Jim O'Shaughnessy: Origin Story, Career in Finance, Groundbreaking Books, and Future with OSV 👶 🕵️‍♂️ 🏦 ✍️📚 🚀

Over the years, I have gotten to know Jim through one-on-one conversations and by listening to Infinite Loops and other podcasts where he was a guest.

My goal with this podcast is to help you get to know Jim better, from his origin story to his early career in finance and quantitative investing, the writing of his influential book, all the way to the seeds of the idea that became O’Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV) where I now work (more on that below) and how we see the past and future of the Media space.

I hope that you will enjoy our conversation and learn a few things even if you’ve been following Jim for years. If this is your introduction to him, I hope you’ll come out on the other side feeling like you have a good understanding of who he is, what his North Star is, and what he’s building. 🏗️🛠️

Jim and Jim courtesy of Jim

🎧 Listen on Spotify

If you prefer to listen on Spotify, here’s the feed:

• Liberty’s Highlights podcast feed on Spotify

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

Here’s the podcast feed on Apple Podcasts:

• Liberty’s Highlights podcast on Apple

📺 Watch on Youtube

For more context about my joining of OSV, see this piece that I wrote about it:

• Why I took the job of Head of Infinite Media at O'Shaughnessy Ventures! (OSV) 💡

Also, make sure to add Infinite Loops to your podcast player and subscribe to the Infinite Loops substack to keep track of what comes next!

Jim and our common friend David Senra (📚🎙️ — check out Founders Podcast!)

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• 🎧 The Last of Us: Going Deep on HBO's Amazing Show with Matt Reustle and Tinkered Thinking 🍄

• 🎧 David Senra and Jimmy Soni: 'The Founders' Book Club on the PayPal Mafia 📖

• 🎧 Big Tech Compensation: Going Deep with MBI

• 🎧 'Severance' Season 1: Going Deep with Mostly Borrowed Ideas (MBI)

• 🎧 David Senra on Deadwood (also: founders, entrepreneurs, civilization, Henry Singleton, Walt Disney, David Ogilvy, etc)

• 🎧 Interview with David Kim a.k.a. Scuttleblurb (2023 Edition: Exploration as a Service)

• 🎧 Going Deep on the Energy Crisis and Nuclear Power with Mark Nelson (Part 1 of 2) 🔌⚡️💡

• 🎧 Claude Shannon fan club with Jimmy Soni and David Senra 📖

• 🎧 Podcast #6: Jimmy Soni on the PayPal Mafia (Musk, Thiel, Levchin, etc), startups, tech, the research process, and much more

• 🎧 David Senra of Founders Podcast (Podcast #11)

• 🎧 Cedric Chin: What Operators can Teach Investors, the Study of Expertise, Knowledge Shields, and More (Podcast #10)

• 🎧 Going deep on Constellation Software with Mostly Borrowed Ideas (MBI)

✨ Starry Jim ✨

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