The greatest builders in history share one habit that changed their fortunes.You’ll hear how a single paragraph led Munger to a $500 million investment, how Jeff Bezos started Amazon because of one statistic in an article, and how Elon Musk saw an opportunity through the absence of information.This episode is about building your mental warehouse of ideas, training your intuition, and developing the kind of insight that compounds for life.The SponsorsThis episode is brought to you by CapitalPad. A marketplace that connects acquisition entrepreneurs who need capital with investors who want exposure to small-business deals. If you’re raising for a deal - or want to back operators - check out https://capitalpad.com/Our sponsor Spacebar Studios builds and runs your newsletter so you stay top-of-mind with founders, brokers, LPs, and talent. HoldCo Builders listeners also use their two-week free trial. Go to https://www.spacebarstudios.co/inquire and get started for free.Timestamps0:00 Intro: The compounding power of reading0:49 Investor quotes on reading2:04 A real competitive advantage2:32 A 50-year habit and the $500M outcome3:25 The Tenecco idea and the $8M to $80M jump4:42 Sponsor: CapitalPad5:52 Jeff Bezos: One stat that launched Amazon6:09 Morris Chang (TSMC): A textbook insight that rewired an industry6:36 Elon Musk: no Mars plan6:50 Dietrich Mateschitz7:11 Bill Gates: The Altair 8800 moment7:25 Phil Knight: Japanese trade finance to Nike’s supply chain7:43 Reading dividends vs. “luck”8:28 Reading as an edge: Building a mental warehouse8:55 Naval Ravikant on lifelong reading9:23 Sponsor: Spacebar Studios10:27 $8M to $80M to $500M10:50 “5 to 10 great insights in a life”11:10 BYD: The Asian counterpart insight11:40 The 29x BYD outcome11:48 How reading trains intuition: “You can almost smell it”12:22 The ultimate unfair advantage of reading13:00 Final challenge: Are you reading like your life depends on it?Support our Sponsors:CapitalPad: https://capitalpad.com/SpaceBar Studios: https://www.spacebarstudios.co/inquireSubscribe on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6lr5bE3SNZF2uEE7Nb0DHh?si=cP_nAarhRmep1lvnR6uk5gSubscribe on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holdco-builders/id1695713724Follow Mikk/PrivatEquityGuy on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuyThis podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.

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