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My guest today is Sam Namiri, Co-founder and Co-portfolio Manager of the Ridgewood Select Fund - a focused fund that concentrates on investing in publicly traded small and micro cap companies. In our wide ranging conversation, Sam talks about his upbringing as a Persian American Growing Up in Los Angeles, his experiences starting and running a successful business and how his journey to becoming an investor in small and micro cap businesses shaped and continues to shape his approach to investing.-----Please enjoy my conversation with Sam Namiri.For more episodes of Compound Ideas, visit Compoundideasshow.comFor more insights like these and to contribute to the conversation go to: https://www.ridgewoodinvestments.com/insights-from-our-founder Follow Ken Majmudar on: Linkedin @kenmajmudarTwitter @kmajmudar Facebook kaushal.majmudar.3-----SHOW NOTES[00:01:20] - The son of Persian immigrants, Sam’s Namiri reflects on growing up in the Los Angeles area[00:05:40] - The Zoroastrian tenants and how they shaped the person he is today[00:09:27] - Tips for beating the curve and how to separate yourself from the pack at Berkeley[00:12:36] - What Fortune 500 executives major in[00:14:37] - An undergrads journey to six figures [00:20:52] - Navigating academia at Columbia business school [00:24:59] - The art of conversation in business [00:30:44] - Proposition 13 and California’s property tax process[00:35:45] - Insight into the world of large caps vs micro caps [00:40:28] - What makes Ridgewood Select Value Fund different[00:43:59] - Tips for aspiring investors[00:47:07] - Key players in the early years of LD Micro[00:53:36] - Understanding the history of human behavior
