these thes, this group of ceos was optimizing for. Ino: The most recent thing i saw where businesses are valued prettyply is when they're super capital efficient or trade at high multiples. And then they're just exceptional businessis right? Master vinwe we definitely find the same thing with guests unacquired. These people are so busy, like, they get

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