The Walt Disney Company

The Home Depot's founding story is like an Avengers movie… if the Avengers got fired, went broke, and stacked empty paint cans ten feet high to look legitimate. After being unceremoniously fired from their previous hardware chain at ages 48 and 35, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank ...  Show more

In 1984, the Walt Disney Company was worth more dead than alive. Disney Animation — the heart of Walt's famous flywheel — had stagnated for years, bleeding away talent while corporate raiders circled, salivating over offers to sell off the film library to MGM and offload the park ...  Show more

Today’s business needs little introduction. Berkshire Hathaway is one of the largest businesses in the world and run by arguably the most famous investors of our time, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. To break down the business, I’m joined by Chris Bloomstran. Chris is the Pres ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 02:49 - How Buffett came around to purchasing Geico. 07:45 - Why Buffett’s reputation helped him get a fantastic deal on Nebraska Furniture Mart. 10:33 - Why the efficient market hypothesis is partially false. 12:13 - How Salomon Brothers nearly des ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 04:02 - How Warren Buffett already read financial statements when he was a kid. 12:05 - Why Warren Buffett was sitting behind the counter at the local steakhouse collecting receipts, and how that lead to one of his best investments. 24:13 - How a ge ...  Show more

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:08:46 - Who the key figures were in Buffett’s development as an investor. 00:09:58 - Benjamin Graham’s definition of an investment. 00:10:21 - What it means to invest with a margin of safety. 00:22:23 - What cigar butt companies are and how they ...  Show more