In a world where headlines move markets and noise often drowns out signal, strategic investing requires more than instinct — it demands clarity, discipline, and deep research.
In this episode of Strategic Investing, we sit down with Daniel Nikic, a seasoned investment researcher and strategist known for helping investors cut through complexity and make smarter, conviction-driven decisions. With decades of experience across global markets, emerging technologies, and data-driven analysis, Daniel shares how elite investors think differently about risk, opportunity, and long-term value creation.
We explore what it really takes to evaluate investments in today’s fast-moving environment — from understanding macro trends and AI-driven disruption to building frameworks that protect capital while positioning for asymmetric upside. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or capital allocator looking to sharpen your edge, this conversation delivers practical insights you can apply immediately.
Let’s dive into Strategic Investing with Daniel Nikic.
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you to do is to click the subscribe button right now. I love your support. It’s incredible to see your comments, and we’re just getting started. I can’t wait to go on this journey with you. Thank you so much for subscribing. It means the world to me. Welcome to the build to billions podcast where we got successful entrepreneurs and investors on their journey from millions to billions. We believe the key to scaling and compounding your wealth and life starts every single day with a practice of stewardship over Ownership mindset and applying billionaire biblical principles. Our ultimate goal is to help you scale and compound your wealth and life so you can give more all the way to help MVPs, the most vulnerable people. My name is Brett Swarts. Every episode, we’re joined by the world’s top entrepreneurs, millionaires and billionaires, where they share their secrets, insights and wisdom with us, so we can all scale out and make a bigger impact. I’m excited about our next guest. He is focused like a laser on empowering strategic growth through insightful and investment research. He has over two decades of experience, and he’s built a career dedicated to empowering investors and businesses with actionable insights. He’s the founder of chorus, a boutique investment research firm, and again, he specializes in helping high net worth individuals, venture capitalists and startups navigate complex markets and emerging industries such as AI SaaS and data. And he has a ton of background and experience, and we’re going to be talking about basically Investment Research secrets and how to become a wiser and more strategic investor. Please welcome this show with me. Daniel, Nikki, Daniel, how you doing?
Daniel
I’m doing great. Thanks for having me today. Brett,
Brett
excellent. For listeners, for the first time, would you give us just a little bit more about your story and your current little bit more
Daniel
about your story and your current focus? Sure, so maybe based on access, some can notice, but I’m originally from Canada, near Toronto, and after I finished university at Brock University at St Catharines, I moved to Croatia. The reason why I moved to Croatia was due to the fact that I had some connection with the region, since my parents are Croats from Bosnia and Segovia. And then I initially worked in management consulting. So, I always had a background in Henson University, dealing with finance, accounting and marketing and research. And initially I worked in management consulting, doing competitive research, and then in real estate development, I did market research, dealing with secondary and primary research tasks and also financial modeling and some I would say, finance management. Then in 2014 I opened my company cores, which stands for coherent research, and I used my strengths to provide market research and finance services, and I’ve been dealing with clients globally, from Japan all the way to the states and even back home in Canada. And I started getting interested in investment research in 2016 because I pivoted my company strategy, and it kind of deals with what I’ve seen with doing investment research with startups, and I focus more on providing market research, finance management and auditing AI for investors and also their portfolio companies.
Brett
Got it? Okay? Fantastic, by the way. If you want to learn more about Mr. Daniel, you can go to Daniel and then n, i k i c.com, that’s Daniel. N, i, k, I, c.com, so Daniel, let’s dive right into the topic at hand, which is invest you know, research and investment secrets, right? Like so what? What’sWhat’s the number one investment research secret for a high net worth individual
Daniel
is the market that they’re in going to have a future. That’s one thing I would say is a big secret.They’re like, they’re like, yeah, the present is great, but how’s it going to be in 10 years hence?Why did Peter Thiel invest in Facebook and back in the mid 2000s Why did certain investors,such as Softbank invested in the video and etc, because they saw the long term marketopportunities with these companies. And I think we see that now with, for example, what’sgoing on with chat GPT? Obviously, it exploded a few years ago, but the investors in it prior to itsaw great potential. And I think that’s what a lot of investors are focused on, but take into consideration, investors can’t be too patient, because they need a return on their investments.
Brett
Also, okay, that makes sense, pretty simple, right? Does it have a long-term future, right? And,and so how do you balance that piece of it like, you know, Peter Thiel, it’s pretty simple, right?He can invest everything long term, right? At this point, when he invested into Facebook, it wasn’t something that was, you know, 10 years ago for him, didn’t make much of a difference. So if you’d like this little, short clip of the interview I just did, click over here to watch the full interview. And please don’t forget to. Subscribe. Thanks so much, everybody.
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About Daniel Nikic
Daniel Nikic is an investment researcher, strategist, and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience helping investors, founders, and capital allocators make informed, data-driven decisions. He is the founder of a boutique investment research and strategic insights firm, where he specializes in deep due diligence, market intelligence, and identifying long-term value across global markets.
Daniel’s work spans public and private investments, emerging technologies, and complex operating environments, with a strong focus on separating signal from noise in an increasingly fast-moving world. Known for his rigorous analytical frameworks and independent thinking, he supports high-net-worth individuals, family offices, venture firms, and companies navigating growth, risk, and capital allocation decisions.
With a global perspective shaped by work across multiple regions and industries, Daniel brings clarity to complex investment landscapes—helping clients protect capital, uncover asymmetric opportunities, and invest with conviction.
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