Financial markets are tricky little muses. They draw you in with the promise of a golden ring to rule them all, then prove to you over and over again you are not, in fact, smarter than the average bear.

VCs like to swing for the fences, so they strike out a lot. PEs prefer singles and doubles since they’re less risky. But they’re both missing something important.

Systemizing high-growth by consistently hitting triples. Very few can do it.

I grew up in a small town in Iowa. In fact, I spent half my life there. What a magical place to grow up playing baseball. The second half of my life was spent living and working in the biggest cities on the planet: Chicago, New York, LA, Dallas, Nashville, London, Paris, Milan, Tokyo, the list goes on.

In short, I put in the time and did the research. The truth about what I found may surprise you.