From Equity Research to Moran Capital: A Journey in Investing

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This chapter dives into the speaker's journey from their early years in equity research to eventually founding their own investment firm, Moran Capital. They discuss their experiences at Credit Suisse First Boston and Impala Asset Management, highlighting the importance of having a framework to track investment performance. The chapter also explores the speaker's focus on special situations and their decision to compete in the small and micro cap market.

“What you need to do, I think, is constantly update your thesis as you go, which can allow for longer holding periods, because things do change. And at the same time, I go into investments with a multi-year horizon—but my thesis might be disproven fairly quickly.” – Dan Roller

We explore investing in buy-and-build compounders in public markets. We’re joined by Dan Roller, Founder and CIO of Maran Capital.

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(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:50) – MOI Global and Dan’s start in the investment world

(00:11:20) – The formation of Maran Capital

(00:14:59) – Choosing your hunting ground and creating structural advantages

(00:21:21) – Researching and choosing companies to invest in

(00:28:27) – How building investment knowledge is like training for the Ironman

(00:32:17) – Examples and basics of buy-and-build companies

(00:41:04) – How buy-and-build can go wrong

(00:51:40) – The value vs. growth debate

(00:54:57) – Investing in SPACs

(00:58:06) – Thesis drift and mental models

(01:02:21) – Resources for learning about investing

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About Maran Capital

Dan Roller is Founder and CIO of Maran Capital Management, a boutique, values-driven investment manager that I've been following intently for the last few years. I love the way that Dan sees the world, and I never miss reading one of his investor letters. In this episode, we go deep on how becoming a better investor is similar to training for an Ironman competition, why Dan focuses on what he calls buy and build companies and some of his favorite historic and recent examples there, his approach to investing in special situations and what defines a good or bad opportunity.

I get his thoughts on SPACs and why he sees some interesting opportunities in the world today. Dan is a remarkable investor. Before he founded Maran Capital management in 2015, he worked as an analyst for over a decade at firms like Credit Suisse First Boston, Impala Asset Management, Avesta Capital Advisors, and Scopus Asset Management.

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