#30 - Pinterest Business Research

June 16, 2020: A first look at Pinterest, company living on making inspirations come true, and the world of digital advertising. I’m not a Pinterest user. Just putting it out there. Though, I did try using it once and didn’t understand what the point of it was. Over time, as I saw the business grow, IPO, and even expand into Toronto… I got curious on how this could be.

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#28 - Learnings on Marketplaces from Andreessen Horowitz & Twilio’s Values and Cultures from First Round Capital

June 12, 2020: Learnings inspired by listening to Invest Like The Best podcast episodes with Sarah Tavel of Benchmark and Jeff Lawson of Twilio. This took me down the rabbit hole of learning about 100 marketplaces from a16z’s article on private/startups and First Round Capital’s focused interview with Jeff Lawson on Twilio’s values and culture.

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#27 - Research into Wix using Fisher’s Investment Checklist

June 11, 2020: A first pass look at Wix, a cloud-based website design and hosting platform. A company "founded on the belief that the Internet should be accessible to everyone to develop, create and contribute, irrespective of their level of coding skill." Aka, it started out as a DIY website platform for non-tech folks like yours truly. Once again, I use Phil Fisher’s 15 point investment checklist as a foundation.

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#23 - Learning From Ben Thompson & Bill Gurley on Marketplaces, Platforms & Aggregator Businesses

June 5, 2020: A medley of learnings from the Invest Like The Best podcasts’ interviews with Ben Thompson of Stratechery and Bill Gurley of Benchmark. Learning about what makes a platform vs. aggregator, the moats that make these businesses thrive, building a media business and mental models for identifying ‘potentially’ successful marketplace businesses.

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#22 - Research of Lululemon using Fisher’s Investment Checklist

June 4, 2020: A first look at Lululemon through its 2019 annual report, proxy statement and articles into the company’s culture and history. Once again, I use Phil Fisher’s 15-point investment checklist as the foundation and if I were to hint on the verdict…. It’s been disappointments on its management for a business I had high hopes for. I still recommend taking a look at the business that brought us athleisure.

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