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Trend Following Decision Making with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Want to build repeatable revenue for your business? Amos Schwartzfarb and Trevor Boehm shows you step by step how to identify and move the levers that unlock growth and create predictability across every aspect of your business. Built on decades of experience across hundreds of companies, Amos Schwartzfarb and Trevor Boehm condense the essentials of creating a metrics-driven company into five core workshops and puts them directly into your hands so you and your team can get to work. Spanning sales and marketing, product, operations, and finance, each workshop puts you one step closer to finding a model for growth that is repeatable and controllable. Whether yours is a company with several million in revenue or you’re just starting out, Amos Schwartzfarb and Trevor Boehm give you the tools you need to create the alignment, clarity, and control that will maximize your company’s potential. Bridge the gap between tactics and vision in your business. Bio: Amos Schwartzfarb has been growing businesses for twenty-five years and investing in startups for the past ten. Since 1997, he’s helped build companies that sold to Yahoo!, R.H. Donnelly, The Home Depot, plus over sixty more as Managing Director of Techstars Austin. He’s also the bestselling author of Sell More Faster. Bio: Trevor Boehm was a writer before finding his way into building companies. A serial founder, he has also invested in more than forty startups, many of those through Techstars’ first Impact accelerator and as Managing Director of Alexa Next Stage, a program run with the Amazon Alexa Fund. He is currently at the venture fund Saturn Five. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: The Venture Capital Business Problem Solving Free Speech Levers Definition Who, What and Why Planning and Prioritization Moving to Austin Repeatability in Your Business Focus on the Business Fundamental

Trend Following Mindset brings to life the timeless conversations between Tom Basso and Michael Covel originally featured on Michael’s renowned Trend Following podcast. In these profound and enlightening exchanges, Tom shares with Michael his deep wisdom on trading, business, life, and the how and why of his mindset. Our conversation today was hosted by Collin Seow in Singapore. Sit back and enjoy some Trend Following Mindset as I throw every question at Tom! Bio: Tom Basso bought his first mutual fund at 12 from funds received from delivering newspapers. From those early days, covering over 50+ years, Tom has extensively traded stocks, bonds, options, commodities/futures and FOREX. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Trend Following Definition Trend Following Trading Trading Lumber Trend Following Mindset Cryptocurrency Trading The Trend Market Position Sizing in Investment Eric Crittenden

Ali Tamaseb has spent thousands of hours manually amassing what may be the largest dataset ever collected on startups, comparing billion-dollar startups with those that failed to become one—30,000 data points on nearly every factor: number of competitors, market size, the founder’s age, his or her university’s ranking, quality of investors, fundraising time, and many, many more. And what he found looked far different than expected. Just to mention a few: Most unicorn founders had no industry experience; There’s no disadvantage to being a solo founder or to being a non-technical CEO; Less than 15% went through any kind of accelerator program; Over half had strong competitors when starting–being first to market with an idea does not actually matter. Tamaseb tells the stories of the early days of billion-dollar startups first-hand. He includes exclusive interviews with the founders/investors of Zoom, Instacart, PayPal, Nest, Github, Flatiron Health, Kite Pharma, Facebook, Stripe, Airbnb, YouTube, LinkedIn, Lyft, DoorDash, Coinbase, and Square, venture capital investors like Elad Gil, Peter Thiel, Alfred Lin from Sequoia Capital and Keith Rabois of Founders Fund, as well as previously untold stories about the early days of ByteDance (TikTok), WhatsApp, Dropbox, Discord, DiDi, Flipkart, Instagram, Careem, Peloton, and SpaceX. Tamaseb provides counterintuitive insights and inside stories from people who have built massively successful companies. His book Super Founders is a paradigm-shifting and actionable guide for entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone interested in what makes a startup successful. Bio: Ali Tamaseb is a partner at DCVC, a VC firm in Silicon Valley with over $2 billion under management. He holds several leadership and board positions at companies across the U.S. and globally. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Silicon Valley Startups Collecting Data Super Founders The Unicorn and the Non-Unicorn The Domain Expertise College Degree Doesn’t Matter Eric Yuan and Zoom Social Media Companies

Four Trend Players with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Charles R. Chaffin explores how we can devote more attention on what we believe is important while ignoring the distractions that increasingly permeate our lives. Using research from cognitive, education, positive, and clinical psychology, Chaffin identifies the sources of noise and distraction in this information age and how we can manage it in all aspects of our lives. You’ll learn about: -How experiences in technology, from social media to selfies to porn, impact our ability to engage and connect with others -The news we consume and the impact of confirmation bias, filter bubbles, and tribalism -How FOMO and choice overload impact our decision-making -The power of our attention in all aspects of our daily lives Chaffin is perfect for anyone interested in the expanding impact of the information age on our collective psyche. He helps empower us to use technology and information not as a destination, but as a tool towards authenticity and empowerment. Bio: Charles R. Chaffin writes and speaks on a variety of topics related to cognition, attention, and human behavior. His research focuses on multitasking and its relationship to human performance in a variety settings. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Impact of the Information Facebook Platform Platform and Publisher The Attention Economy Maximizers vs Satisficers The Effects of Pornography Getting Likes on Social Media Attention and Distraction

Keep Making Decisions with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Let’s get a little controversial today… Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot richer while the middle class shrank and economic and wealth inequality skyrocketed. Karen Petrou offers pragmatic solutions for creating more inclusive monetary policy and equality-enhancing financial regulation as quickly and painlessly as possible. Karen Petrou knows what drives the decisions of federal officials and how big banks respond to financial policy in the real world. Instead of proposing legislation that would never pass Congress, the author provides an insider’s look at politically plausible, high-impact financial policy fixes that will radically shift the equality balance. - Presents practical ways America can and should tackle economic inequality with fast-acting results - Provides revealing examples of exactly how bad economic inequality in America has become no matter how hard we all work - Demonstrates that increasing inequality is disastrous for long-term economic growth, political action, and even personal happiness - Explains why your bank’s interest rates are still only a fraction of what they were even though the rich are getting richer than ever, faster than ever - Reveals the dangers of FinTech and BigTech companies taking over banking - Shows how Facebook wants to control even the dollars in your wallet - Discusses who shares the blame for our economic inequality, including the Fed, regulators, Congress, and even economists Bio: Karen Petrou is one of the most influential experts on financial policy and regulation in the world. She is cofounder and Managing Partner of Federal Financial Analytics, a consulting firm that provides analysis and advisory services on legislative, regulatory, and public-policy issues. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: The Big Short Movie Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg United States Income Rates Market Collapse in 2021 Equity Market Engine of Inequality Causes of Economic Inequality Remote Education Economic Inequality in the United States Americans Without Broadband Access Changing the Fed and Banking System

The Trend Following Tell with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

In Japan it’s called the ‘Ghosn Shock’ ― the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire. Even more shocking was his daring escape from Japan, packed into a box and put on a private jet to Lebanon after months spent in a Japanese detention center, subsisting on rice gruel. Ghosn spent two decades building a colossal partnership between Nissan and Renault that looked like a new model for a global business, but the alliance’s shiny image fronted an unsteady, tense operation. Culture clashes, infighting among executives and engineers, dueling corporate traditions, and government maneuvering constantly threatened the venture. Journalists Hans Greimel and William Sposato have followed the story up close, with access to key players, including Ghosn himself. Veteran Tokyo-based reporters, they have witnessed the end of Japan’s bubble economy and attempts at opening Japan Inc. to the world. They’ve seen the fraying of keiretsu, Japan’s traditional skein of business relationships, and covered numerous corporate scandals, of which the Ghosn Shock and Ghosn’s subsequent escape stand above all. This episode explores the complex suspicions around what and who was really responsible for Ghosn’s ouster and why one of the top executives in the world would risk everything to escape the country. It explains how economics, history, national interests, cultural politics, and hubris collided, crumpling the legacy of arguably the most important foreign businessman ever to set foot in Japan. This gripping, unforgettable narrative, full of fascinating characters, serves as part cautionary tale, part object lesson, and part forewarning of the increasing complexity of doing global business in a nationalistic world. Bio: Hans Greimel is an award-winning American business journalist based in Tokyo, where he serves as Asia Editor for Automotive News, overseeing coverage from Japan, China, and South Korea. William Sposato is a Tokyo-based correspondent and consultant who has been active in Japan for more than twenty years, with senior roles at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. He is currently a writer and regular contributor to Foreign Policy magazine. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn Bubble Burst Japanese Economy Ghosn and Japanese Companies Carlos Ghosn Arrested in Japan Carlos Ghosn Charges Nissan and Renault Japanese Prison Japan Food and Culture

Buy the All Time High with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Tim Grover is one of the world’s most sought-after mindset experts. His clients have included Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade to name a few. Drawing on three decades of work with elite competitors, Grover strips away the cliches and rah-rah mentality that create mediocrity and challenges you to embrace reality with single-minded intensity. The prize? Massive success. Whether you’re an athlete with championship dreams, an entrepreneur building a business, a CEO managing an empire, a salesperson closing a deal, or simply a competitor determined to stand in the winner’s circle, Winning offers thirteen crucial principles for achieving unbeatable performance. Grover reveals the truth about the obstacles and challenges that stand between you and your goals: Winning never lies. Winning knows your secrets. Winning wages war in the battlefield of your mind. Winning wants all of you. If you’re addicted to the taste of success and crave more, then you’re ready for Grover’s results-driven performance strategy. And if you’re already winning and want to learn how to execute at a level that will establish you as one of the greatest—so you can own not just this moment, but the next, and the next—this book will show you the path. Bio: Tim S. Grover is the CEO of Attack Athletics, Inc., which he founded in 1989, and author of the international bestseller Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. World-renowned for his work with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and thousands of athletes and business professionals, he appears around the world as a keynote speaker and consultant to business leaders, athletes, and elite achievers in every field. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Michael Jordan 1982 How an Athlete Should Train Michael Jordan Training The Winning Mindset Winning Demands Obsession Creating Balance What is Mamba Mentality? Rest at the End not in the Middle by Kobe Bryant Start Managing Focus and Stop Managing Time

Equality v. Equity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Protecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time? My guest Toby Ord makes the case. If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years – enough time to end disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With the advent of nuclear weapons, humanity entered a new age, where we face existential catastrophes — those from which we could never come back. Since then, these dangers have only multiplied, from climate change to engineered pathogens and artificial intelligence. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late. Drawing on over a decade of research, Ord explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. He puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity: showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. And he points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity. In Ord’s book The Precipice he offers a startling reassessment of human history, the future we are failing to protect, and the steps we must take to ensure that our generation is not the last. Bio: Toby Ord is a philosopher at Oxford University, working on the big picture questions facing humanity. His current research is on risks that threaten human extinction or the permanent collapse of civilization, and on how to safeguard humanity through these dangers, which he considers to be among the most pressing and neglected issues we face. He has advised the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, the US National Intelligence Council, and the UK Prime Minister’s Office. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Existential Risk Definition Nuclear War Climate Change and Global Population We Are In This Together How Long Will The Earth Remain Habitable? Modern Technology Different Types of Risks Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence Unaligned AI The Future of Humanity

Amplify the Fiction and Hide the Truth with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio.

Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful―yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies. According to Girard, humans don’t desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic―we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes, and vacation destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare’s plays, why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected. In his new book Wanting Burgis also shows that conflict does not arise because of our differences―it comes from our sameness. Because we learn to want what other people want, we often end up competing for the same things. Ignoring our large similarities, we cling to our perceived differences. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, teacher, and student of classical philosophy and theology, Burgis shares tactics that help turn blind wanting into intentional wanting–not by trying to rid ourselves of desire, but by desiring differently. It’s possible to be more in control of the things we want, to achieve more independence from trends and bubbles, and to find more meaning in our work and lives. The future will be shaped by our desires. Burgis shows us in Wanting how to desire a better one. Bio: Luke Burgis is the director of programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of America, where he also teaches business and develops new education initiatives. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Definition of Mimetic Desire Concept of Mimetic Desire What is Mimesis Mimetic Behavior Zero to One Book The Power of Mimetic Desire Understanding What We Really Want Everyone Has A Purpose Creating a Value

A Trend Following Kick Ass Reminder.

When we’re moving at 115 MPH, we rarely see the wall coming. But it comes for all of us and when it does, we grasp for lessons, for meaning, for purpose. Each moment (good or bad) and each win or loss, provides us an opportunity to learn, and if we choose to take it, that opportunity can change our lives-and the world for the better. The human spirit craves connection. Authenticity. Belonging. Touch. Gratitude. Purpose. We need to make our interactions count. Whether it’s the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad break-up or the isolation of Covid-19, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch and emerge stronger, smarter and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause. Scott O’Neil CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils offers his own story of grief and healing, and shares his most valuable lessons in what keeps him present, grounded and thriving as a father, husband, coach, mentor, and leader. Scott avails his network to share poignant life lessons from an array of people including professional athletes and sports executives, a world-famous Movie Director, Saudi royalty; and his teenage daughters, among many others. His new book Be Where Your Feet Are provides a humbling and vulnerable peek behind the curtain as well as a framework, anecdotes, and exercises to guide the reader towards self-discovery. A gifted storyteller with an uncanny ability and willingness to bare raw emotion, Scott weaves in and out of stories that have left deep imprints on him and are written to lift and inspire. Bio: SCOTT O’NEIL is one of the most recognized, connected and dynamic executives in the sports and entertainment industry today. He has more than 25 years of experience leading NBA, NHL and NFL teams and leagues, including the National Basketball Association, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Sports Business Sports Executive Career Be Where Your Feet Are Business Internal Management NBA Teams Work-Life Balance Have a Big Vision Success in Life

Over the last two decades, millions of individual investors worldwide set up brokerage accounts to manage their own portfolios. However, most of them took up the challenge with flawed trading strategies, or with no strategy at all. Brokers’ own statistics show that most individual investors lose money. Clearly, they need a more disciplined, strategic approach to managing their portfolios. Trend following could be the best strategy to fit the bill. Demonstrably, market trends are the most powerful drivers of investment performance and the strategy of trend following has proven as the best way to invest profitably for the long haul. Alex Krainer seeks to explain trends and trend following, to put the challenge of investing in its proper context, and to offer a clear understanding of the key challenges and pitfalls facing investors. He covers the basic tools and methods of trend following, structuring the curriculum in its correct theoretical and practical framework to better equip investors to navigate the markets profitably, with confidence and peace of mind. Bio: Alex is the founder of Krainer Analytics and creator of I-System Trend Following. He has worked as a market analyst, researcher, trader and hedge fund manager since 1996. Alex was born and raised in a socialist regime of former Yugoslavia, under one-party communist rule. He created Altana Wealth’s systematic portfolio allocation strategy designed to bridge the gap between technology and finance. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Bubbles Commodities Trading Stock Market Crash Alex Krainer History Dot-com Bubble Oil Trading Buffet, Munger and Graham Market Trend

Every year, managers at companies large and small are finding it harder to compete with the likes of Google and Amazon, who are muscling into their businesses, stealing their customers, and cornering every conceivable market and service. There is, however, a way for companies to survive―and win―in this era of digital behemoths. Choose Your Customer is a powerful, customer-targeted guide that can help managers level the playing field against their biggest competitors. Jonathan Byrnes, the legendary MIT-based expert on profits, pricing, and strategy, shows you how to: Identify the customers who are the most profitable―and focus on them Provide services and experiences that can’t be replicated by the tech giants, no matter how much data they have or how much automation they use Support your chosen customers’ diverse and rapidly evolving needs to accelerate profitability and growth Focus on your real profit core and build dominance in your specific target market These customer-focused strategies will enable you to build a uniquely targeted business that the digital giants just can’t match. From unbeatable customer service to superior pricing and product selection, Jonathan provides detailed and actionable advice on how to compete successfully with the aggressive giants, grow your customer base, and increase your profits for lasting success. Bio: Jonathan Byrnes is founding partner and chairman of Profit Isle, a highly successful MIT spin-off SaaS software company that helps organizations increase profits by 10–30 percent using its profitability analytics and management process. He has been a Senior Lecturer at MIT for 30 years. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Choosing Your Customers Amazon Healthcare Medicine at Home Working with Telecommunications and Airlines Positioning Your Company Amazon and Retail Industries The Secret to Always Winning