Samir Patel

About Samir Patel

Founder / portfolio manager of Askeladden Capital, a long-only small/micro-cap value investing firm.Our website is also the home of “Poor Ash’s Almanack,” a free resource distilling over 100 “mental models” – useful conceptual models of the world that can help us make better decisions – from our notes and analysis on hundreds of books in disciplines ranging from psychology to physics. This approach, inspired by the late, great Charlie Munger, is the kind of uniquely human, cross-discipline judgment and insight that is more important than ever in the age of AI, when basic data entry and retrieval has been commoditized.Poor Ash’s Almanack was originally published in 2018, but went offline at some point post-COVID due to a “lollapalooza” of WordPress and hosting errors. With the help of AI, it’s back online, and better than ever – all mental models now have a dedicated “AI angle.” Meanwhile, there’s reviews and analysis of 10 great new books, two completely new mental models, and content will now also be available as a weekly podcast on your favorite listening platform.(There’s more to come, too.)

Experience

1. Strategic Advisor

   Ravensight Ai

   Jul 2025 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Ravensight AI builds custom AI workflow enabled automations for small businesses.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Biochemistry, magna cum laude

  2011 — 2013

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  MBA (Finance, Supply Chain Management) - Scholar of High Distinction

  2013 — 2014

• North Lake College

  Associate of Science (A.S.)

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Value Investing
• Being Me!
• Writing