Mohnish Pabrai’s Interview session at The Diary of a CEO on July 13, 2025

Mohnish Pabrai’s Interview session with Steven Bartlett at The Diary of a CEO on July 13, 2025.

00:00:00 Cloning as a mental model; Bill Gates and Sam Walton
00:05:09 Entrepreneurs do not take risk
00:09:21 Focus on offering gaps
00:14:07 Understand customer requirement; Google Glass vs. Meta
00:17:17 Make your business cost-effective; Walmart & LVMH
00:19:22 Getting your music out; Bill Gates & Paul Allen
00:22:38 Find the calling in your life
00:24:52 My Owner's Manual
00:30:01 Capital investment in start-ups; Sir Richard Branson
00:37:56 Successfully reaching out to stakeholders
00:42:13 My family startups in the childhood; Cold calling
00:47:19 Adam Grant: Givers, takers and matchers
00:49:23 Recruiting the right people; Elon Musk & Steve Jobs
00:52:24 Fire fast, Hire slow
00:53:35 The three pillars of investing
00:54:42 Sale of Manhattan by Indians in 1623 & Rule of 72
00:59:48 Rules of investing; Saving the first dollar; Index investing
01:03:33 The Dhandho Investor; Minimizing risk with intact returns
01:08:00 Heads I win, Tails I don't lose too much
01:08:56 Offering gaps
01:13:11 Business moat
01:15:08 Amazon's Prime & Costco memberships
01:16:09 Apple
01:17:47 Traits of great founders; IKEA
01:20:30 Fewer, bigger and infrequent bets; Venture businesses vs. Stock markets
01:22:47 Day trade
01:23:14 Circle the wagons
01:25:40 Learning from mistakes; Fiat Chrysler's Ferrari
01:28:12 Golf


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