Collab Blog
Collaborative Fund Conversations: Jacob Hodes
by Collaborative Team —Inside the private markets: Jacob Hodes on ten-year lockups, the retail push, and what Baltimore teaches you about finding value.
Read moreThe Best Charity of the Next 50 Years Might Be a Company
by Craig Shapiro —Nan Ransohoff (Head of Public Goods at Stripe) recently published a sharp piece on what she calls the third wave…
Read moreWelcoming Tristan Walker to Collaborative Fund
by Craig Shapiro —Tristan Walker is joining Collaborative Fund as a Partner.
Read moreOur Achilles Heel
by Ted Lamade —Why we misunderstand odds and why it matters.
Read moreWelcoming Parker Hayden to Collaborative Fund
by Craig Shapiro —What defines Collab Holdings future success isn’t the capital; it’s the stewardship.
Read moreCollab Holdings: A Different Approach to Private Equity for the Best Consumer Brands
by Craig Shapiro —A few months ago I was in Northern California, visiting a company we’ve known for years.
Read moreLong-Term Money
by Morgan Housel —Adam Smith, the 18th century economist, wrote that it’s not uncommon to meet a mother in the Scottish highlands “who…
Read moreWHOOP
by Craig Shapiro —We are in the early innings of a fundamental shift in how we understand the human body.
Read moreSignificance > Success
by Ted Lamade —Everyone wants to be successful.
Read moreThe Power of Constraints
by Ted Lamade —Today, NBC Sports owns the rights to many of sports’ “crown jewels,” including the Super Bowl, the NBA, the Premier…
Read moreA Few Things I’m Pretty Sure About
by Morgan Housel —Things I’ve been thinking about lately ….
Read moreThe Misfit Tree
by Ted Lamade —People often ask me where I get ideas for this Substack.
Read moreWarren Buffett Was Always a Brand Guy
by Craig Shapiro —A few weeks ago, I came across a letter Warren Buffett wrote in 1972 to Chuck Huggins, then president of See’s Candy.
Read moreThe Coffee Bank and the Speed of Change
by Andrew Montgomery —Like millions of others, I’ve been watching and playing with OpenAI’s new video model, Sora—and I keep thinking about how…
Read moreIf You Get the Chance
by Ted Lamade —After winning a Golden Globe in 2006, Phillip Seymour Hoffman replied to a question about how he got to this…
Read moreBack to School
by Ted Lamade —The beginning of a new school year is a unique time in every kid’s life.
Read moreMy New Book: The Art of Spending Money
by Morgan Housel —My new book, The Art of Spending Money, comes out Oct 7th.
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