how is the product inferior though? they not going after the same market as Harvard, Yale, Columbia etc. MCD does not make the best burgers, but that’s not their market. I think they do a pretty decent job. Definitely looking into the business more.
I have a side business whose focus is the ignorant/poor/uninformed people. Make a killing on it. As long as their money is green, I’m in.
FrankArabia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > how is the product inferior though? > > they not going after the same market as Harvard, > Yale, Columbia etc. > > MCD does not make the best burgers, but that’s not > their market. > > I think they do a pretty decent job. Definitely > looking into the business more. Mcdonalds burgers are inferior to most burgers as well - I’m glad we can agree on that point. Let me ask you this - do you think that you get a better education (all things equal, I’m not talking about a motivated student and an unmotivated student - we’re talking the same exact person) at a state university, or from the ‘University’ of Pheonix (which is a for-profit entity, which brings up another potential issue as an educator)?
Part-time Crook Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a side business whose focus is the > ignorant/poor/uninformed people. Make a killing on > it. As long as their money is green, I’m in. I’m interested in your viewpoint and would like to ascribe to your newsletter.
I think we’ve gotten off track here - the point of this post is that if you get your University of Pheonix MBA and are a Certified Financial Advisor then you can DEFINITELY get hired at Fidelity, and then my friend, the world is your oyster.
jcole21 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FrankArabia Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > how is the product inferior though? > > > > they not going after the same market as > Harvard, > > Yale, Columbia etc. > > > > MCD does not make the best burgers, but that’s > not > > their market. > > > > I think they do a pretty decent job. Definitely > > looking into the business more. > > Mcdonalds burgers are inferior to most burgers as > well - I’m glad we can agree on that point. > > Let me ask you this - do you think that you get a > better education (all things equal, I’m not > talking about a motivated student and an > unmotivated student - we’re talking the same exact > person) at a state university, or from the > ‘University’ of Pheonix (which is a for-profit > entity, which brings up another potential issue as > an educator)? I’m not sure where this is leading. But i think state university would do a better job. I don’t think U of P is a tremendous “education” institution. As a matter of fact, i know its inferior in its product no doubt.i would not go to u of p, but i wouldn’t shell out tons of money for an mba in any case. the business model, from the little i know is good. but i won’t get into the details until i receive my investor pack. i appreciate the feedback, but I think we’re looking at this situation from a different perspective, maybe.
Yes, I have been thinking of UoP and similar institutions as a sectoral buy. WalMart can be just as good a buy as Whole Foods, even if I’d prefer to eat from the latter over the former.
Bchadwick knows what i mean. product inferiority does not mean business inferiority. bchad, would you be able to discuss your findings with me personally?
FrankArabia, I haven’t done any serious bottom-up research yet. I came down to “non-traditional educational and professional certification models” from a top-down investment perspective (I’m a top down investor, though you still have to convince yourself you’re not doing something crazy by doing a bottom-up double-check).
Bchad Normally i start at the annual report and dig into the company and understand the economics of the business. afterwards, the valuation should be fairly clear if i can understand the business. why don’t i go through some figures and share that with you and you share with me some of your top down views.
sounds good… my email is brucebiz_wi at the yeah-who place. (btw, I’m not dogmatic about top-down vs. bottom up - it’s just where I see my analytical skills as having the most advantage. We all should be focusing on where our skills add the most value, and building new skills to increase that value.)
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