Berkshire Hathaway Part III
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Berkshire Hathaway Part III mentions Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Phil Fisher, Amazon Unbound by Brad Stone, The Snowball, and Alice in the Snowball with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
It's amazing. Phil, like, basically saw the future of what tech company like dynamics were going to be way back in the day.
Like, you read that book and you're just kind of like... Like, in awe.
No, it's not that simple.
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“Phil Fisher's Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, a classic, really the counterpoint to the Buffett philosophy and the value investing tribe. Phil is the father of growth investing.”
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“we just had Brad on in our last episode, Brad Stone, to talk about Amazon Unbound.”
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“Alice has this great quote in The Snowball. She says, Is that where we are today?”
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“The mention of 'Alice in the Snowball' refers to a source discussing Warren Buffett's investment strategies and decisions regarding Genry.”
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“I was on my run this morning and I was listening to the Adam Mead book that I referenced.”
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Goodfellas
“I somehow never saw Goodfellas until this week. And that movie is just so choice on so many levels. It's amazing direction, cinematography, and dialogue.”