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Ep. 184: Cal Newport Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Cal Newport
Cal Newport

My guest today is Cal Newport, an American non-fiction author and associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University.

The topic is passion.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Alan Watts
  • Why following your passion isn’t such a great idea from Newport’s perspective
  • The notion of deliberate practice and the 10000 hour rule, falling back on simplistic strategies that fail
  • Passion following success as the true gauge
  • Misconceptions about passion
  • Thinking of passion as a side-effect of running your career in the right way
  • Overcoming difficulty as a necessary step in the process
  • The work and analysis Newport has done looking at top chess players
  • The systematic aspect of gaining skill and its ties to passion
  • Anxiety and failure

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Ep. 183: Yaron Brook Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Yaron Brook
Yaron Brook

My guest today is Yaron Brook, an Israeli-American entrepreneur, writer, and activist. He is an Objectivist and the current chairman of the board at the Ayn Rand Institute, where he is the executive director.

The topic is liberty.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Trading
  • The nature of altruism
  • The idea and definitions of selfishness in the context of objectivism
  • The power of ideas
  • The idea of being a victim
  • Schools, teaching, and political teaching
  • Entitlement leading to victimhood
  • The rise of state power, the ambitious poor, and the minimum wage
  • Free work and internships
  • Alan Greenspan
  • America compared to Singapore

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Ep. 180: Porter Erisman Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Posted on by Michael Covel
Porter Erisman
Porter Erisman

My guest today is Porter Erisman, a former Vice-President at Alibaba Group (2000-08), China’s internet giant. He witnessed it grow from humble beginnings into the world’s largest e-commerce company.

The topic is his documentary Crocodile in the Yangtze.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • What it was like working with Jack Ma
  • Short-term vs. long-term entrepreneurs
  • The lack of knowledge/insight America has for China
  • The perceived threat of China to America
  • Whether nationalism played into Ma’s success
  • The commonalities between the greatest internet entrepreneurial success stories
  • Government interference with Alibaba
  • How eBay was defeated by this small startup in China

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Entrepreneurs Gathers in Bangkok; Thanks for the Stage!

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Feedback on my latest live presentation for TropicalMBA.com:

Hey Michael, loved your presentation! I am a digital nomad, from Brazil (lived in more than 6 countries), and think that interviewing (via Skype) you would be awesome to introduce you to the Brazilian market and to share your knowledge. Let me know if you are up to it. 30 minutes of your time for thousands of viewers. Your presentation [in Bangkok] was awesome cause you connected with people at a ‘human-success-struggle-story’ level. It was awesome!

Thanks for the kind words. The event was a great time and filled with some amazing current, and up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Looking forward to next year.

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Ep. 171: Nick Atkeson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Nick Atkeson
Nick Atkeson

Michael Covel talks with Nick Atkeson. Atkeson’s book is titled “Win By Not Losing: A Disciplined Approach to Building and Protecting Your Wealth in the Stock Market by Managing Your Risk”. Covel and Atkeson talk about momentum and streaks; some of the stories contained in Atkeson’s book, including “Sonny” in Vegas and his ability to disrupt the earnings of the Rio Casino, and the idea of the “theo”; why people should invest at all; uncertainty in the markets, with jobs, and in retirement; market timing; asset allocation decisions; negative tail risk; black swans; what happens when/if the US potentially defaults on its debt; the idea of “systematic”, taking your losses, and behavioral finance; loss avoidance; and how Atkeson got started in his career. Atkeson can be found at deltaim.com.

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Ep. 168: Larry Williams Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Larry Williams
Larry Williams

My guest today is Larry Williams, an American author, stock and commodity trader, and politician from the state of Montana.

The topic is trading.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • IRS and Congress
  • Targeting of individuals and groups by the government
  • Facing the government in a court case and negotiating with the IRS
  • How Williams approached trading at the beginning, and his motivations to do so
  • How growing up in Montana affected Williams personally
  • How Williams came to run for Senate and his reasoning for doing so
  • The importance of speculation, and the difference between speculation and gambling
  • How Williams made the migration from stocks to thinking about futures
  • How Williams approached the emotional and money management sides of the equation
  • Risk control
  • Understanding what kind of system “fits” you best
  • The changing condition of markets
  • Keeping it simple
  • The importance of learning from injury
  • How Williams came to his Libertarian mindset

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Ep. 167: Ryan Holiday Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday

My guest today is Ryan Holiday, an American author, public-relations strategist, bookstore owner and host of the podcast The Daily Stoic. He is a former director of marketing for American Apparel.

The topic is his book Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • The definition of “growth hacking”
  • The different forms of growth hacking
  • Why many other marketing books pertain to big business rather than startups
  • The startup mentality
  • How Holiday turned to Bittorrent to launch Tim Ferriss’ “The 4-Hour Chef”
  • Platforms in the growth hacking mindset
  • Letting others be lucky
  • Growth hacking in the context of startups
  • The idea of a product market fit, changing your product, and assessing its strengths and weaknesses
  • The marketing implications of knowing that “the product is never done”
  • Standing by your convictions but being open minded to change
  • The anachronism of press releases
  • Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
  • The concept of other people’s money, the lack of flexibility that goes along with that, and the importance of being able to change

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