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Patrick O'Shaughnessy: belief

7 Oct 2020 Acquired Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired

“I think Daniel is the best strategist that I've personally spent time with, and he says the same thing about Hamilton, or something similar anyway.”

— Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Speaker
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
7 Oct 2020
Publisher
Acquired

Transcript context

…I was like, really, David? I've never heard of it. I don't know. He's like, look, Reed Hastings says it's the best business strategy book and he's the best business strategy practitioner in the world. I was like, okay, fine. It is amazing to be just flashing back. What was that six months ago, having skepticism there? Just to pile on there. I was introduced to Hamilton through Daniel Ek. I think Daniel is the best strategist that I've personally spent time with, and he says the same thing about Hamilton, or something similar anyway. That's two pretty good re-endorsements there. Albeit from a very similar business model—Spotify, and Netflix. One trying to beat the other pretty quickly.…

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