One benefit of investing with Baron Funds is that before, during, and after we invest in businesses, we “Question Everything.” In fact, questioning everything is so integral to our investment process that we have made “Question Everything” the theme of our annual conference this year that will take place on November 6, 2015. Questioning everything is what gives us confidence to “invest in people,” another tenet of our investment process. For example, we have made a significant effort to understand Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s culture by tirelessly questioning its executives. As a result, it is unimaginable to me that if a car part or an assembly process wasn’t exactly “right” and potentially compromised the safety of Tesla passengers, that Elon Musk would lie about it. This is regardless of whether it cost his business millions to correct a problem or he had to miss projected car deliveries in a quarter and Tesla’s stock price would be negatively impacted for a period.
From Ron Baron (Trades, Portfolio)'s Baron Funds shareholder letter Q3 2015.
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