In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen HIGHLIGHTS: Mala Gaonkar - Founder of SurgoCap Partners
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Jan 23, 2026 
Mala Gaonkar, founder of SurgoCap Partners and a former partner at Lone Pine Capital, shares her insights on identifying great businesses with durable competitive advantages. She discusses the impact of old technologies on new disruptions and how AI is revolutionizing healthcare. Mala emphasizes the importance of a focused investment strategy, including the use of data science to mitigate cognitive biases. She also reflects on the emotional challenges of shorting stocks and the need for diversity in the investment field.
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Build A Distilled, Repeatable Process
- Define a narrow, repeatable investment process that reflects your lessons and mistakes.
- Use that process to identify a very small handful of truly great businesses for concentrated bets.
Duration Of Moats Matters Most
- Great businesses are defined by long-duration moats rather than short-term advantages.
- Mapping a company's tech stack reveals durability even in non-tech sectors.
Old Tech Can Trigger New Disruption
- Old technologies can re-emerge and disrupt industries in new ways.
- GPUs and lithium-ion batteries illustrate how legacy tech can trigger tectonic shifts like AI and electrification.