service / likes
Vanguard
“Ben and David love their index funds. You know, we love Vanguard here. If you had bought the S&P 500 with that same $1,000, instead of $17 million today, you would have $170,000.”
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Ben Gilbert
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- 500
- Episodes
- 23
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 46
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
other / recommends
Defunctland
“There's a great one on the Florida Project, so I highly recommend Defunctland.”
other / recommends
Animagraffs
“I highly recommend the channel, Animagraffs.”
hardware / likes
Disneyland
“The sightlines, man. The, the—I, I like going to Disneyland just to walk around.”
other / recommends
Tifosi
“I highly recommend Tifosi. They're also pretty cheap. I bought three pairs. They're goofy in different colors and they're fun.”
book / uses
Last Man Standing
“One great book I read for research was Last Man Standing to prep for the Jamie Dimon interview.”
other / uses
Invest Like the Best
“I listened to an episode of Invest Like the Best about a year ago, which was a really, really long interview with Graham Duncan.”
app / uses
Gemini
“I find switching costs to be relatively low. I use Gemini for some stuff, then it’s really easy to switch away.”
other / uses
Glass
“I watched the Google IO keynote with Glass and I watched a bunch of Glass content.”
paper / uses
Worldly Partners research
“In fact, in particular, for each of these episodes now, I read the Worldly Partners research on the company we’re covering from front of the show, Arvind.”
app / uses
Netflix
“Think about how I watch Netflix. I will watch Netflix tonight after we record on my Apple TV upstairs.”
other / recommends
Visa
“I highly recommend the Visa one as discussed earlier in the Network of Networks idea, if you haven't heard that”
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01 / recommendation
One, how a mechanical watch works, and two, how a Formula 1 car works. I highly recommend the channel, Animagraffs.
“One, how a mechanical watch works, and two, how a Formula 1 car works. I highly recommend the channel, Animagraffs.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
02 / recommendation
The sightlines, man. The, the—I, I like going to Disneyland just to walk around.
“The sightlines, man. The, the—I, I like going to Disneyland just to walk around.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
03 / recommendation
Tons of great Disney ones, Disney parks that were never built. There's a great one on the Florida Project, so I highly recommend Defunctland.
“Tons of great Disney ones, Disney parks that were never built. There's a great one on the Florida Project, so I highly recommend Defunctland.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
04 / recommendation
Recommends Animagraffs.
“I highly recommend the channel, Animagraffs.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
05 / recommendation
Recommends Defunctland.
“There's a great one on the Florida Project, so I highly recommend Defunctland.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
06 / recommendation
Yeah, you can go spend a lot of money and buy a 911, but you have the functioning alibi of, well, I needed a car and I wanted a car. I like driving.
“Yeah, you can go spend a lot of money and buy a 911, but you have the functioning alibi of, well, I needed a car and I wanted a car. I like driving.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
07 / recommendation
Recommends Tifosi.
“I highly recommend Tifosi. They're also pretty cheap. I bought three pairs. They're goofy in different colors and they're fun.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Costco
- Publisher
- Acquired
08 / recommendation
We think you should just compete against each other until your margins are zero, and we're going to accrue all the profit pool now, because there's basically nothing else that you'll put on that people want to watch.
“We think you should just compete against each other until your margins are zero, and we're going to accrue all the profit pool now, because there's basically nothing else that you'll put on that people want to watch.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The NFL
- Publisher
- Acquired
09 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Invest Like the Best.
“I listened to an episode of Invest Like the Best about a year ago, which was a really, really long interview with Graham Duncan.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
10 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Last Man Standing.
“One great book I read for research was Last Man Standing to prep for the Jamie Dimon interview.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
11 / recommendation
You can build a much better business on being known for, "I will be surprised and delighted when I come to the store, and you have selected interesting items for me," than you can on, "You are an empty vessel through which to provide me milk.
“You can build a much better business on being known for, "I will be surprised and delighted when I come to the store, and you have selected interesting items for me," than you can on, "You are an empty vessel through which to provide me milk.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
- Publisher
- Acquired
12 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Gemini.
“I find switching costs to be relatively low. I use Gemini for some stuff, then it’s really easy to switch away.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Google Part III: The AI Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
13 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Glass.
“I watched the Google IO keynote with Glass and I watched a bunch of Glass content.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
14 / recommendation
Just imagine dollars out of your pocket for healthcare and don’t even just pick this year, pick a 10-year period because stuff might come up.
“Just imagine dollars out of your pocket for healthcare and don’t even just pick this year, pick a 10-year period because stuff might come up.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Epic Systems (MyChart)
- Publisher
- Acquired
15 / recommendation
We just had one of my favorite conversations ever on the show, in part because I just love talking computer architecture, with Rene Haas, who is the CEO of Arm Holdings, the chip design company that makes the designs and the instruction set architecture of everything inside your smartphone, your car, your laptop, and now even massively in the data centers.
“We just had one of my favorite conversations ever on the show, in part because I just love talking computer architecture, with Rene Haas, who is the CEO of Arm Holdings, the chip design company that makes the designs and the instruction set architecture of everything inside your smartphone, your car, your laptop, and now even massively in the data centers.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)
- Publisher
- Acquired
16 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of Worldly Partners research.
“In fact, in particular, for each of these episodes now, I read the Worldly Partners research on the company we’re covering from front of the show, Arvind.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- IKEA
- Publisher
- Acquired