The Value of Stories in Business | Aswath Damodaran | Talks at Google

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  • Опубліковано 10 тра 2017
  • The world of investing/finance is divided into two camps. In one, you have the number-crunchers, who believe that the only things that matter are the numbers and that imagination/creativity are dangerous distractions. In the other, you have the storytellers, who build on the stories they tell about companies and how these stories will bring untold wealth. Each side believes it has a monopoly on the truth and looks with contempt at the other. Prof. Damodaran contends that stories matter, but only if they are connected with numbers. And numbers are empty, unless they are connected with narratives. In this talk, he looks at the process by which one might build narratives, check them against reality and convert them into valuations. Uber and Ferrari examples are used to illustrate the process.
    Slides for the talk: goo.gl/zKVaQL
    Check out the book on Google Play: goo.gl/tnGlDe
    This talk was moderated by Saurabh Madaan.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 272

  • @presley492
    @presley492 Рік тому +995

    The most important thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different sources of income that doesn't depend on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the word. This is still a good time to invest in various stocks, Gold, silver and digital currencies.

    • @candideharrison5568
      @candideharrison5568 Рік тому

      That's so true. but if i may ask, do you trade all by yourself?

    • @presley492
      @presley492 Рік тому

      I have been investing in stocks for over 10 years now and I have made a lot of money. My portfolio has grown exponentially and I can't thank stocks & TERESA JENSEN WHITE enough for such an amazing way to make money!

    • @susannabruemmer3683
      @susannabruemmer3683 Рік тому

      Is she on youtube, please how do I find her?

    • @presley492
      @presley492 Рік тому

      *TERESA JENSEN WHITE,* that's her official page name you can do a web search to get in touch with her

    • @susannabruemmer3683
      @susannabruemmer3683 Рік тому

      Wow! I just looked up this person out of curiosity and I'm super impressed with her qualifications. Thanks for sharing.

  • @saurebh8109
    @saurebh8109 4 роки тому +354

    *This man is Underappreciated.*

  • @euming
    @euming 3 роки тому +108

    Damodaran is a brilliant eloquent speaker. This talk was a joy to watch. It was like watching a stand-up comedy show plus a gripping documentary all at the same time!

  • @Milindriify
    @Milindriify 7 років тому +80

    I wish a teacher like YOU. I can feel your Investing's passion. Thanks you for all the knowledge you share for free! Nobel Prize!!!

  • @aks957
    @aks957 4 роки тому +104

    Great Prof. Great content. What is most impressive is with hardly any audience ( almost empty) a World Renowned Prof has the same passion and energy as if it were his MBA class at Stern with 300 students.

    • @LNJP13579
      @LNJP13579 Рік тому

      I made a similar comment on the other google talk by him :)

  • @InJunoWeTrust
    @InJunoWeTrust 2 роки тому +4

    Can't believe I am just discovering this guy now. He is wonderful and kept me engaged right at the start.

  • @BMJC99
    @BMJC99 3 роки тому +28

    His lecture is so interesting that I have to make sure I understand every word, so I searched Bambi's mothers death, now i regret it

  • @AIwithOksana
    @AIwithOksana 3 роки тому +13

    This is the best valuation explanation I’ve ever heard

  • @MihirrPanchaal
    @MihirrPanchaal 7 років тому +17

    Of course I loved your talk about valuation, but the thing that will stay with me is your message about faith in your own convictions.

  • @dinanyandoro5795
    @dinanyandoro5795 3 роки тому +13

    Great storyteller and that comes through in his presentation. Stories shape us because they inform us of the value of things within us and around us. Admirable teacher and something to aspire to in myself : the art of story telling

  • @jorgipogi
    @jorgipogi 7 років тому +9

    He saw the light. I remember watching his podcast and it was all about numbers and no context. Now, he is there.

  • @djepifanio8901
    @djepifanio8901 3 роки тому +5

    Hi Mr. Damodaran. As Brazilian and also passionate about valuation, let me congrats you on the brilliant lecture. I hope you come to Brazil soon to share your thoughts with us.

  • @paolobernardi6835
    @paolobernardi6835 3 місяці тому

    As someone who has picked businesses apart for 30 years and still tries to understand and value them, I find his lectures absolutely great. I don’t always agree with everything he says. But the point is to always read and listen critically to everything. And change your mind if facts tell you that you are not right. He is a true teacher. 👏

  • @JR-ly6bx
    @JR-ly6bx 7 років тому +82

    love his passion for valuation and his profession, with his accomplishments and his name he should be a managing director of some PE or VC firms collecting millions

    • @Amoney1827
      @Amoney1827 6 років тому +25

      You are out of your mind if you think he doesn't make millions already

    • @notebookled
      @notebookled 4 роки тому +2

      I think he would be a very bad investor and he also said that about himself. Pricing is not valuation, he mentioned that in his last google talk and he's absolutely right.

    • @Trenacetate43
      @Trenacetate43 4 роки тому +2

      @@Amoney1827 How you know if he already made millions? not every academics is going to be a good professional, a lot of good professors fail miserably in professional world, most of those that can succeed don't even care about money. Professors make around 150-400 k a year, not more than that. Last time I checked his linkedin, he never worked for the finance industry. He started teaching at NYU after he got his PhD and had been doing that ever since.

    • @FinanceAcademy7799
      @FinanceAcademy7799 3 роки тому +9

      He is a billionaire. We just need to wait for the market to correct itself.

    • @wnuoyi1118
      @wnuoyi1118 3 роки тому +2

      You don’t have the right to say what this amazing guru “should” be doing. Who do you think you are? I think you should widen your vision

  • @NihalRanjan
    @NihalRanjan 3 роки тому +5

    Professor Damodharan dissect valuation in terms that can be understood by anyone. Thanks for enlightening world and me

  • @Being_Unidirectional
    @Being_Unidirectional 2 роки тому

    This man is a gem... He made me watch such a boring unheard subject for the while 1.5 hour with such zeal & enthusiasm to teach

  • @ankitkalavagunta8951
    @ankitkalavagunta8951 5 років тому +18

    The best talk on investing ever! Loved his sense of humor and his passion for the field is incredibly contagious.

    • @elainajohn8654
      @elainajohn8654 3 роки тому

      love his passion for valuation and his profession, with his accomplishments and his name he should be a managing director of some PE or VC firms collecting millions

  • @prateeksaini4812
    @prateeksaini4812 Рік тому

    I love the energy and the examples used by the prof. We grew up using your books and now learning from you on youtube channel is a blessing. Thanks for sharing this information.

  • @thevoxdeus
    @thevoxdeus 5 років тому +4

    GREAT talk. This gave me more new information and ideas to consider than 10 talks on value investing would have.

  • @24Elliottwaves
    @24Elliottwaves 3 роки тому +13

    Yes, the story and numbers must be combined in a timely fashion to profit in the financial markets.
    I am glad that @Aswath is banging on it throughout this amazing tutorial. The funny thing is
    that people often spend like ten minutes to watch a valuable free tutorial like this one instead
    of watching it in full.

    • @pasticcinideliziosi1259
      @pasticcinideliziosi1259 2 роки тому

      you can see that like 9/10 of people just skipped to the parts where it spoke about specific companies, and only 1/10 watched it in full. So sad that all these people are losing such an opportunity to learn these things

  • @CJinsoo
    @CJinsoo 3 роки тому +1

    what an insightful and apparently transparent and kind teacher and investor. his thoughtfulness and insights are hard to match.

  • @jonweber8778
    @jonweber8778 Рік тому

    Remarkable....as smart as this professor is, distills and validates the requirement of imagination, fun, satire etc.., to leverage the mortar in the brick....be great if all managers would take a page from his unique perspective....a number is an endpoint, the inputs are the dark energy yet so much "coaching" at management/leadership levels centers on the sophomoric fossilization of the end....wow...has changed my education path relative to how I think, speakers I am gravitated towards....awesome

  • @sundaradiseshan7277
    @sundaradiseshan7277 2 роки тому +2

    Ashwath has added substance to the world of Valuation by making it Number Crunching with Narrative support.

  • @TheNavinsamuel
    @TheNavinsamuel 8 місяців тому

    One of the most amazing lectures given at Google, among the many. Prof Aswath is simply brilliant!

  • @alexi2460
    @alexi2460 3 роки тому +7

    He's brilliant and fun, what else can one ask for

  • @codyzanderson
    @codyzanderson 4 роки тому +42

    "valuation is the bridge between stories and numbers"

    • @shankerpai5052
      @shankerpai5052 3 роки тому +1

      What happens if you break a bridge or story or numbers ? Destruction ..construction

  • @JapaneseStockInvestor
    @JapaneseStockInvestor 6 років тому +1

    Thanks Aswath Damodaran.
    You are great.

  • @osamaa.h.altameemi5592
    @osamaa.h.altameemi5592 3 роки тому +6

    This is pure gold.

  • @tcharles8172
    @tcharles8172 3 роки тому +2

    I enjoyed your presentation! Thank you for sharing passion. You are an inspiration!!!

  • @dheerajmaske1194
    @dheerajmaske1194 2 роки тому +2

    you have became a good story teller from number cruncher that's how you have given the speech.

  • @LNJP13579
    @LNJP13579 Рік тому

    His sense of humor is great as well. One does not feel a generational gap while hearing to him.

  • @MihirrPanchaal
    @MihirrPanchaal 7 років тому +3

    Venerable Mr. Damodaran. Thank you for this talk.

  • @C_R_O_M________
    @C_R_O_M________ 5 років тому +6

    The lesson with Valeant is that immorality ALWAYS ends up bankrupt (and that’s where I fundamentally disagree with the professor - and I agree with Buffet when he said “looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” This goes for investing and management/owners. Therefore primarily look for descent/driven people to invest into. A way to know this is to look back at conference call transcripts and see whether these people have actually did what they said they will do or do they always find excuses to cover their mistakes/inadequacy or even deceit.

  • @brianfollendorf168
    @brianfollendorf168 3 роки тому +9

    This was amazingly informative and I loved every second of this. Thank you!

  • @ItzGanked
    @ItzGanked 5 років тому

    Great content from Damodaran par usual, I know valuing and pricing are different, but look at NFLX now I think it is overvalued, but modeling these things is so difficult. Maybe this discipline will find more value in more difficult times, people are ignorant in late cycle booms. Time to put blinders on and make money

  • @beautydoctorcardiff
    @beautydoctorcardiff 5 років тому +8

    Amazing, love every minute thanks for the share

  • @nikhilkalasala9128
    @nikhilkalasala9128 7 років тому +2

    Damodaran..... Valued like a pro

  • @MrPranab2011
    @MrPranab2011 2 роки тому +1

    I am glued thru the whole video.. Thankz a lot for video.. This art is missing in corporate guys and in universities.. They have more mechanical approach, doesn't cover the underlying

  • @arunsreenivasan4746
    @arunsreenivasan4746 2 роки тому +3

    It is just amazing the way he distinguishes a good business and bad business. 🙏

  • @jimmyfortef3674
    @jimmyfortef3674 6 років тому +11

    Great lecture, would love to be in his class

  • @wm6549
    @wm6549 7 років тому +11

    Great talk. I especially liked the Q&A session at the end.

  • @Mztbtc
    @Mztbtc 3 роки тому +1

    So glad this is available

  • @davidlebese644
    @davidlebese644 Рік тому

    The passion is on the other level. Wow!

  • @paradevparadev5371
    @paradevparadev5371 Рік тому +1

    He is great teacher, i was seeing all his videos, wonderful free knowledge

  • @roberts7608
    @roberts7608 9 місяців тому

    This is one of the video i would like to watch it again and again

  • @parthadlakha1641
    @parthadlakha1641 2 роки тому +1

    moderator did a good job as well
    and what to say about damodaran, just a legend

  • @Jay.05
    @Jay.05 3 роки тому +2

    Funnier than stand up and informative too !!

  • @yusufsamad9764
    @yusufsamad9764 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic video with some very deep stuff on why investing is fun

  • @debasishraychawdhuri
    @debasishraychawdhuri 5 років тому

    There should be a love sign for videos.

  • @amilrahman
    @amilrahman 2 роки тому +1

    Every word is gold standard !!!!!!

  • @ramyasri6093
    @ramyasri6093 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderful talk... And too much knowledge

  • @oah8465
    @oah8465 3 роки тому +2

    Apart from the awesome valuation talk, the Gale-Shapley algorithm (mother of all match-making) still rules. Again, fantastic talk professor.

  • @erwinargoismanto8348
    @erwinargoismanto8348 2 роки тому +1

    He is a wise teacher for sure in investment world

  • @rms4621
    @rms4621 3 роки тому +1

    Wow so much valuable info thanks google!!

  • @l.s.754
    @l.s.754 4 роки тому

    Aswath is brilliant thinker.

  • @deepakchapagain1360
    @deepakchapagain1360 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent talk for valuation.

  • @ModusTraveller
    @ModusTraveller 2 роки тому

    One of most valuable videos about investing :) Thank you :)

  • @ghaffarellis
    @ghaffarellis 6 років тому +2

    That was fulfilling!

  • @Being_Unidirectional
    @Being_Unidirectional 2 роки тому

    Few days into him & such priceless insights.... Surely TIME is limited bt Life is not... Should explore bfor anyway get old n RIP😶‍🌫

  • @quant-trader-010
    @quant-trader-010 Рік тому +1

    This is gold!

  • @jimboford9504
    @jimboford9504 3 роки тому +1

    Very important talk!

  • @afrianespratama2677
    @afrianespratama2677 4 роки тому

    so fascinating!

  • @infavorofdemocracy5770
    @infavorofdemocracy5770 3 роки тому +1

    So eloquent...

  • @non5309
    @non5309 6 років тому

    Как же интересно он рассказывает!

  • @jaigurudevkishorekumar
    @jaigurudevkishorekumar 2 роки тому

    Essentially logic & emotion..
    Numbers & story

  • @johnalmeida1483
    @johnalmeida1483 3 роки тому

    Some great nuggets...Looking at re-investment beyond capex

  • @pmkshameer
    @pmkshameer 5 років тому +1

    Great talk!!

  • @NeyVasconcellosJr
    @NeyVasconcellosJr 5 років тому +1

    Great as always

  • @arungadre5805
    @arungadre5805 7 років тому +2

    great talk

  • @alexoswaldoestradasteiger400
    @alexoswaldoestradasteiger400 3 роки тому +1

    I really enjoyed that talk

  • @mohammadsaeed3494
    @mohammadsaeed3494 Рік тому

    Very informative & interesting.Thanks !

  • @GeraBizuneh
    @GeraBizuneh 2 роки тому +1

    Captivating !!!

  • @sudhirnirvana
    @sudhirnirvana 2 роки тому

    Tight storytelling 🙌🏻 very much enjoyed the lecture

  • @goulchat1
    @goulchat1 Рік тому

    Excellent lecture!

  • @DomAviationChannel
    @DomAviationChannel 5 років тому +2

    Should be a must watch fof founders and start up teams :-)

    • @elainajohn8654
      @elainajohn8654 3 роки тому

      The best talk on investing ever! Loved his sense of humor and his passion for the field is incredibly contagious.

  • @susydyson1750
    @susydyson1750 Рік тому

    Excellent Talk !

  • @jacksonkamungu5387
    @jacksonkamungu5387 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @tomr6955
    @tomr6955 3 роки тому +9

    📁 2020
    📁 Stories
    📁 The Fed
    📁 Numbers
    ⚠️ *This Folder Is Empty*

  • @vkmohanan1597
    @vkmohanan1597 Рік тому

    The VolksWagon Car symbol (vw) is ideal for Prof.Damodaran as "Valuationguru of the World"!

  • @Hsinkuang
    @Hsinkuang 3 роки тому +1

    He is very true about luck !

  • @masisoganesyan9048
    @masisoganesyan9048 3 місяці тому

    Amazing professor

  • @user-gv7pu2mp7l
    @user-gv7pu2mp7l 3 роки тому

    Great Talk! That being said, 36:00 But the 29 year old kid from your class in 2015 who picked NFLX is spot on with the price projection for 2025 is going to be from $120 to $500. His share price projection target reached in less than 5 Years, EOY 2020 was $543.00. It was an IMPOSSIBLE then but now it is PROBABLE.
    Video streaming giant Netflix had a total net income of over 2.76 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, whilst the company's annual revenue reached 25 billion U.S. dollars.

  • @rakeshtanwar2954
    @rakeshtanwar2954 3 місяці тому

    Amazing.... ❤

  • @shankerpai5052
    @shankerpai5052 2 роки тому +1

    " Know ...you never know ..( accounting is comfortable ) There is no confirmation mechanism in valuation . " prof aswath damodaran

  • @shankerpai5052
    @shankerpai5052 2 роки тому +1

    "It's got to come from within " prof aswath damidaran

  • @paradevparadev5371
    @paradevparadev5371 Рік тому +1

    Pranaam guruji

  • @NourLababidi
    @NourLababidi 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @user-rf5df8ki9d
    @user-rf5df8ki9d 3 роки тому +1

    Pixar book, 1. Creativity Inc, 2. To Pixar and beyond, 3. Pixar Storytelling, rules for effective... I guess it is the third one? I have one that's worth reading 《STORY: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting》

  • @jaigurudevkishorekumar
    @jaigurudevkishorekumar 2 роки тому

    Possible, plausible, probable - brilliant

  • @sundeepsingla2299
    @sundeepsingla2299 2 роки тому

    Impressed

  • @down2rock
    @down2rock 3 роки тому

    I love this man. $$$

  • @srimaldemel4381
    @srimaldemel4381 2 роки тому

    We who look for certainty found the reality of uncertainty in valuations and resultant prices

  • @yashagar4443
    @yashagar4443 Рік тому

    Awesome

  • @brendansmith7842
    @brendansmith7842 3 роки тому +3

    35:45 well, netflix is $512 now. Not 600b revenue , but 20b. I guess we could say netflix is very overvalued? So the share price wasnt impossible... but the valuation seems to be way out of whack, they also have 200m subscribers ,not 6b.

  • @BrunoKoeglerCo
    @BrunoKoeglerCo 6 років тому

    I too took AAPL in 1998, but was too lazy to sell them :)

  • @semihaksoy8182
    @semihaksoy8182 4 роки тому +4

    The story is something like PEST and SWOT analysis

  • @nickvoutsas5144
    @nickvoutsas5144 3 роки тому

    It’s so weird your predictions or Tesla’s stock market valuation sounds more true than the actual high stock that Tesla is priced at in 2021. Life is sometimes so unpredictable.

  • @trading4waves
    @trading4waves 3 роки тому

    LOL I'm reading money ball right now and loving it

  • @marinamedhat.life.fun.talking
    @marinamedhat.life.fun.talking 2 роки тому

    Woooow

  • @hireshtrivedi9731
    @hireshtrivedi9731 3 роки тому

    So, ommpa-lumpa valuations, I guess only relying on setting aside money from revenue/capital wouldnt do so, should we factor in another round of investment, dilution of equity? etc I understand its highly speculative, but idk, may be we can avg the numbers in growth young companies in same sector