Hi, this is George from the FintechOrama YouTube channel!
Thanks a lot for signing up for my Course on Alternative Investments. I am using this email to update you about the Course… and it's coming soon. (Sooner than the end of Series 5 of Billions, and I'm excited about this as well).
Today, I'd like to outline what is in the Course, how it will look, and how you can use it.
If you're new, nice to meet you. I am an ex-sales in derivatives and alternative product who has now moved to the world of video production. There's a more extended bio in a previous article.
🚀What can you expect from the course?
It will be a comprehensive, online, self-paced course on alternatives.
By comprehensive, I mean it will cover most of the field and give you concepts and frameworks to apply to a broad set of investments. If you are mainly interested in specific industries such as Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, or Commodities, they have their own chapter. But it's about building foundations that can be useful across the investment spectrum.
Curriculum
I've finetuned the program, and I'm happy with its breadth and depth. There may still be some further tweaks before we go live based on your feedback.
Here are the 10 chapters. You can check all the individual lessons on the course page here:
While you're there, please consider joining if you haven't done so already.
The early bird access rate ($49) will remain until the Course is launched, but it will be of great support if you join early. Think of it like a Patreon subscription where you get a lot more value.
If you haven’t done so already, please take a 3-minute anonymous survey to help further tailor the course to your wishes.
Format
It will be:
Video-based: most lessons will be videos, but with associated text and references
Guest Experts: I will be including key moments from conversations with founders and industry experts.
Inspired by the Billions series: I am trying as much as possible to connect it to an episode, but that's just a starting point.
It's a serious course; it's not about analyzing Billions! It's about learning in a fun way.
How to make the most of the Course
Once you're in, you're in. It will be an endless resource.
Those who will join later will pay a higher price, but the Course is lifetime access.
There will be continuous iteration and improvements, and you will be able to get back to it anytime. That choice is from personal preference. The courses that I enjoyed the most work like that. Once I completed them, I know they are there for me. It's not like passing an exam where you just need to be full of knowledge for the big day, and then? Nobody cares!
I hope it also becomes a community where people can interact; have in-depth conversations; help each other.
🧑🎓Other Alternative Investment Courses
I am very grateful that you've signed up or registered your interest in my Course. There are so many other options out there. I know. I've checked many of them myself before deciding what to launch.
Here are a few that stood out:
CAIA: is the Reference certification for finance professionals on Alternative Investing (equivalent to the CFA) and is something I passed years ago ($2,900)
Harvard's online Course: just because it's Harvard, it's worth checking out! ($1,600)
I have completed the first one, I can't remember the details, but it's apparently 200 hours of work and many months.
I could only check the other two from the outside, and they look great.
I can't compare myself to a Harvard Course... Or maybe I can! Using a helpful concept from the alternative space: Relative Value. My Course could rank at the top in terms of Relative Value.
If you consider a career in Alternative Investments, this Course could be a stepping stone, a warm-up to the CAIA.
⏰When will the Course be ready?
I mentioned earlier that it could be ready in mid-June. Since then, I've restarted it, revamped it. I don't want to commit to a date just yet, but it will befor the end of this month, June 2021.
What's happening on the FintechOrama YouTube channel?
🤯The latest video about hedge fund Fees got 5,000 views in 24 hours (and then I had some issues with copyright 🥸. Come on YouTube it’s fair use!)
🔥568 of you have voted on doing a video about the VIX index, and it's 89% yes - I'm glad it's a yes. The VIX is one of my favourite topics, and I'm working on it.
Thanks for reading! Hope to see you on the Course.
And as always, don't hesitate to contact me directly by replying to this email.