Sieva Kozinsky - Long-Term Thinking is an Advantage - Ep.177
Ep.177: Alex Bridgeman (@aebridgeman) is joined by Sieva Kozinsky (@sievakozinsky).\nMy guest on this episode is Sieva Kozinsky, co-founder of Enduring Ventures, a holding company founded in 2019 with 17 acquisitions to date. Sieva and I met at a dinner following the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in Omaha, his first time attending the meeting. A theme from our first conversations in Omaha that continues through this episode is long-term thinking being a huge advantage, and that compounding happens everywhere. Reputation, lessons, and learning - well beyond capital alone.\nWe talk about Sieva\u2019s background as a founder and how it impacts his role at Enduring Ventures, how he discovered he is a better buyer than a builder, great companies and founders he\u2019s studied and taken lessons from, and much more. Enjoy!\nListen weekly and follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, and TuneIn.\xa0\nLearn more about Alex and Think Like an Owner at https://tlaopodcast.com/\n\nLinks:\nSieva on LinkedIn\nSieva on Twitter\nEnduring Ventures\nFounders Podcast\nTitan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow\nThe Gambler: How Penniless Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History by William Rempel\n\nTimestamps:\n(00:03:53) Belief Documents\n(00:08:39) Long-termism trends\n(00:11:22) Takeaways from the Berkshire Event\n(00:20:02) Helping employees & executives think and behave like an owner\n(00:25:44) Being a Buyer vs. Builder\n(00:32:36) Culture Index\n(00:35:24) The importance of having experience as a founder/operator to succeed at Enduring\n(00:44:18) Pareto Prinicples\n(00:53:45) Habits, tactics, and learnings from biographies on great founders and companies\n(01:08:14) What strongly held belief have you changed your mind on?\n(01:09:34) What\u2019s the best business you\u2019ve ever seen?