manifesto. /

our aims.

our aims.

This is an attempt to give people a glimpse into the way the firm operates.

This is an attempt to give people a glimpse into the way the firm operates.

manifesto. credo.

We look for investments where people, business fundamentals, and customer knowledge are beyond any technology-driven advantage.

We look for investments where people, business fundamentals, and customer knowledge are beyond any technology-driven advantage.

We look for people capable of building products or services and selling them for a profit.

We look for people capable of building products or services and selling them for a profit.

We look for founders obsessed with creating value for their company and its market by growing human capital, not replacing it.

We look for founders obsessed with creating value for their company and its market by growing human capital, not replacing it.

People are an undervalued asset.

People are an undervalued asset.

Those that profitably blend capital, talent, technology, and company culture to create jobs will forge a path forward and build lasting wealth.

Those that profitably blend capital, talent, technology, and company culture to create jobs will forge a path forward and build lasting wealth.

Profitability and job creation are solid underlying strategies for great investments. For us, we value them above and beyond short-term financial return.

Profitability and job creation are solid underlying strategies for great investments. For us, we value them above and beyond short-term financial return.

a different mindset, focus.

A big part of the world is directing a vast amount of capital, talent, and efforts to replace jobs with new technologies. Amidst them, there are many great firms.

A big part of the world is directing a vast amount of capital, talent, and efforts to replace jobs with new technologies. Amidst them, there are many great firms.

We have a different mentality.

We have a different mentality.

We focus on companies that outperform their peers by creating jobs. We earmark a substantial part of our capital, talent, and efforts to figure out how to create jobs by using technology.

We focus on companies that outperform their peers by creating jobs. We earmark a substantial part of our capital, talent, and efforts to figure out how to create jobs by using technology.

Technology shifts business models, creative thinking, consumer behavior, and/or operating economics.

Technology shifts business models, creative thinking, consumer behavior, and/or operating economics.

Technologies such as robots, omnichannel, artificial intelligence, automation, machine learning, etc.

Technologies such as robots, omnichannel, artificial intelligence, automation, machine learning, etc.

hopeful skeptics.

We are hopeful skeptics about companies that are profit-driven and create jobs.

We are hopeful skeptics about companies that are profit-driven and create jobs.

We know that not every problem has a solution. We embrace ambiguity. We don’t know it all. We invest in people with the right mindset and experience – street and book smarts.

We know that not every problem has a solution. We embrace ambiguity. We don’t know it all. We invest in people with the right mindset and experience – street and book smarts.

always learning.

This is not an instant gratification journey. We are in it for the long run. Knowing is not enough, we want to understand.

This is not an instant gratification journey. We are in it for the long run. Knowing is not enough, we want to understand.

If you like what you hear, join us.

If you like what you hear, join us.

investing with human pride @ 2024 studio investments llc

investing with human pride @ 2021 studio investments llc