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Principal-Agent Problem: Act Like an Owner

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Published July 08, 2019 1:13pm

If you think and act like an owner, it’s only a matter of time until you become an owner.

• A principal is an owner; an agent is an employee 0:00

• A principal’s incentives are different than an agent’s incentives 1:08

• If you can work on incentives, don't work on anything else 2:15

• When you do deals, it’s better to have the same incentives 3:15

• If you’re an employee, your most important job is to think like a principal 4:05

• Deal with small firms to avoid the principal-agent problem 5:29

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