The following set of collective values were established after an extensive joint discussion with all Hill Fort team members.
Hungry yet humble
We place a premium on self-improvement and learning and guard against complacency that often emanates from success.
Radically honest
We have a unique approach to evaluating investments which involves a Devil’s Advocate process, which only works when there is mutual respect. This leads to better decisions, especially when everyone in the firm is from diverse backgrounds.
Together is better
Co-creation through constant collaboration, exchange and debate is the secret sauce to our success. We like to 'hunt in packs' for our ideas.
Work the hustle muscle
In an industry which strives for incremental basis points, we know the difference between good and great is small. Exceptional results demand hard work.
Process is powerful
We are in a continuous feedback loop of iteration and improvement. We are firm believers in the power of checklists and use them across the firm.
Our success in ‘Helping Patient Capital Compound’ is directly tied to finding like-minded long-term investors who believe what we believe.
We spend a lot of our time thinking about what makes our investee companies different and what are their key competitive advantages. It is therefore only fair that we lay out the same for us as a business.
In our view, the only sustainable advantages of an investment firm over the long term are its people and culture. Creating a sustainable culture is an easy claim to make but difficult to describe. At Hill Fort Capital, we have focussed on two things from Day 1 –
- Bring together a group of people with very different backgrounds,
- Build a culture which encourages spirited debates and radical honesty. Our set of five core values defined above, have been co-created by the founding team, and we try to live by those every day.