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The Dhandho Investor

The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

Heads I win, tails I do not lose much.

by Mohnish Pabrai

Pabrai distills a low-risk, high-return value investing framework inspired by Indian Gujarati business owners and Warren Buffett. He emphasizes buying simple, undervalued businesses with a wide margin of safety and few, concentrated bets. The Dhandho approach favors asymmetric payoffs where downside is capped.

The Dhandho mindset of minimizing downside while keeping large upside is directly useful for founders making capital and product bets. It teaches disciplined, low-risk thinking about where to place a small number of high-conviction wagers.

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