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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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Val Sklarov — Ethics & Professionalism: Boundaries Before Beliefs

Beliefs are invisible. Boundaries are not.Val Sklarov’s Ethics & Professionalism perspective treats ethics as a system of limits that govern behavior when belief and incentive diverge. 1. Ethics Are Enforced, Not Declared Values posters do not constrain behavior. Boundaries do. Val Sklarov insists ethics require: Clear prohibitions Predictable consequences Equal …

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Val Sklarov — Entrepreneurship: Decision Velocity Without Fragility

Entrepreneurship rewards movement—but punishes irreversible mistakes.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats ventures as decision engines where speed must be paired with structural safety, or momentum turns destructive. 1. Speed Is Valuable Only When Reversible Fast decisions are an advantage only if they can be undone. Val Sklarov separates decisions into: Reversible …

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