# Go From $10k to $1M in 3 Years With This Strategy | Mohnish Pabrai

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Podcast: [BigDeal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bigdeal-6840665)
Published: 2026-06-15T08:30:00+00:00
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The best investors in the world aren't gambling. They're copying. They're patient. And they're finding asymmetric bets where the downside is capped and the upside is unlimited.Mohnish Pabrai is a legendary investor who turned $1 million into $14 million in five years by openly copying Warren Buffett's playbook, and now manages $1.4 billion using the exact same principles that built Berkshire Hathaway. No secret formulas. No complex algorithms. Just discipline, patience, and the willingness to look for weird things that make no sense.In this episode, you'll learn:* Why you don't need original ideas to make money and how shameless cloning beats innovation every time* The 10 bet rule: why concentrating your investments in a few great businesses outperforms diversification by 10x* Why selling too early is the biggest mistake investors make* The downside protection framework: how to structure bets where you can't lose more than 10% but could gain 100x* Why most people fail at investing because they chase what's popular instead of looking for anomalies that make no sense ___________ (00:00:00) Introduction: Never Sell Your Winners Too Early (00:00:34) The Laws of Investing: Why Buffett Wrote the Physics of Money (00:01:04) Spend Less Than You Earn: The Nonlinear Power of Compounding (00:02:02) The 168 Hour Week: Don't Quit Your Job, Build Your Side Venture (00:03:46) Entrepreneurs Don't Take Risk: The Upside Without Downside Framework (00:08:12) Selling Skills and Unique Value Propositions: The Only Two Things That Matter (00:09:58) Shameless Cloning: Why Original Ideas Are Overrated (00:15:43) The 650K Lunch: How Warren Buffett Led to a Friendship with Charlie Munger (00:18:12) From One Million to Fourteen Million in Five Years: The Buffett Approach in Action (00:23:51) If…

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