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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
15 Dec 2025 Acquired 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
“I think we already were awake to the idea that all that matters is the late years of compounding.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 15 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Easy to lose one too. They were really sensitive to reputation. Yeah. We'd studied enough businesses by that point, where we saw what led to durability. I think we already were awake to the idea that all that matters is the late years of compounding. In any given year, you look at a Mag seven company, and their profits from the last year are greater than the first 20 years combined or whatever. Realizing that being around and being respected on the other side of this economic chasm is the key to everything. Who cares about making money this year? It's about 5, 10, 20 years from now. We have to have the brand that people want to be a part of then. Right. You don't know that you are a Mag seven podcast.…
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