Category Archives: Guest Interviews
Interview with Basil Alsikafi from Turnaround Investing.com
Basil Alsikafi is the author TurnaroundInvesting.com, a blog dedicated to finding and exploring the art of analyzing investments in companies that are undergoing significant change. He began his career working as an investment banking analyst for a bulge bracket bank. He left the bank to join a $2 billion multi-strategy hedge fund where he launched [...]
The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin and Interview with Jack Vincent
If you think that the problems that we are facing in the world today are unique, then you should pick up a copy of The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin which was rewritten by Jack Vincent and you will be amazed how little has changed. Even though Franklin wrote this book in the 1700s, [...]
Interview with Bud Labitan, the Author and Investor
Bud Labitan is a fellow value investor and the author of Valuations – 30 Intrinsic Value Estimations in the Style of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. I recently met with him on the campus of Purdue University Calumet at their School of Management. I found his story interesting because he is a medical doctor, but [...]
Interview with Toby Carlisle from Greenbackd
Toby Carlisle is the author of Greenbackd, a blog dedicated to undervalued asset situations with a catalyst. He recently founded an investment firm, Eyquem Fund Management, and raised a modest amount of external seed capital for his maiden fund, Eyquem Global Value. The fund pursues a systematic deep value investment strategy with a focus on [...]
Interview with Jacob Wolinsky of Value Walk
Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: On your website, you say that for years you were a typical clueless investor following advice from so-called stock “experts” and as a result, you were constantly losing money. What was the determining factor that made you make the transition to value investing?
Interview with Todd Sullivan of Value Plays
Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: Your blog is called Value Plays. How did you choose this name? Todd Sullivan: Value Plays: It was my name for a stock that fit my investing criteria. Since I used it so much, I decided to use it for the blog.
Interview with Thomas B. Moran, President and CEO of Mastech
Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: Before joining Mastech, you had 20 years of experience in the staffing industry. Tell us about some of your accomplishments from the time when you were with Frontenac Company, Hudson Highland Group, Americas, and Robert Half International.
How to Evaluate a Company's Sales Force
Interview with Samuel Lucci from Partners Through People Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: Many investors focus so much on studying companies that they lose sight of the big picture. What I mean by this is that they forget that the most important aspect of business is sales. Without them, nothing else matters. Because you are [...]
Interview with Alex Bossert
Alex Bossert is a young investor who was recently featured in the book, Of Permanent Value by Andrew Kilpatrick. He writes a blog, Alex Bossert’s Thoughts on Value Investing, which I recently added to my resources page. Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: I learned about you because Sandesh Trivedi, who is my friend and a [...]
Interview with Geoff Gannon of Investor Questions Podcast
Many people are on their own when it comes to investing. Sometimes they have questions but do not necessarily know where to turn for answers. Geoff Gannon designed his podcast, www.InvestorQuestionsPodcast.com, to serve one purpose – answer investors’ questions. Enjoy this interview and check out his podcast. Mariusz Skonieczny, Classic Value Investors: You used to [...]
