#872: Graham Duncan — Talent Is the Best Asset Class (Repost)

About this episode

Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC) is the co-founder of East Rock Capital, a multibillion-dollar multi-family investment office he launched in 2006. He is also Chairman of the Sohn Conference Foundation, which funds pediatric cancer research. This episode was originally published in February 2019. Show notes: https://tim.blog/2019/02/28/graham-duncan/ This episode is brought to you by: • Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: Shopify.com/tim • Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: EightSleep.com/Tim • AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/Tim • 5-Bullet Friday, my very own free email newsletter: https://tim.blog/friday Timestamps: • [00:00:00] Start. • [00:02:29] I think of Graham as far more than an investor. How does he describe what he does? • [00:06:13] Absent the systems and frameworks he's honed over time, what made Graham a good talent hunter at the tender age of 24? • [00:08:42] What constitutes taste when Graham is scouting for talent these days? • [00:11:14] Upon meeting someone, how does Graham stress-test whether or not someone is "commercial" in the way