Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters

The best investors are not investors at all. They are entrepreneurs who have never sold. — Nick Sleep Nick Sleep’s letters are a masterclass on the importance of understanding the underlying reality of a business — what he calls the engine of its success. I read all 110,000 words of Nick’s letters (twice!) to make this episode and what I found most important is Nick’s ability to develop a deep understanding of “honestly run compounding machines” (like Costco and Amazon) years before everyone else. Nick explains clearly how Jim Sinegal and Jeff Bezos set up their companies for long term success —from the very beginning — and gives us a few hints along the way on how we can do the same in our business. And the absolute entrepreneurial history nerd in me loved the references to Henry Ford, Sam Walton, Rockefeller and other greats from the past that are sprinkled throughout Nick’s letters. No surprise that someone who was able to make $2 billion for his clients has a deep understanding of the great work that came before him. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/365-nick-sleeps-letters-the-full-collection-of-the-nomad-investment-partnership-letters-to-partners David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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Released: October 15, 2024
Duration: 50m
Channel: Founders Podcast
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The best investors are not investors at all. They are entrepreneurs who have never sold. — Nick Sleep Nick Sleep’s letters are a masterclass on the importance of understanding the underlying reality of a business — what he calls the engine of its success. I read all 110,000 words of Nick’s letters (twice!) to make this episode and what I found most important is Nick’s ability to develop a deep understanding of “honestly run compounding machines” (like Costco and Amazon) years before everyone else. Nick explains clearly how Jim Sinegal and Jeff Bezos set up their companies for long term success —from the very beginning — and gives us a few hints along the way on how we can do the same in our business. And the absolute entrepreneurial history nerd in me loved the references to Henry Ford, Sam Walton, Rockefeller and other greats from the past that are sprinkled throughout Nick’s letters. No surprise that someone who was able to make $2 billion for his clients has a deep understanding of the great work that came before him. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/365-nick-sleeps-letters-the-full-collection-of-the-nomad-investment-partnership-letters-to-partners David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20

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Host of the Founders Podcast, known for reading and commenting on biographies and business/investing writings.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Founders Podcast, featuring David Senra, Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters explores nick Sleep's Letters: Scale Economies Shared and Patient Concentration Senra reads the 2001–2014 Nomad letters in order to show how Nick Sleep's thinking evolved, from early diversified holdings to heavy concentration in Costco, Amazon and Berkshire.

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