RAFAEL QUINN

Financing, Buying a Business, Investing, Life

Removal of Optionality and Introduction of Fragility

May 14
May 14 Bayuk Cigars, Reducing Underwriting Risk, and why Cash is King

Investing, Holding Company

How IRR can drive best practices

Apr 12
Apr 12 Jumping Out of Planes

Life Lessons from Extreme Sports

Apr 12
Apr 12 Napoleon and Business

Life, Holding Company, Investing

Applying Military Maxims to Life

Apr 12
Apr 12 Unforced Errors

Holding Company, Life, Investing

In a war, the game is always with him who commits the fewest faults

Apr 12
Apr 12 A Stretched Supply Line

Investing, Holding Company, Life

Business Lessons from Military Strategy

Apr 12
Apr 12 Where should I invest my money?

Investing

General Investment Advice

Apr 4
Apr 4 Invert, Invert, Invert

All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there

Apr 4
Apr 4 Operator vs Allocator

Understanding the difference between both

Apr 4
Apr 4 7 Lessons from Building a Holding Company

Investing, Life, Holding Company

13 years and counting these are some of my main takeaways

Apr 4
Apr 4 The Do Not Buy List

Investing, Buying a Business, Holding Company

List of companies we will not buy and the issue with each

Apr 3
Apr 3 The Making of an Investor

My Story

Apr 3
Apr 3 The Making of a Capital Allocator

Investing

How to improve as a capital allocator

Apr 2
Apr 2 7 Investing Rules

Investing

Do not chase shiny objects

Apr 2
Apr 2 The Conglomerate Discount

How it applies to building a HoldCo

Apr 2
Apr 2 The History of Textron

Royal Little, the father of conglomerates

Apr 1
Apr 1 Horizontal vs Vertical Holding Companies

Going wide vs Going Deep

Apr 1
Apr 1 Leverage

Investing, Life, Holding Company

Leverage is receiving something you have not yet earned

Apr 1
Apr 1 Taleb Strikes Again