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Oct. 19, 2023

This Hedge Fund Manager Got Away With Insider Trading… Then Made Billions

This Hedge Fund Manager Got Away With Insider Trading… Then Made Billions

Episode 509: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) dive into the white collar crimes of Steve Cohen, the pros and cons of working 100 hours a week, and how to play the right game as a founder, investor, or asset manager.


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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/


Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/


Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:00) Steve Cohen's $19b insider trading empire

(12:30) 996 Work Culture

(20:00) Sam and Shaan's daily work schedules

(24:00) Best Career Advice: Stuff the "Other" column

(30:30) Law and Crime acquired for 9-figures

(40:00) Tyler Hogge on sardines and tech valuations

(44:00) Profit is a hypothesis. Cash is s fact

(49:00) Know what game you're paying 

(53:00) Inside the weird world of Bryan Johnson


Links:

• Black Edge: https://tinyurl.com/j5646dbd

• GLG Insights - https://glginsights.com/

• Sapiens - https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/

• Abrams Media - https://dan-abrams.com/projects/

• Soap Hub - https://soaphub.com/

• Margin of Safety - https://tinyurl.com/5etkzb7t

• Tyler Hogge article - https://tinyurl.com/4wmjnmfm

• The Smartest Guys in the Room - https://tinyurl.com/2jec5z23

• Blueprint | Bryan Johnson - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/



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