What I Learned About Investing from Darwin

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Pulak Prasad is the founder of Nalanda Capital, a Singapore-based firm that invests in listed Indian equities and manages about $5 billion. He was previously the cohead of India for Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, and worked at the management consulting firm McKinsey for several years.

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Pulak Prasad offers a philosophy of patient long-term investing based on an unexpected source: evolutionary biology. He draws key lessons from core Darwinian concepts, mixing vivid examples from the natural world with compelling stories of good and bad investing decisions-including his own.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Avoid Big Risks

1. Oh, to Be a Bumblebee
   Part II. Buy High Quality at a Fair Price
2. The Siberian Solution
3. The Paradox of McKinsey and Sea Urchins
4. The Perils of a Pavlovian
5. Darwin Ate My DCF
6. Bacteria and Business Replay the Tape
7. Don't Confuse a Green Frog for a Guppy
   Part III. Don't Be LazyBe Very Lazy
8. Birds and Bears Bare an Aberration
9. Eldredge and Gould Dredge Up Investing Gold
10. Where Are the Rabbits?
    Conclusion
    Notes
    Index