Five Practices That Have Shaped My Career

About this episode

J. David Stein shares five key business practices that have influenced his career amidst various economic challenges and the rise of AI.

I share five business practices that have carried me through asset bubbles, financial crises, business pivots, and now the rise of AI. Topics covered include: Recommended note-taking app and practices Recommended periodicals How to get better ideas Why we need to understand the probabilities when pursuing a new course The latest insights on AI, prediction markets, and other topics Sponsors Square - Get up to $200 in hardware Delete Me – Use code David20 to get 20% off Live Portfolio Cohort - May 2026 Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our  free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter Our Premium Products Asset Camp Money for the Rest of Us Plus Show Notes Researchers Asked LLMs for Strategic Advice. They Got “Trendslop” in Return. By Angelo Romasanta, Llewellyn D.W. Thomas and Natalia Levina—Harvard Business Review Paul Kedrosky Gregor Macdonald - Cold Eye Earth Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority?  By Roberto Gomez Cram, Yunhan Guo, Theis Ingerslev Jensen, and Howard Kung U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets—Office of Public Affairs…

People in this episode

Host: J. David Stein

Topics covered

• business practices
• asset bubbles
• financial crises
• AI insights
• prediction markets
• note-taking
• idea generation

Keywords

• business practices
• AI
• financial crises
• prediction markets
• note-taking
• idea generation
• asset bubbles

Sponsors

Square, Delete Me

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Money for the Rest of Us, U.S. Department of Justice, Libsyn, Livewire Labs

Books & works: Harvard Business Review

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