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How I Invest with David Weisburd

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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01:01:54

E215: The Pursuit Uncorrelated Returns in Venture...

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2025/09/19

Can venture capital be reinvented to deliver alpha without relying on “heroic assumptions”?In this episode, I go deep with Daniel Kimerling, Founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, on his mission to build a different kind of venture fund—one focused on highly concentrated, long-duration bets in financial services. Dan explains why Deciens is unapologetically “get rich or die trying,” how his team avoids the venture hamster wheel of markups and momentum rounds, and why he believes the next

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00:46:21

E214: Inside Look into a $14B Multi-Family Office

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2025/09/17

How can ultra-high-net-worth families invest like endowments—without becoming forced sellers when markets turn? In this episode, I go deep with Greg Brown, Co-CEO of Caprock, on how a modern multi-family office serves UHNW families. Greg explains why Caprock acts as CFO first and CIO second, forecasting liquidity across complex balance sheets before allocating to private markets. We cover the thresholds for when privates make sense, how to structure portfolios for resilience, the role (and limits)

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00:56:11

E213: How Fordham Invests Its $1B Endowment

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2025/09/15

How do you run a $1B endowment with a lean five-person team — while balancing liquidity, access, and high-conviction relationships? In this episode, I speak with Geeta Kapadia, CFA, Chief Investment Officer at Fordham University, about how she manages a concentrated portfolio of 30–40 manager relationships, the lessons she’s learned resetting the portfolio for liquidity, and why she favors passive equities with selective active bets in emerging markets and developed ex-US. We also dive into the

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00:31:02

E212: Unlocking $175M: Raising Venture & Private...

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2025/09/12

How do you use the SBIC program to access long-dated, low-cost leverage—without blowing up risk? In this episode, I speak with Eric Rosiak, CEO & CIO of Amplify Community Investment Partners, about the mechanics of SBICs, the new accrual debenture license for venture and growth, what top LPs look for, and how policy changes could expand the opportunity set. We dig into eligibility tests, realistic fund sizes, diligence standards (they’re no joke), and why some large platforms now run SBIC sleeves

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00:29:43

E211: Disrupting The $100 Trillion Bond Market

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2025/09/10

What would the bond market look like if it were built today? In this episode, I speak with Dylan Parker, CEO & Co-Founder of Moment, the operating system for fixed income that unifies trading, portfolio construction, and risk/compliance—and automates the workflows wealth platforms run every day. We dig into how fixed income finally went electronic, why half of bond trading still happens by phone or chat, and how Moment can build customized ladders in seconds instead of hours. We also unpack the

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00:26:59

E210: How Startups Can Avoid Being Disrupted by...

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2025/09/08

What does it take to build an AI-native search engine for science?In this episode, I spoke with Eric Olson, Co-founder & CEO of Consensus, the platform making peer-reviewed research accessible through AI. We covered the company’s journey from Series A to millions of users, the realities of competing with tech giants, and what truly creates defensibility for AI startups. Eric shared his perspective on the “AI talent wars,” building products at hyperspeed, and what truly creates a moat for AI

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00:49:59

E209: $70B AUM: How Cresset Delivers Alpha at Scale

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2025/09/05

In this episode, I speak with Avy Stein, Founder & Chairman of Cresset—a multi-family office known for its private markets access and co-investing model. We cover Avy’s path from Kirkland & Ellis lawyer to private-equity dealmaker, the Willis-Stein spinout from Continental Bank, why multi-strategy platforms scaled so quickly, how co-invest rights really add alpha (and where adverse selection bites), and the rise of private credit in the middle and lower-middle market. We also get into culture

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00:42:16

E208: CIO Frank Mihail on Running an $8 Billion...

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2025/09/03

In this episode of How I Invest, I speak with Frank Mihail, CIO of the North Dakota Department of Trust Lands, which manages an $8B sovereign wealth endowment built to fund public schools. Frank shares how his three-person team runs a highly concentrated portfolio with 75% in alternatives, why they prefer evergreen fund structures for liquidity, and how they think about portable alpha, co-investments, and core-satellite strategies. We also discuss the trust’s broader mission: having already

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00:34:17

E207: Can AI Replace Your VC Analyst?

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2025/09/01

What happens when AI lets five people build what used to take fifty? Can you scale to eight figures in revenue without ever touching a “Series A treadmill”? In this episode, I talk with Henry Shi, co-founder of Super.com and creator of the Lean AI Leaderboard, about seedstrapping (raising once, then reaching escape velocity), outcome-based pricing, and a new, non-dilutive way to finance lean, profitable startups. We also get into how Henry “vibe-coded” an AI VC tool over a weekend, why survival

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00:38:10

E206: Inside Miami’s Billionaire Boom: The Real...

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2025/08/29

I had the chance to talk with Francis X. Suarez, the 43rd Mayor of Miami, about how his "open-for-business" leadership transformed the city into a global tech and finance hub. We unpack Miami’s “quantum opportunity,” the practical growing pains—housing, schools, transit—and the civic strategy behind international diplomacy and major sports deals. We also explore his run as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and his reflections on leadership, resilience, and embracing failure.

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00:52:42

E205: How to Invest like a Billionaire w/Founder of...

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2025/08/27

Alan Zafran, Founder & Managing Partner at IEQ Capital, joins to unpack how ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions think about risk, cash runways, GP selection, illiquidity, secondaries, LPAC governance, and portfolio strategy amid rising rates and sovereign debt.

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00:28:23

E204: Going All In: The Risks and Rewards of...

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2025/08/25

In this episode I speak with Rafael Costa, who co-founded Across Capital to back category-leading software companies across the U.S. and Latin America. We dive deep on the Brazil tech flywheel — from why the central bank and Pix have accelerated fintech innovation, to the infrastructure winners like QI Tech that are becoming foundational rails for payments, banking and credit. Rafael walks me through Across Capital’s concentrated, high-conviction approach (a ten-company portfolio, deliberate sizing,

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00:48:52

E203: How Elite Endowments Invest w/John Felix

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2025/08/22

This episode features John Felix, General Partner & Head of Research at Pattern Ventures, a specialist fund-of-funds focused on backing small venture managers in the $5–50M range. We talk about the endowment principles that shaped John’s investing mindset, how to separate true specialists from résumé-driven narratives, why access and selection are two very different games, and the traps LPs face in co-investments. John also shares lessons on reserves strategy, portfolio construction, and what

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00:43:47

E202: The Startup Lobbying Playbook w/Bradley Tusk

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2025/08/20

I had the chance to speak with Bradley Tusk, the legendary political strategist turned venture capitalist. He started in politics—running Michael Bloomberg’s mayoral campaign and serving as Deputy Governor of Illinois—before becoming the fixer behind startups like Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, and Coinbase. Now, he runs Tusk Holdings, where he invests in—and fights for—startups navigating regulation.We talked about his unique investing playbook, how to outmaneuver entrenched interests, what founders

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01:07:53

E201: Top 10 Things LPs Look for in a General Partner...

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2025/08/18

What does it take to be a truly great limited partner? In this episode, I spoke with Matt Curtolo, a veteran LP who’s worked with some of the most sophisticated institutional investors in the world—Hamilton Lane, MetLife, and Hirtle Callaghan. Today, Matt advises both LPs and emerging GPs, offering a rare perspective from both sides of the table. We dug deep into what separates elite LPs from the pack, how institutional incentives shape decision-making, the paradox of humility and self-promotion

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02:20:54

E200: 21 Harsh Truths Nobody Will Ever Tell You -...

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2025/08/15

In this episode of How I Invest, I’m joined by Alex Hormozi — entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Acquisition.com — to unpack the mindset and methods that have fueled his success across multiple industries. We dive deep into why entrepreneurship is more a “game of the heart” than the mind, the power of compounding skills, the dangers of “ignorance debt,” and how to strategically decide whether to build skills yourself or bring in outside talent.Alex shares candid stories from his career — from

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01:09:45

E199: How Rahul Moodgal Raised $99 Billion by Playing...

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2025/08/13

Most people pitch performance. Rahul Moodgal built a career on pitching relationships.In this episode, I go deep with Rahul Moodgal—Head of Investor Relations at Parvus Asset Management and one of the most trusted capital raisers in the hedge fund world. Over his career, Rahul has raised $99 billion across platforms like TCI and Parvus, building decades-long relationships with LPs, endowments, and mission-driven institutions around the globe. We explore how Rahul flips traditional fundraising on

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00:57:07

E198: How Family Offices Construct Portfolios in 2025...

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2025/08/11

In this episode of How I Invest, I speak with Scott Welch, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Certuity, a multi‑family office managing over $4 billion in assets. Scott joined Certuity’s Board of Managers in 2020, and now leads the investment strategy and participates actively in risk management across all facets of the firm's investments, including portfolio architecture, asset allocation, investment due diligence, and manager selectionWe talk about what’s keeping him up at night in public

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00:49:01

E197: Why Most Family Offices Fail—7 Lessons from...

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2025/08/08

Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, where she teaches the “Family Enterprise” course—a foundational class for the rising generation of family office leaders. She’s also the founder of Wingspan Legacy Partners, where she advises ultra-high-net-worth families on governance, talent, and legacy.In this episode, I sat down with Christina to unpack why most family offices are structurally flawed—and what to do about it. Christina shares insights from advising dozens of

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00:51:26

E196: Professor Steve Kaplan: Do Privates Really...

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2025/08/06

Why do Harvard and Yale seem to be exiting private equity? What does the most rigorous data actually say about buyout and venture performance? And how should serious LPs think about real estate, hedge funds, and co-investments?In this episode, I’m joined with Steven Neil Kaplan—Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, co-creator of the Kaplan-Schoar PME metric, and one of the most widely cited academics in private equity and venture capital

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