Ideas & Foundations

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Foundational Ideas

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Riverbridge develops original videos, events, and articles featuring foundational ideas core to our investment philosophy and the community we seek to cultivate.

Philosophy and Discipline

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Selecting Investments

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Believing in What You Own

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The Riverbridge Investment Process

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Adaptability

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Trade Desk Case Study

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Strong Alignment

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Time in the Markets

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Building for the Long Term

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Attracting Top Talent

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Differentiating Products

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Embracing Innovation

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5 Investment Disciplines

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Earnings Power

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Investment Fundamentals

How Being Generalists Leads to Stronger Portfolios

As a group of generalists, the Riverbridge investment team embraces an unconstrained perspective when choosing companies to add to our clients’ portfolios.

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How the Riverbridge Investment Culture Leads to Client Success

At Riverbridge, every investment is made to serve our clients—and the culture of our investment team is designed with that commitment in mind.

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What Can We Learn From Caterpillars?

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Tyler Technologies Case Study

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Own Businesses, Not Markets

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Fastenal Story

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Invest in Solid Businesses

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Understanding a Company Through Its Accounting Practices

While some may consider conservative accounting to be mundane when compared to our other disciplines, it is certainly no less important and cannot be overlooked.

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Investment Fundamentals

Our Commitment to Internally Financed Growth

Since our founding in 1987, internally financed growth has been a foundational pillar of the Riverbridge investment philosophy.

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Investment Fundamentals

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Investment Fundamentals

Defining Growth Through Earnings Power

We hear the term growth constantly in our industry. Generally speaking, investors desire growth from the companies or assets in which they invest.

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Cultivating a Long-Term Mindset

True value—the kind of value that creates a bigger pie for everyone—is never created quickly. Such value creation requires endurance and a long-term mindset.

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Investment Fundamentals

An Enduring Investment Approach is Rooted in What’s True

An investment philosophy, simply stated, is a set of guiding principles that govern all investment decisions made by an entity.

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Investment Fundamentals

Identifying Sustainable Growth

Growth is generally coveted by investors. Most investors seek some type of growth—growth of markets, revenue growth, earnings growth, market share growth.

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Investment Fundamentals

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Investment Fundamentals

How We Assess Management to Identify Endurance

As investors, we seek companies with a strategic market position in their competitive marketplace, consistent unit growth, and high returns on invested capital.

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Persisting with Purpose

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Add Enduring Value

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Invest with Endurance

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Philosophy and Discipline

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Selecting Investments

Play Video

Believing in What You Own

Play Video

The Riverbridge Investment Process

Play Video

Adaptability

Play Video

Trade Desk Case Study

Play Video

Strong Alignment

Play Video

Time in the Markets

Play Video

Building for the Long Term

Play Video

Attracting Top Talent

Play Video

Differentiating Products

Play Video

Embracing Innovation

Play Video

What Can We Learn From Caterpillars?

Play Video

Tyler Technologies Case Study

Play Video

Own Businesses, Not Markets

Play Video

Fastenal Story

Play Video

Invest in Solid Businesses

Play Video

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

How We Assess Management to Identify Endurance

As investors, we seek companies with a strategic market position in their competitive marketplace, consistent unit growth, and high returns on invested capital.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

Defining Growth Through Earnings Power

We hear the term growth constantly in our industry. Generally speaking, investors desire growth from the companies or assets in which they invest.

Learn More

Identifying Sustainable Growth

Growth is generally coveted by investors. Most investors seek some type of growth—growth of markets, revenue growth, earnings growth, market share growth.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

Our Commitment to Internally Financed Growth

Since our founding in 1987, internally financed growth has been a foundational pillar of the Riverbridge investment philosophy.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

Cultivating a Long-Term Mindset

True value—the kind of value that creates a bigger pie for everyone—is never created quickly. Such value creation requires endurance and a long-term mindset.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

Understanding a Company Through Its Accounting Practices

While some may consider conservative accounting to be mundane when compared to our other disciplines, it is certainly no less important and cannot be overlooked.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

An Enduring Investment Approach is Rooted in What’s True

An investment philosophy, simply stated, is a set of guiding principles that govern all investment decisions made by an entity.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

How Being Generalists Leads to Stronger Portfolios

As a group of generalists, the Riverbridge investment team embraces an unconstrained perspective when choosing companies to add to our clients’ portfolios.

Learn More

White bridge shape from the Riverbridge logo

Investment Fundamentals

How the Riverbridge Investment Culture Leads to Client Success

At Riverbridge, every investment is made to serve our clients—and the culture of our investment team is designed with that commitment in mind.

Learn More

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