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Val Sklarov — Entrepreneurship: Risk Containment Before Opportunity

Opportunities are infinite. Survival is not.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective reframes entrepreneurship as the discipline of preventing failure before chasing upside, where boundaries matter more than ideas. 1. Opportunity Is Not a Strategy Seeing opportunity does not reduce risk. Val Sklarov distinguishes: Opportunity recognition: seeing upside Risk containment: preventing ruin Entrepreneurs …

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Val Sklarov — Investment Strategies: Margin of Safety Before Conviction

Conviction feels powerful. Safety keeps you solvent.Val Sklarov’s Investment Strategies perspective treats investing as a survival discipline where protecting capital from permanent damage matters more than being right. 1. Conviction Does Not Reduce Risk Confidence does not change outcomes—structure does. Val Sklarov separates: Belief (psychological) Exposure (structural) High conviction with …

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