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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@shawn_OMalley_) discusses why great companies fail, as outlined by Clayton Christensen in his timeless book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, which was first published in 1997. The Economist actually named it one of the six most important business books ever written.
Christensen was an academic and business consultant who wrote a number of compelling books, but the Innovator’s Dilemma is by far his best-known work. Christensen worked at Harvard Business School for a decade before founding a consulting firm in 2000 and a venture capital firm focused on investing in Southeast Asia in 2005. 
In this episode, you’ll learn how disruptive innovations shift the status quo, the difference between disruptive and sustaining innovations, why companies can seemingly do everything right and still lose out to new competition, how following logical incentives can actually lead management to disregard threats from disruptive technology, why disruptive technologies tend to emerge on the fringes of established customer demographics, and what companies can do to prepare themselves for the inevitable rise of disruptive technologies, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN
00:00 - Intro
02:11 - What is a disruptive innovation, and how it differs from sustaining innovations.
02:52 - How the “paradox” of innovation impacts industry leaders.
05:11 - Why even the best of the best companies aren’t immune to disruptive innovation.
08:03 - How to think about disruptive technologies from the vantage point of a value investor.
08:55 - How Tesla disrupted the automotive industry.
13:15 - Why the fast-paced hard-drive industry is such a good case study on innovation.
21:10 - How value networks shape biases and outcomes in companies.
31:28 - What industry leaders can do to manage disruptive innovation.
36:20 - How Honda stumbled into disruptive innovation in the U.S. market.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen.

Clayton Christensen’s website.


Executive Summary of the book.

Clayton Christensen’s Essential Articles, from the Harvard Business Review.

Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here.

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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros. George Soros is a controversial political figure, but he is a legend on Wall Street. Many know him as the man who “broke the Bank of England” for his epic short bets against the British pound that broke its currency peg. Soros’s hedge fund is among the best performing ever, generating billions of dollars in wealth and giving rise to a number of Soros’s protégés who would make their own names for themselves. 
You’ll learn about Soros’s life growing up in Nazi-occupied Hungary, how he went from immigrant to hedge fund titan, why philosophy and abstract thinking were critical to Soros’s success, Soros’s unique theory on investing called Reflexivity and how it has helped him throughout his career, which shortcomings Soros identified in markets, how he used reflexivity to profit from a boom in conglomerates, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN
00:00 - Intro
02:18 - What it was like for George Soros growing up in Nazi-occupied Hungary
03:15 - How Soros went from immigrant to hedge fund titan
10:01 - What is reflexivity, and how did Soros use it
12:16 - Why markets are a place to test hypotheses
24:30 - Why Soros thinks free markets have shortcomings
26:33 - What value investors miss about reflexivity and stock prices
29:45 - How Soros profited from a boom in conglomerates using reflexivity
32:06 - What causes reversals in markets 
And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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George Soros's book, The Alchemy of Finance.

George Soros's book, Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve.

George Soros’s wiki.

How Soros broke the Bank of England.

Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here.

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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) discusses the formula used by some of history’s best investors to systematically beat the market averages. It’s not a secret formula for winning if you don’t have any investing edge, but it is a system for maximizing wealth over time by properly sizing bets based on your conviction in terms of how favorable bets are for you ( your “edge.”)
You’ll learn about the great minds of Bell Labs behind the Kelly formula, how Ed Thorpe used the Kelly formula to beat the dealers in Las Vegas, which investors have used the Kelly formula and found success with it, how to define having an “edge” in investing and what that can mean for you, the controversies surrounding the Kelly formula, and why the Kelly formula isn’t better known, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN
00:00 - Intro
01:57 - The origins of the esteemed Bell Labs and how its research led to the Kelly formula’s creation
02:27 -How to define and use the Kelly formula
18:22 - Why the Kelly formula is helpful
23:40 - Why there are limits to the Kelly formula
25:17 - How Ed Thorpe beat the dealer and the markets with the Kelly formula
28:22 - How Claude Shannon’s approach to beating the markets with the Kelly formula differed from Thorpe’s
36:38 - What it means to have an edge in markets 
38:52 - Why the Kelly formula is controversial
41:02 - How to think about your own edge in markets
41:44 - Why the Kelly formula isn’t better known
And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Check out Fortune’s Formula by William Poundstone.

Check out Beat the Dealer by Ed Thorpe.

Read Beat the Market (free PDF) by Ed Thorpe.

Bell Labs’ history.

Read about the Information theory.

The Kelly Formula, explained.

William Thorndike's book The Outsiders.

Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here.

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SPONSORS
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Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email

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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) breaks down the energy drink company Monster Beverage, which you may be surprised to learn has been one of the best-performing stocks of the last few decades.
You’ll learn about how Monster got its start almost one hundred years ago and how it took on a new identity in the early 2000s, how Monster Energy changed the beverage market, why Monster’s stock has done so incredibly well, how Monster is fending off the competition and its plan for continuing to compound excellent returns, why Monster’s relationship with Coca-Cola is such a strategic advantage, how to think about valuing Monster Beverage, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN
00:00 - Intro
02:22 - How Monster Beverage got its start almost a century ago
04:49 - How a single product completely changed Monster Beverage’s trajectory as a company
06:30 - Why Monster has delivered such exceptional returns
08:34 - Why Coca-Cola invested in Monster and how that partnership is still helping Monster to this day
10:08 - What the energy drink market looks like today and how competition threatens Monster
20:53 - What investors can learn from doing a case study on Monster
23:53 - Which challenges could weigh on Monster the most going forward
30:09 - Whether Shawn thinks the stock offers good value 
And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members.

Monster’s latest annual 10k filing.

Monster Energy’s website.

Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here.

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NEW TO THE SHOW?

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Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs.

Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.

Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance.

Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.

Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.


Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.


SPONSORS
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Toyota

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Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email

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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) will be breaking down the Magic Kingdom company: Disney.
You’ll learn about why recognition value is so important to Disney, why hit movies are just the top of the sales funnel for Disney, how Disney has built a flywheel supporting its businesses, what the outlook is for Disney’s streaming efforts, how Covid hurt the company and how it has bounced back, why the company’s famed ex-CEO Bob Iger returned, what to make of Disney’s financials and valuation, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN
00:00 - Intro
01:48 - How Disney relies on recognition value at the top of its sales funnel
04:36 - What to understand about the flywheel of Disney’s businesses
11:34 - How Disney’s streaming business is doing
14:17 - Why Covid was so challenging for Disney
19:17 - Why Disney’s famed ex-CEO Bob Iger returned to the company 
32:02 - What makes ESPN so profitable
36:43 - What to make of Disney’s financials and valuation
39:51 - Shawn’s opinion on buying the stock
And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members.

Check out The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger.

Check out Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler.

Breakdown of TV Sports Rights.

Check out the books mentioned in the podcast here.

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NEW TO THE SHOW?

Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok.

Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs.

Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.

Try Kyle's favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance.

Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.

Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.


Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.


SPONSORS
Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors:

Toyota

Facet

Fundrise

Public

Airbnb

Bluehost

NetSuite


Connect with Shawn: Twitter | LinkedIn | Email

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