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Ben Gilbert

Acquired

Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More

Published
October 5, 2021
Duration
1h 25m
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Last updated
Jun 24, 2026

Discusses investing.

Summary

We sit down with the one & only Michael Mauboussin to dive deep into his incredible body of work: untangling skill and luck, measuring moats, persistence of returns in venture capital, decision making and — particularly timely — expectations investing and how to think about valuations in the current 2021 market environment. (!!) Michael's work is maybe ou…

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Show notes

We sit down with the one & only Michael Mauboussin to dive deep into his incredible body of work: untangling skill and luck, measuring moats, persistence of returns in venture capital, decision making and — particularly timely — expectations investing and how to think about valuations in the current 2021 market environment. (!!) Michael's work is maybe our most frequent carve out on Acquired, so we're pumped to finally have a chance to interview the man himself. Big thank you to Patrick O'Shaugh

Themes

  • investing