Broader Opportunities, Greater Competition, and Strategic Investment Approach

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Opportunities in the business world are expanding significantly, with a surge in the number and size of billion-dollar market cap companies. Despite this broad landscape, competition has intensified, often from irrational competitors. Business success in this environment requires rapid deployment and a strategic approach to investment. Seed investing should focus on smart individuals in promising sectors, without overthinking, as they will evolve unpredictably. As investments progress through venture stages, the need for precision in selection increases due to higher valuations and risk. Strategic investing involves being broader at the top of the funnel and more selective towards the end to avoid detrimental outcomes from excessive risk-taking.

Doug Leone is the Global Managing Partner @ Sequoia Capital, one of the world’s most renowned and successful venture firms with a portfolio including the likes of Google, Airbnb, Whatsapp, Stripe, Zoom and many more.

Marcelo Claure is the Founder & CEO of Claure Group, a multi-billion-dollar global investment firm. He is the Executive Chairman and Managing Partner of Bicycle Capital, a $500M Latin America-focused growth equity fund, and was appointed Chairman in Latin America of SHEIN, the global #1 on-demand fashion company in the world. Claure was also the CEO of SoftBank Group International where he launched SoftBank’s $8B Latin America Funds, and had direct oversight for SoftBank’s operating companies.

Geoff Lewis is a Founder and Managing Partner of Bedrock, one of the breakout and new venture firms of the last decade, famously in search of narrative violations. He serves or has served on the Board of Directors for companies including Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Nubank (NYSE: NU), Epirus, and Vercel.

Bill Ackman is the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., an SEC-registered investment adviser founded in 2003. Pershing Square is a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value investor in long and occasionally short investments in the public markets.

Martín Escobari is Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in Latin America. Martín is Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee and also serves on the Management and Portfolio Committees.

Orlando Bravo is a Founder and Managing Partner of Thoma Bravo. He led Thoma Bravo’s early entry into software buyouts and built the firm into one of the top private equity firms in the world.

In Today's Episode on Price Sensitivity We Discuss:

Doug Leone: Why the attitude of "deploy, deploy, deploy will get so many in trouble"?
Marcelo Claure: How to know when price matters and when it does not?
Geoff Lewis: What is the right framework to assess price at an early stage?
David Tisch: How does the importance of price change vis a vis company vs portfolio?
Orlando Bravo: What have been Thoma Bravo's biggest lessons on price?
Cyan Banister: Why does Cyan believe there will be a reckoning?