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How I Invest with David Weisburd

David Weisburd
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Investment Strategies
Artificial Intelligence
Family Offices
Private Markets
Entrepreneurship
Portfolio Management
Liquidity
Wealth Management
Private Credit
Alphasense
Real Estate
Institutional Investors
Alternative Investments
Lower Middle Market
Investment Management
Portfolio Construction
Openai
Investor Relations

How I Invest with David Weisburd is a podcast that interviews the world's leading institutional investors. Previous guests include The Ford Foundation, Northwestern University Endowment, CalPERS, Stepstone, and other top limited partners.

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Rick Heitzmann
Founder/Managing Director at FirstMark
FirstMark
Episode: E410: How Relationships Built a $3.6B Venture Firm
Aram Verdian
Partner at Accolade Partners; former investor at Andreessen Horowitz
Accolade Partners
Episode: E407: Why Venture Capital is Becoming a Winner-Take All Market
Sushanth Raman
Founder and CEO of Pallet, an AI company
Pallet
Episode: E406: Why AI Won't Transform Most Enterprises for 10 Years
Scott Abookire
CIO of Pincus Capital Management
Pincus Capital Management
Episode: E404: Why This Billionaire Family Office Doesn't Rebalance Its Portfolio | Pincus Family CIO
Steve Ketchum
Founder and CEO of Sound Point Capital
Sound Point Capital
Episode: E403: Why the Best Investment Firms Stay Small | Sound Point Capital Founder
Lucas Swisher
Co-Head of Growth Investing at Coatue
Coatue
Episode: E402: $92B Coatue: Where the Value in AI Will Accrue
Curtis Pierce
Co-founder and business partner, Weisburd Pierce
Weisburd Pierce
Episode: E401: Einstein Was Wrong About What Actually Compounds
Anthony Pompliano
Entrepreneur, investor, and prominent voice in business and finance
Investor and entrepreneur
Episode: E400: Anthony Pompliano on Power Laws, Conviction, and Compounding
Miguel Luina
Co-head of Global Venture Capital at Hamilton Lane
Hamilton Lane
Episode: E398: Hamilton Lane ($1T AUA) on Venture Capital, AI, and Private Markets

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David Weisburd
Host of the show; repeated as a primary interviewer across episodes.

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4.4 out of 5 stars from 159 ratings
  • Best LP podcast out there

    I would say this, Capital Allocators and Venture Unlocked are the best LP podcasts. Top 3 for sure. I’m raising my first set of funds for my own firm and have learned a lot from the episodes.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Morgan Polotan
    United States7 months ago
  • Truly inspirational!

    Love this!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ajay Donthula
    United States7 months ago
  • Great

    Super helpful as an analyst planning ahead

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Miloslav Tkach
    United States7 months ago
  • Signal, Not Soundbites

    David Weisburd differs from typical finance podcasts. It shows how experienced allocators reason, not how they perform.

    DW avoids filler and focuses on trade-offs, strategy, and intellectual restraint.

    Each episode gives you a way to think, not something to quote and forget. If you want signal over noise, it’s a solid listen.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jayerdu
    United States7 months ago
  • Awesome

    Love this from TX

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ajsonday
    United States7 months ago

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High quality guests and thoughtful questions consistently deliver deep insights.
Signal over noise: the host asks signals-driven questions that reveal real decision frameworks.
Masterclass in investing: episodes feel like practical, actionable masterclasses from top allocators.

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E410: How Relationships Built a $3.6B Venture Firm
Q: What's a key lesson about contrarian investing?
Have a clear, logical framework and share it with your team to align on mega-trends; the contrarian bet often requires patience and perseverance, and honest communication with LPs about why stepping away from the herd can pay off over time.
E410: How Relationships Built a $3.6B Venture Firm
Q: How did FirstMark raise a second fund during the financial crisis?
Through persistent fundraising, proof points from portfolio companies, and relentless outreach, albeit with long, challenging efforts; it required patience, belief in the thesis, and continued network engagement until traction finally emerged.
E410: How Relationships Built a $3.6B Venture Firm
Q: What makes relationships compound in venture investing?
Relationships compound by creating a dense ecosystem where network effects, trust, and shared knowledge accelerate sourcing, due diligence, and support for portfolio companies. This enables faster problem solving, better guidance, and a smoother path to growth as the network self-reinforces itself.
E409: The Leadership Lessons That Built a $6.5 Billion Firm
Q: What's the hardest thing about growing the firm?
Maintaining a scalable flywheel while keeping culture intact, ensuring people are aligned on goals, and transitioning from individual contributors to effective leaders who can manage teams.
E409: The Leadership Lessons That Built a $6.5 Billion Firm
Q: Why focus on overlooked industrial assets rather than high-flying coast-aligned tech?
Because the rail, shipping, and trucking ecosystems offer stable cash flows, inflation linkage, and tangible collateral that many investors miss, creating a durable moat when executed with the right partners and governance.

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The show centers on high-level investing, capital allocation, and private markets, often featuring veteran allocators, venture investors, and leaders from large asset owners. Episodes frequently explore liquidity in private markets, governance and alignment between GPs and LPs, and the economics of real assets, tax strategies, and long-horizon investment theses. A notable strength is bringing together world-class investors and fund managers to unpack decision frameworks, governance, and the structural shifts shaping private equity, venture, and institutional investing. The mix of practical frameworks, founder and operator perspectives, and sponsor integrations offers listeners actionable takeaways for fundraising, investment strategy, and p... more

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