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Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

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Today, we are dropping a special episode in the Invest Like the Best Feed. 50X is back, a fan favorite series from Will Thorndike and the team at Compounding Labs. Will's book, "The Outsiders,)" is one of the best business and investing books that you'll find. You'll hear him continuing his work in the hosting chair as he looks in detail at investments that have appreciated at least 50-fold.Season two features Asurion. Colossus is excited to partner with Will as he sits down with the management and investors behind this legendary investment. We kick off this special drop with a short interview that I did with Will on everything he learned studying this business, followed by the full three-part series.

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Learn more and dive into our research at ⁠50xpodcast.com⁠)

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This episode is brought to you by** **Oberle). Oberle is a specialty insurance brokerage providing insurance services to search funds, independent sponsors, family offices, and private equity firms.

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50X is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of 50X, visit⁠⁠⁠ joincolossus.com/episodes⁠⁠⁠).

Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (⁠⁠⁠https://thepodcastconsultant.com⁠⁠⁠)).

Follow us on Twitter: @50Xpodcast | @joincolossus

Show Notes

(00:00:00) Welcome to 50X

(00:04:52) Patrick interviews Will Thorndike

(00:18:16) The Early Days (‘95-‘01) with Kevin Taweel

(01:24:44) The Flywheel Era (‘01-‘07) with Kevin Taweel

(02:24:32) Retracing the Path to 100 times 50x with Irv Grousbeck