Sarah Guo - The Power of Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.383]
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Patrick: I first met today's sponsor, Ridgeline, in 2019. They now offer a cutting edge cloud platform for investment managers years in the making that handles back, middle, and front office, and turns your business from messy and static to integrated in real time. My experience with them changed the way I think about business and their advice changed the trajectory of my career. I thought since this is our kickoff week with Ridgeline as a new partner, I'd tell this brief story first and then tell you about what Ridgeline does for its customers. Because it is all of you in this audience who ru
Ridgeline was founded by Dave Duffield, one of the legendary software entrepreneurs, who prior to Ridgeline started both PeopleSoft and Workday, which now sports a $60,000,000,000 public valuation. When I met Dave in Ridgeline, I was building Canvas, a new investing software platform, and Dave gave me what was at the time counterintuitive advice. He said we should pick a very small handful of design partners, 5 or so customers who would be our partners in building out the functionality of the software over a very long period of time, years in fact. At the same time my friend Chetan Putagunta f
We did what Dave and Chethan suggested, and our team built something so much more special that had we not listened to their Sage advice. Dave's advice was hard to follow as a builder in a hurry, but I'm convinced that his approach is what makes for great software products. We at OSAM also then became a design partner of Ridgelines, and we had an incredible experience before our firm was ultimately acquired. All of this to say, I haven't met many teams or firms that build like Ridgeline does. So what do they do?
Ridgeline has built a full, real time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and a lot more, all in one cloud platform so I'm confident saying that if you run an investing firm, you should find time to speak with so I'm confident saying that if you run an investing firm, you should find time to speak with them to be sure you are positioned to perform to the best of your firm's abilities. I'm excited to tell you more about Ridgeline in the coming weeks, but for now, head to ridgelineapps.com to learn more about
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Hello, and welcome, everyone. I'm Patrick O'Shaughnessy, and this is in Best Like the Best. This show is an open ended exploration of markets, ideas, stories, and strategies that will help you better invest both your time and your money. Invest Like the Best is part of the Colo
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