Tracy Britt Cool: Building Great Businesses

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OtherThe Knowledge Project PodcastTracy Britt Cool is the co-founder of Kanbrick where she is applying what she learned at Berkshire Hathaway to the middle market.In this episode, you'll learn how she went from writing a cold letter to Buffett to being sent in to fix struggling Berkshire subsidiaries, how to evaluate a business, the types of people to avoid at all costs, the mistake almost every makes when hiring, the three elements of long term thinking, and so much more.Lessons from BerkshireThe Three Elements of Long Term ThinkingTuring Around a Declining BusinessEvaluate a Business like BuffettWhat Most People Get Wrong When Hiring(This is a rare case where the public and private feeds vary. The private feed is about 15 minutes longer and contains details that 99 percent of people won't care about. If you're one of the 1%, you can sign up here .)Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube | X | TranscriptA compression of things that stood out to me from my research and this conversation.These were mentioned in the episode.