Dinakar Singh - A Father’s Call To Action - [Invest Like the Best, EP.427]
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Something I speak about frequently on Invest Like the Best is the idea of life's work. A more fun way to think about it is that I'm looking for maniacs on a mission. This is the basis for our investment firm, Positive Sum, and it's the reason why I'm so enthusiastic about our presenting sponsor, Ramp. Not only are the founders, Kareem and Eric, life's work level founders, certainly maniacs on a mission, they have created a product that is effectively an unlock for founders and finance team to do more of their life's work by streamlining financial operations, saving everyone their most precious
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The axon is the nerve that connects your brain to your muscle, and it happens to be the core part of what degenerates in spinal muscular atrophy, which is the disease my daughter is diagnosed with. And so from my perspective, an important factor in starting the firm and leaving Goldman at that time was that on one end, while I loved investing, I also just resolved that there was a glimmer of hope to save my daughter and other kids who had her condition. But that glimmer of hope was not gonna last very long, and time was not our friend. And so I needed to go as quickly as possible to drive succ
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I described to people, if you have a boat and you have a hole in it, trying to build water at the boat is not really gonna be a useful strategy. You're gonna sink just maybe a tiny bit slower. Once you fix that bolt, and now there's water on the boat, now being water on the boat could actually be a really good strategy. Mission stage two now is that we're working on a ton of drugs that we think can regenerate muscle. Nerve is harder to do, but muscle is a little bit easier. And also help existing nerves get a little bit stronger on stuff. We have one already in the clinic. It's not the best on
the time, I'll say it. One of the most remarkable, inspiring, incredible stories I've ever heard of this type. And I'd love just to put a bow on it by asking what the prog
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