William Hockey - Building the Operating System for the Dollar and Silicon Valley Heresy - [Invest Like the Best, EP.463]

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This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Clients of Positive Sum may maintain positions in the securities discussed in this podcast. To learn more, visit psum.vc. Mm. My guest today is William Hockey, the founder of Colum. William was also the co-founder of Plat, one of the more famous fin tech businesses from the last decade. Column is his second business, which he's built. From scratch and funding it entirely himself.

And building it his way. I think you will find this conversation utterly fascinating, not just because of the incredible quality of the business that he's built. But how maniacal he is about studying and implementing ideas in this specific field. This is a great example of a founder that is winning because he is willing to do everything. My favorite example from our conversation today is that he went and found some obscure book about some ancient bank and found one idea buried in the two thousand pages that gave him a simple idea for his product. He's willing to do that over and over again. And he explains his very different, maybe even heretical views on a lot of what's happening in the world of startups and technology today.

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