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Baron Asset Fund on Duolingo $DUOL US

Thesis: Duolingo, Inc. is a leading language learning app with exceptional user engagement, strong growth metrics, and promising upcoming AI-driven product enhancements that position it for further market expansion.

(Extract from their Q3 letter)
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Ahmad Jivraj
Wow time flies!

Happy 1-year anniversary to our beloved Bitcoin Spot ETFs!

• The most successful ETF launch in history by AUM
• The best-performing ETF of 2024
• The most talked-about ETF ever on a global scale

Proof of Work is forever
- Jeff Park
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Baron International Growth Fund on China Mengniu Dairy $300750 CH

Thesis: CATL is the world's largest manufacturer of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for EVs and ESSs, with a strong market position, competitive advantages, and expected 20% earnings growth in the medium term.

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My latest Investments Notes are out.

Flagging Kering and Prosus stock ideas and some additional commentary on markets👇🏼

$KER.PA $PROSY

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Keith Rabois on how to identify great talent

“What you want to do with every single employee every single day is expand the scope of their responsibilities until it breaks… and that’s the role they should stay in.”

Keith tells the story of giving an intern the task of getting smoothies to arrive at the office at 9pm to reward Square’s engineering team. And once the intern proved they could solve this task that had stumped multiple people at the company, he gave them something more important and consequential to do.

Everybody has some level of complexity that they can handle, and you want to keep expanding their responsibility until you see where it breaks—as Keith points out, some people will surprise you:

“There will be some people who you don’t expect—with different backgrounds, without a lot of experience—who can just handle enormously complicated tasks. So keep testing that and pushing the envelope.”

Keith also argues that you should monitor who is going up to other people's desks. If you see people frequently going up to a person's desk, it's a sign that that person can help them. Promote these people and give them more responsibility as fast as you can.

Video source: @ycombinator (2014)
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Place your bets: who will outperform in 2025, Celcius $CELH or Monster $MNST?🥤 https://t.co/gybfV8X3iN
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Baron Real Estate Fund on Caesars Entertainment $CZR US

Thesis: Caesars Entertainment, Inc. is a highly discounted casino-entertainment company with strong long-term growth prospects and an optimistic outlook for Las Vegas and its online betting operations.

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RT @foundertribune: "Real VCs help build great companies" by Don Valentine https://t.co/6So1Irn9Bl
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Sequoia founder Don Valentine on the original mission of venture capital:

"Back in the early days of the '70s, the "mission statement" for the evolving venture industry was that we were company builders, and, on occasion, industry creators... We expected to spend 10 or more years on the boards of the young companies in which we invested, actively helping them grow."

"Real VCs help build great companies" by Don Valentine https://t.co/6So1Irn9Bl
- The Founders' Tribune
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