TIVP058.5 The Intrinsic Value Community (Mini Episode): The Power of a Trusted Peer Group w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley

《内在价值》播客的主持人Sean和Daniel发布了一期特别的周中迷你节目，旨在回答听众关于他们的“内在价值社区”的常见问题，这个社区已成为他们日常生活的重要组成部分。本期节目旨在阐明社区的性质、目标受众、它与免费播客和时事通讯的区别，并解释其在他们所有产品中的目的和作用。 社区的诞生源于两个简单而个人的问题：“我如何才能成为一名更优秀的投资者？”以及“我如何保持持续学习？”两位主持人投入大量时间研究企业，他们认识到持续寻找高质量投资理念的挑战。在对每周一家公司进行了一年的深入研究后，他们注意到这项工作的难度，例如，在众多潜在投资理念中，他们只覆盖了“七巨头”中的三家。他们认为社区帮助他们克服了这一困难，尤其是通过社区成员的推荐。对Daniel而言，社区对于想法生成至关重要，甚至发掘出了一些不完全适合播客，但却非常适合他个人投资组合的诱人机会。社区还在研究不熟悉的行业或公司时提供了宝贵的见解。 社区拥有多元化的成员结构，既有分析师、投资组合经理和对冲基金经理等专业投资者，也有来自完全不同领域的人士，如工程师、飞行员、消防员、律师、摄影师和创始人。Sean和Daniel最初不确定社区会更吸引资深投资者还是初学者，但他们发现，寻找和讨论新想法对所有人都是有益的。每个人，无论经验水平如何，都能从值得信赖的同行群体中获取多样化的视角和专业知识而受益。他们回忆起，一些拥有数十年行业经验的资深投资者，也曾从恰好是半导体工程师或研究过火箭科学的相对新成员那里了解了新的公司或整个行业。这种跨学科交流是社区价值的标志。 社区搭建在Circle平台上，用户可以通过浏览器或应用程序访问。平台设有专门的板块，用于详细的股票推荐、早期投资想法、个人投资组合讨论以及关于市场动态、公司新闻和财报的普通交流。除了这些论坛，主持人还会组织在线直播，他们在直播中推荐公司，深入剖析他们的投资过程（包括思维模型、工具以及如何阅读公司文件），甚至邀请外部嘉宾。这些嘉宾包括对冲基金经理、CEO，以及William Green或Adam Cecil等知名作家，为成员提供了在其他地方可能无法获得的独家接触机会。这些环节互动性很强，成员可以直接与嘉宾交流。所有会议都录制并存档，形成了一个深度、仅限成员访问的特色内容库，新成员可以按自己的节奏进行探索。 主持人强调，社区并非关注投资年限，而是关于“好奇心、求知诚信，以及与志同道合者进行有意义交流的意愿”。他们相信，精心组建合适的群体（他们认为自己已经做到了这一点），将极大地有益于现有网络以及每一位新加入的成员。令主持人惊喜的是，社区内无论是线上还是线下，都萌生了强大而真实的联系。为了促进这些联系，他们每年至少组织两次线下聚会——一次在伯克希尔哈撒韦周末期间于奥马哈，另一次在秋季于纽约市——让成员有机会联络感情，享受美食和交流，当然，也少不了“大量的股票讨论”。 有兴趣的人士可以通过等候名单注册，表达他们的意向。此后，主持人会亲自联系，讨论后续步骤，其中可能包括申请表和潜在的面试，具体取决于申请的质量。他们表示希望欢迎新成员加入内在价值社区，同时也非常重视现有的播客听众。 节目最后简要地更新了《内在价值》播客本身的情况，该播客已发布了50期节目。主持人透露，他们每周投入40小时研究公司，从零开始建立投资组合，但他们非常挑剔，约80%的调查公司都被他们否决了。在接下来的节目中，他们计划回顾近一年来的投资组合表现，并宣布出售一家公司、新增一个头寸以及增持现有持股。

Sean and Daniel, the hosts of the "Intrinsic Value" podcast, released a special midweek mini-episode to address frequent questions about their "Intrinsic Value community," a significant part of their daily lives. This episode aims to clarify what the community is, who it's for, and how it differs from their free podcast and newsletter, explaining its purpose and role alongside their other offerings. The genesis of the community stemmed from a simple, personal question: "What am I missing to become a meaningfully better investor?" and "How do I sustain continuous learning?" The hosts, who dedicate immense time to researching businesses, recognized the challenge of consistently finding high-quality investment ideas. After a year of deep-diving into one company weekly, they noted the difficulty, evidenced by covering only three of the "magnificent seven" out of many potential ideas. They credit the community for helping them overcome this, particularly through recommendations from its members. For Daniel, the community has been crucial for idea generation, even unearthing attractive opportunities that weren't a perfect fit for the podcast but were too good for his personal portfolio. It also provides invaluable insights when researching unfamiliar industries or companies. The community boasts a diverse membership, spanning professional investors like analysts, portfolio managers, and hedge fund managers, alongside individuals from completely different fields such as engineers, pilots, firefighters, lawyers, photographers, and founders. Initially unsure whether the community would appeal more to advanced investors or beginners, Sean and Daniel discovered that finding and discussing new ideas is universally beneficial. Everyone, regardless of experience level, gains from access to varied perspectives and expertise within a trusted peer group. They recall instances where highly experienced investors, with decades in the industry, learned about companies or entire sectors from relatively new investors who happened to be semiconductor engineers or had studied rocket science. This cross-disciplinary exchange is a hallmark of the community's value. The community is hosted on Circle, accessible via browser or app, offering dedicated spaces for detailed stock pitches, early-stage ideas, personal portfolio discussions, and general chats about market developments, company news, and earnings. Beyond these forums, the hosts organize live calls where they pitch companies, dissect their investing process (including mental models, tools, and navigating company filings), and even bring in outside speakers. These guests include hedge fund managers, CEOs, and renowned authors like William Green or Adam Cecil, providing exclusive access that might otherwise be unavailable. These sessions are highly interactive, allowing members to directly engage with speakers. All sessions are recorded and archived, creating a deep, members-only library of special content that new members can explore at their own pace. The hosts emphasize that the community isn't about how long one has been investing, but rather about "curiosity, intellectual honesty, and just a willingness to engage thoughtfully with like-minded individuals." They believe that curating the right group, as they feel they've already done, immensely benefits both the existing network and every new person who joins. A pleasant surprise for the hosts has been the strong, real relationships that have blossomed within the community, whether virtually or in person. To foster these connections, they organize in-person meetups at least twice a year—in Omaha during Berkshire Hathaway weekend and in New York City in the fall—offering members a chance to connect, enjoy good food and conversation, and, inevitably, engage in "a lot of stock talk." Interested individuals are encouraged to sign up via a waitlist to express their interest. Following this, the hosts personally reach out to discuss next steps, which may include an application and a potential interview, depending on the quality of the application. They express hope to welcome new members to the Intrinsic Value community, while also valuing their existing podcast listeners. The episode briefly transitions to an update on the "Intrinsic Value podcast" itself, marking 50 episodes. The hosts reveal they invest 40 hours weekly researching companies to build a portfolio from scratch, but are highly selective, rejecting about 80% of companies they investigate. In the upcoming segment, they plan to review their portfolio's performance after almost a year, announcing the sale of one company, the addition of a new position, and an increase in an existing holding.