Q&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley on July 25, 2025
Release Date: 10/14/2025
Mental Models for Running Startups and Businesses, SXSW 2026 on March 16, 2026
Chai with Pabrai
Mental Models for Running Startups and Businesses, SXSW 2026 on March 16, 2026. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:28) - Charlie Munger's mental models (00:01:52) - Model 1: The Bedrock model: Take a simple idea and take it seriously (00:02:31) - Model 2: Truth vs. Trust; David Hawkins: Power vs. Force (00:05:43) - Costco (00:07:56) - Model 3: Your deepest desire is your destiny (00:09:40) - Model 4: Heads I win; Tails I don’t lose much; Jeff Bezos (00:10:36) - How to start a business without capital (00:12:44) - Model 5: Be a shameless...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at JNV Pune, Maharashtra, India on December 25, 2025
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Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at JNV Pune, Maharashtra, India on December 25, 2025 (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:09) - Charlie’s mental models: Take a simple idea and take it seriously (00:03:13) - Be a Karam Yogi (00:07:12) - Focus at improving human lives: Narayana Healthcare Systems (00:10:52) - Purpose over profit always wins (00:13:47) - Inner scorecard beats outer approval (00:16:06) - Cloning: Anand Kumar and...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A Session with Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune on December 26, 2025
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Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A Session with Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune, Maharashtra, India on December 26, 2025. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:37) - Breaking the question pattern (00:03:22) - Overcoming hardships through learning; YouTube & Muskan Soni (00:05:41) - Mental models - take a simple idea and take it seriously; Lyndon Johnson (00:09:57) - Upanishads - Your deepest desire is your destiny (00:13:43) - Belief comes before...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Interview at the Investor’s Podcast on April 25, 2023
Chai with Pabrai
Mohnish Pabrai's Interview at the Investor’s Podcast on April 25, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:54) - Poor Charlie's Almanack; handling biases (00:02:55) - Investing in Turkey (00:06:12) - Circle the wagons (00:08:54) - Nifty 50 in 1970's (00:11:51) - Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (00:13:57) - Naspers (00:19:09) - Shinoken; share buybacks (00:24:08) - How has my investing changed over the years (00:26:07) - Stock based compensation (00:29:17) - Constellation: Mark Leonard (00:36:43) - Handling investment mistakes (00:40:32) - The importance of truth (00:45:55) -...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Session at The Investor’s Podcast on April 1, 2024
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Mohnish Pabrai's Session at The Investor’s Podcast on April 1, 2024 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:44) - TransTech (00:03:39) - Managing other people’s money (00:08:54) - My journey in investing (00:11:51) - The happiness equation (00:17:12) - Learnings from Buffett; Be a harsh grader (00:22:06) - The importance of truth and candor (00:24:06) - Bridge vs. Poker (00:28:59) - Infinite games (00:30:56) - McDonalds (00:34:02) - Boeing (00:36:12) - Processing information from books (00:40:24) - Pabrai Fund's track...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Interview at the Investors Podcast on April 15, 2025
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Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with Stig Broderson at the Investors Podcast on April 15, 2025. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:59) - Opportunity Cost (00:03:23) - Nifty-50 in early 70's; Walmart (00:06:54) - Advice to 40-year-olds; Long runway (00:12:44) - Stoic philosophy by Marcus Aurelius: Adversity is a blessing (00:14:01) - Money vs happiness relationship (00:19:47) - My mathematical game: The Dakshana Foundation; Chuck Feeney (00:25:25) - Dakshana's selection criteria (00:29:20) - Dakshana's operational...
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Mohnish Pabrai’s Fireside chat with Ben Graham Centre on October 14, 2025
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Mohnish Pabrai’s Fireside chat with Ben Graham Centre at the 5th European Value Investing Conference on October 14, 2025. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:58) - Cloning is the best mental model (00:02:14) - Human aversion to cloning (00:04:00) - Simplicity: Highest level of intellect (00:05:35) - Cloning the Buffett Partnerships (00:09:38) - Learnings from Buffett and Munger: Portfolio concentration (00:14:49) - Asymmetry in investing: Amazon (00:16:41) - Power vs. Force: David Hawkins (00:21:26) - The Dakshana Foundation: Cloned from Super 30 (00:27:06) - Success rate of...
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Q&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley on July 25, 2025
Chai with Pabrai
Q&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley on July 25, 2025 (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:49) - How youth can build a developed nation (00:02:48) - Grow together, Rise together, Win together (00:04:57) - Excellence with character changes the world (00:07:51) - Big impact starts with small actions (00:09:47) - Private innovation for public good; Arvind Eye Care & Infinite Vision (00:16:26) - Listen to your inner voice (00:17:35) - Curiosity over curriculum (00:20:01) - Integrity...
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Mohnish Pabrai’s Interview session at The Diary of a CEO on July 13, 2025
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Mohnish Pabrai’s Interview session with Steven Bartlett at The Diary of a CEO on July 13, 2025. (00:00:26) - Cloning as a mental model; Bill Gates and Sam Walton (00:05:11) - Entrepreneurs do not take risk (00:09:23) - Focus on offering gaps (00:13:11) - Understand customer requirement; Google Glass vs. Meta (00:16:20) - Make your business cost-effective; Walmart & LVMH ...
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Mohnish Pabrai's Session with SumZero on June 10, 2025
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info_outlineQ&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley on July 25, 2025
(00:00:00) – Introduction
(00:00:49) - How youth can build a developed nation
(00:02:48) - Grow together, Rise together, Win together
(00:04:57) - Excellence with character changes the world
(00:07:51) - Big impact starts with small actions
(00:09:47) - Private innovation for public good; Arvind Eye Care & Infinite Vision
(00:16:26) - Listen to your inner voice
(00:17:35) - Curiosity over curriculum
(00:20:01) - Integrity above everything
(00:22:08) - Better schools for brighter future
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