Matthew Sweeney: Frameworks, Patience, and Edge
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<p>Hey guys! After what felt like three years in the making, this week’s guest is Matthew Sweeney, the founder and portfolio manager of <a href="https://www.laughingwatercapital.com/">Laughing Water Capital.</a> Long story short, Matt was actually the first fund manager that I’ve ever cold email when I was getting into the game and he was kind enough to email me back right away. </p> <p>Since then we’ve been able to stay in touch and talk about investment ideas. In this conversation, we dove into Matt’s 4 part decision making framework on evaluating investment theses: </p> <ul> <li>Is it a good business? </li> <li>Who are we partnering with? </li> <li>What happens when something goes wrong? </li> <li>Why it might be cheap? </li> </ul> <p>We also discussed his journey as a portfolio manager, delay gratification vs opportunity cost, what is edge, originality, and thinking on what would the drunks in the bar say?</p> <ul> <li>[0:30] Introduction </li> <li>[4:00] Matt’s Framework for Finding Ideas</li> <li>[24:00] Good Co, Bad Co</li> <li>[29:00] Matthew’s Journey as a Portfolio Manager.</li> <li>[45:00] Patience: Nature vs Nurture </li> <li>[53:00] Delay Gratification vs Opportunity Cost</li> <li>[1:01:00] Models and Valuations </li> <li>[1:13:00] What is Edge? </li> <li>[1:17:00] What Would the Drunks in the Bar Say?</li> <li>[1:19:00] The Future of Laughing Water Capital. </li> <li>[1:25:00] Originality </li> <li>[1:33:00] Always Looking to Improve </li> <li>[1:37:00] More from Matthew Sweeney and Closing Questions</li> </ul> <p>Also, a big thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality!</p> <p><strong>Quartr</strong></p> <p>Quartr is revolutionizing the way investors interact with IR departments, listen to conference calls, and engage in investment research. The best way to think of Quartr is like Spotify for investor conference calls. Quartr is 100% free and includes markets from 12+ countrie
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