
Shane Neman
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Shane Neman
@shaneneman
Founder of @EzTexting & @joonbugpresents. Serial entrepreneur and investor in Technology, Real Estate & Hospitality. Author of @nightlifelesson






𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 “𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥” 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭? That’s a view Shane Neman, a family office investor and former SaaS founder, holds strongly. His approach flips the traditional mindset. Instead of optimizing to avoid losses, he’s focused on outlier outcomes and compounding. The logic is simple: inflation, market cycles, and opportunity cost quietly erode capital. Standing still isn’t neutral. It’s negative. A few insights that stood out: • Shane treats early-stage checks as already lost capital, which frees him to take asymmetric bets without hesitation. • His portfolio is intentionally barbelled between frontier tech (AI, robotics, deep tech) and businesses that are structurally resilient to disruption. • One key lesson: investors often confuse large potential outcomes with actual realized returns. Capturing the win matters as much as identifying it. One takeaway that stuck: growth isn’t optional if your goal is to maintain purchasing power over time. Curious how others think about this: 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧… 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? We’d like to thank @AlphaSenseInc for sponsoring this episode! #FamilyOffices #VentureCapital #InstitutionalInvesting #AssetAllocation #CapitalAllocation #PortfolioConstruction #AlternativeInvestments #PrivateMarkets #Investing #WealthManagement Link to Podcast in Comments Below 👇

