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E292: How the Former CalPERS CIO Built a High-Performance Investment Culture
Episode 292
How does one of the world’s largest pension funds shift its culture, governance, and investment process at scale? David Weisburd speaks with Nicole …
1 month, 1 week ago
E291: Incentives, Not Intuition: How VC Really Works
Episode 291
Why have consumer startups fallen out of favor and why might that be the biggest opportunity of the next decade? In this episode, I talk with Brian O…
1 month, 1 week ago
E290: How LPs Underwrite Venture in 2026
Episode 290
Why does today’s venture market feel increasingly untethered from historical precedent? David Weisburd speaks with Narayan Chowdhury about structura…
1 month, 1 week ago
E289: The Evolution of Private Credit and What Comes Next
Episode 289
Why did private credit secondaries emerge, and what problem do they solve for investors? David Weisburd speaks with Rakesh Jain about building one o…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E288: Inside a PE Fund Ranked #1 in IRR, DPI, and TVPI
Episode 288
How do you raise $875M in one of the hardest fundraising markets in decades and still outperform on DPI, IRR, and culture? In this episode, I sit dow…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E287: What Separates Top Decile Managers from Everyone Else
Episode 287
What separates enduring investment firms from those that quietly break as they scale? In this episode, I talk with Chris Brimsek, Managing Partner of…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E286: How LPs Can Actually Find Alpha in Venture
Episode 286
How well do venture capital returns really reflect skill versus structure? In this episode, David Weisburd speaks with Abe about what large-scale An…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E285: The Lower Middle Market: Where Private Equity Still Generates Alpha
Episode 285
What does it take to build an investment firm outside the traditional private equity model? David Weisburd speaks with Jeff Schwartz about founding C…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E284: Why Family Offices Invest Differently w/Robert Blabey
Episode 284
How do family offices approach investing differently from institutional capital? David Weisburd speaks with Robert about building Align, identifying …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
E283: How AI will Affect Financial Markets
Episode 283
What happens when the marginal cost of intelligence approaches zero? David Weisburd speaks with Richard Socher about building U.com, the evolution of…
1 month, 3 weeks ago