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Member News and Reading Inspiration

Dear members,

I hope you are having a wonderful summer.

If you are looking for beach reading inspiration, check out some of the conversations at our Meet-the-Author Summer Forum 2021.

If you are looking to add to your investment watchlist, replay some of the sessions at our Wide-Moat Investing Summit 2021.

We look forward to ramping up our in-person member events as soon as possible. Stay tuned for dates and registration information.

Warmly,

John

MOI Global - Selected Highlights

We had the pleasure of speaking with James Aldigé, Managing Partner of Clio Asset Management, based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Nathaniel Hagedorn, Chief Executive Officer of NorthPoint Development, about long-term trends and value creation in industrial real estate. The interview was conducted by MOI Global contributor Tyler Howell.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Hugh Evans, a member of the board of directors of Collplant Biotechnologies (US: CLGN), about the company’s technology, market opportunity, and business prospects.

Julia Galef discussed her book, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t, at MOI's online conference.

This transcript is an edited rendition of a conversation between Rohith Potti and Kuntal Shah, a public markets investor in India.

Quote We Are Contemplating This Week

"Raising prices is a great way to flesh out whether you actually have a moat. If you do have a moat, the customers will still buy... The definition of a moat is the ability to charge more." —Marc Andreessen

11 Articles We Are Reading This Week

  1. Retrospection - Charles Lynn Bolin

  2. Fed independence - Roger Lowenstein

  3. Moving downmarket - Jonathan Kandell

  4. Cash on the sidelines - Frank Martin

  5. Facebook's metaverse - Mark Zuckerberg

  6. Thinking about macro - Howard Marks

  7. Bessemer's anti-portfolio - Eric Newcomer

  8. Your investment research - Byrne Hobart

  9. Asian investor perspectives - Michael Fritzell

  10. Rebirth of industrial mastery - Ash Milton

  11. Valuing cash-generating assets - Michael Mauboussin

Letters, Presentations, Writeups...

Book: Practical History of Financial Markets, by Edinburg Business School

5 Podcasts We Are Listening to This Week

  1. Planet MicroCap - Chris Bloomstran on value-oriented investing

  2. Capital Allocators - Orlando Bravo of Thoma Bravo on private equity

  3. Asia Tech Strategy - Jeffrey Towson on politics and China tech

  4. Invest Like the Best - Steve Mandel on the evolution of investing

  5. Founder's Field Guide - Ernie Garcia on disrupting used car buying

10 Videos We Are Watching This Week