Steve thinks there's so much to learn from history in general, but military history specifically. He says the mind set where it wasn't metaphor, where it was actual death, man, that really sharpens the mind. Steve: I think we would be better off if people spent a little more time thinking for themselves and listening to each other.
Steven Begleiter is a Managing Director of Flexpoint Ford. Prior to joining Flexpoint Ford in 2008, Steve was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. He is also a professional Poker player who claimed the 6th place in World Series of Poker 2009, winning $1.59M Show Notes:
- Culture at Bear Stearns
- The liquidity crisis that ended Bear Stearns
- Evolution of Financial Services
- Importance of having a ‘thesis’ for your investments
- The Rise of Private Equity
- Where is PE headed to?
- Investing lessons from a Poker career
- Role of luck in life and Poker
- Psychology at the poker table
- How micro-expressions can give your game away
- Historical perspective to the Russia-Ukraine crisis
- Importance of reading military history