At Trilogy Investment Group, we are in the unique and advantageous position of not being forced to put capital to work. We don’t collect fees from transactions, we don’t get paid promotions, and we don’t have confined investment timelines. This allows us to think long-term, work with quality people, and only participate in “no-brainers.”
Long-term
We agree with Albert Einstein when he said, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn’t ... pays it.” Believing this, we are entirely focused on generating sustainable, growing, long-term cash-on-cash returns. The best way to do this is to invest in recurring revenue generators and take care of the people associated with those revenue generators extraordinarily well. We strive to do both of those better and better every day.
Quality People
If we are going to allocate 1/3+ of our time towards our jobs, we’ve decided we’re only going to do that with extremely high-quality people. Life is too short to do otherwise. We also know this is a wise business practice because quality people beget quality results and opportunities.
We strive to be the highest quality partner possible. We do this by being supportive with resources, relationships, expertise and then getting the heck out of the way. Nobody ever likes an overbearing partner.
No-brainers
Charlie Munger says in his book, Poor Charlie’s Almanac, “We just look for no-brainer decisions. As Buffett and I say over and over again, we don’t leap seven-foot fences.” Being picky does have its consequences. We understand that we will have to turn over numerous stones before we find a quality investment.
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