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TomGlansAski

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Appreciate your note and sorry to be a bit harsh previously.


You have an impressive background as well. Some of the parallels are striking -- during my analyst days I followed retailers too, along with industrials, a couple of utilities and a few tech firms.

I decided later I wanted to try my hand at building things, rather than placing bets, so got some experience in a startup, worked in venture for a while, and then became a founder. Being a founder is the riskiest of all but quite rewarding if you like big challenges and want to develop new strengths. I was fortunate to make good money at it -- a lot of ventures fail or scrape by and in those cases, you have to be content with the journey and the learning.

Over the past two years, I've gotten back into investing my own funds. I've found it more fun without anyone to report to and I think my entrepreneurial experiences sometimes give me insights that I wouldn't have had before (e.g., assessing business models and drivers of longterm success).

Golf doesn't interest me either. I have conversations going with a couple of groups about stepping into some early stage ventures and have a business idea of my own I've been kicking around. My mom also needs more support than in the past, as my dad passed a while back. So I feel fortunate not to be consumed by the 9 to 5 right now.

What do you like in the markets these days? And if you're on the buy side, does your group have more of a value or growth tilt?

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Posted: 03/27/2022 at 12:54AM



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