I ran into resistance while I was trying to score some points on the board for value investors in the land of academia.
I am curious if any of my readers would know of any MBA program that would be interested in spearheading an initiative like this… I’d be glad to get down and dirty and lift this off the ground.
http://www.glenbradford.com/Buffettology101.pdf
See the emails below that made me give up (temporarily). I’m not into waging wars, I’m into helping those who can help themselves. I realized that I wasn’t making or going to make any headway when I did make the meeting and was asked to see psychological counseling. That’s a leading indicator that people are biased to writing you off. Do note that I am part of Purdue’s President’s Council. I believe in Purdue. I’m a Boilermaker. But, you won’t see me support anything I don’t believe in, as it isn’t in line with empowering success.
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Glen,
Donations to Krannert are always welcome, of course. However we do not sell spots in the curriculum in return for donations.
Guest speakers in classes are also welcome, assuming they have been invited by legitimate faculty at the faculty’s discretion.
None of this changes the fact that you are not and cannot be a legitimate faculty member and therefore cannot be involved in any way in offering a class.
If there is demand for your services I suggest you continue to pursue offering them independently of Krannert and Purdue.
I am not personally aware of any finance elective that you have taken – several of the faculty members that teach our finance electives indicate that they have not had you in a class. This has no impact on the above discussion – even if you had taken all of our electives you would not be able to teach a class. However, I noted that you list yourself on your resume as having a finance concentration; I do hope that you will be sure to have taken the 10 elective credits of finance that are required to make that claim.
Diane Denis
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From: Bradford, Glen Richard
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:39 PM
To: Denis, Diane K
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Diane,
Thanks so much for your quick response. I’m aware that you have structured an incredibly strong academic curriculum. I’m presently taking it and learning a lot.
I was curious that if I was able to find a professor willing and able, if I could somehow get something like this going. On that same note:
1. Would donations to Purdue assist?
2. Would getting prestigious alumni and people on board assist?
3. Is there anything that I can do that would assist in this cause?
Ideally, I would run a test on 2nd years for 0 credits (for fun), and have a faculty member sit in on these in module 4 and go with it from there. If it’s successful, possibly it could become an elective?
My goal here isn’t to change everything and be a radical. The goal is to just gauge potential demand from the students (which I am seeing a lot of), and collaborating to see how I can meet it, or see if Krannert can help empower success.
Glen
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From: Denis, Diane K
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:53 PM
To: Bradford, Glen Richard
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
The finance area has put together a carefully sequenced academic curriculum – this course does not fit into that curriculum.
In addition, you do not in any way meet the faculty qualifications required by Krannert and by the AACSB, which is the business school accreditation body.
Diane Denis
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From: Bradford, Glen Richard
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:22 AM
To: Denis, Diane K
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Diane,
Joy pointed me in your direction.
I know that I’ve emailed you previously to get a syllabus for at least one course you teach. I’ve talked to Joy about this and I’ve given a presentation to students and had 50% who wanted to take the course if available.
A little about myself. I’ve been paying my college tuition by trading in the stock market. I’ve run portfolios that are diversified across 10+ companies, all of which aren’t losing money (which some would argue is impossible) and I didn’t lose money June 2008-June 2009 (market crash).
I wanted to help out Krannert in differentiating ourselves from other MBA schools and put us in the top 5 MBA programs in the world. This class I am proposing would be an elective that I firmly believe would do just that. It’s the culmination of many years of my own research and I want to enable MBA students to be able to see the huge unharnessed potential out there that they can harness today.
<< File: Buffettology101.pdf >>
Glen Bradford
CEO ARM Holdings LLC
www.glenbradford.com
www.armholdingsllc.com
None of the above is intended as investment advice. I can’t guarantee the information I gathered is from an accurate source. I may buy or sell any stock or security without prior notice.
Disclaimer: http://www.glenbradford.com/disclaimer.php
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From: Dietz, Joy G
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:11 AM
To: Bradford, Glen Richard
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Dr. Diane Denis is the area coordinator for Finance.
Joy Dietz
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From: Bradford, Glen Richard
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:29 PM
To: Dietz, Joy G
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Who did you suggest I meet with to try to get this off the ground?
Glen
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From: Dietz, Joy G
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:20 PM
To: Bradford, Glen Richard
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Thank you for filling me in.
Joy Dietz
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From: Bradford, Glen Richard
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:09 PM
To: Dietz, Joy G
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
I’ve been running around the local banks this morning, otherwise I would have made this meeting.
With regards to promoting my own business using the Krannert facilities, I’m trying to do my best to open the minds of the MBA students at Krannert and empower their success. I tried doing a lecture on Uncommon Sense, which I recorded and put on YouTube, but I discovered that my target audience isn’t at Purdue. I did my best to design a class that would open the minds of Krannert MBAs to put us in the top 5. I’m confident that if implemented, we would be there in 5 years. Just because it’s possible and easy does not mean that it’s going to happen. That’s why I’m doing the proposal today to get feedback to see if I should change my approach.
Glen
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From: Dietz, Joy G
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 7:36 AM
To: Bradford, Glen Richard
Subject: RE: Joy – Proposal
Glen,
I cannot be at the presentation, and I’m concerned about today’s event. It seems like you are promoting your own business using Krannert facilities.
I’ve been wanting to talk to you and think that we should talk today. I’ve sent you a meeting request for 10:30 a.m.
Joy Dietz
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From: Bradford, Glen Richard
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:25 PM
To: Dietz, Joy G
Subject: Joy – Proposal
Joy,
This has been several years in the making. I’ll be giving and video recording a presentation on it at 3:00pm on Monday in RAWL 3070. You are welcome to attend. I invite you to bring influential colleagues.
I am confident that for each student that takes this, on average an extra $1,000,000+ will be made by them in their lifetime.
I know there has just been a huge shift in the Krannert Curriculum. I think that in 5 years time if this class is added to the curriculum, the value of a Krannert MBA would put us in the top 5.
http://www.glenbradford.com/Buffettology101.pdf
I’ve been to several case competitions and the financial assessment skills of the MBAs at the competition are never more than textbook caliber. My mission in life is to empower success. This is probably the easiest way to empower hundreds of MBAs that I can ever think of.
Thanks for consideration,
Glen Bradford
CEO ARM Holdings LLC
www.glenbradford.com
www.armholdingsllc.com