The Berkshire Hathaway of Small Businesses

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 7:39 p.m.

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On a week where markets roared back, the most expensive tuna ever was sold for $3.1 million, and the government shutdown officially became the third longest in history \\u2013 and still with no end in sight \\u2013 Dan Ferris number crunches some more historic milestones.

Because last week was Apple\\u2019s turn to suffer, Amazon is now the world\\u2019s largest company. Dan talks about how, once those companies both hit trillion-dollar valuations, something told him he was wrong. And while he got his readers out of Apple before the main meltdown, \\u201cI wish I had followed my gut.\\u201d\\xa0

Dan then introduces this week\\u2019s guest \\u2013 Shane Parrish, the founder, curator and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street. What started as a personal, anonymous blog where Shane could explore what others have discovered about decision making, purposeful living, and how the world works, quickly blossomed into one of the fastest growing websites in the world.\\xa0

With over a million page views, nearly 200,000 subscribers, consistently sold-out Re:Think workshops and over 3 million podcast downloads, Farnam Street has become the go-to resource that CEOs, athletes, professional coaches and entrepreneurs rely on to find signal in a world of noise.\\xa0

From his idea to take Warren Buffett\\u2019s style of investing and apply it on a macro-level \\u2013 snapping up cash-gushing small businesses and capital efficient \\u201cMom and Pop\\u201d stores \\u2013 to his revolutionary thinking on \\u201cMental Models,\\u201d Shane is full of insights on how to change your investing results through changing your thinking.\\xa0

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