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Stanford University

Financing Innovation - Common Mistakes Even Great Investors Make

Stanford University via YouTube

Overview

Innovation cannot happen without the funding to bring an idea to life. In this webinar Stanford Professor Peter DeMarzo, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Business and instructor within the Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate, discusses how to value ideas and innovations so they receive the proper funds to launch.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Risk & Return: Insights from 86 Years of Investor History.
Return Volatility.
Risk vs. Return: The Security Market Line.
How Do Individual Investors Behave?.
Individuals Trade A Lot.
Individual Performance.
Turnover and Returns.
Swimming with Sharks: Picking Stocks, or Picked Off?.
Mutual Fund Performance.
Institutional Fund Managers.
Active vs. Passive Investing.
A Star has Fallen: Bill Miller's Legg Mason Value Trust.
Some Final Thoughts....
New Course Launching in September: Financing Innovation: Valuing Projects and Firms.

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Stanford Online

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    Sahyogi Gaikwad
    Very well explained, for graduates who are new to this concepts and investment strategies but have money in their pockets as they are an active employee and are interested to invest and have a side income and security this concepts and explanations helped a lot to get introduced to the financial markets few concepts were very unique like investor pitching to invest and 1/3rd retirement plan concept. Thanking you for providing a different insight to the finances and investments
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    VENUBABU KAKU
    Excellent course with high quality teaching.
    This course was extremely helpful in providing a broad understanding of financial concepts and their role in business. The instructor was very knowledgeable and did a great job of explaining complex topics in a way that was easy to understand. The course material was also very well organized and easy to follow. Overall, this was a great course for anyone looking to gain a better understanding of finance.
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  • Deva Nurlita
    can add a lot of insight and knowledge about investment management. from me who doesn't know to know and understand very well, maybe I will do many courses so that I can add a lot of knowledge and insight
  • Ndoweni Mishack Tshikalange
    Hello,

    Very informative course that I do encourage investors and non-investors to attend. The presentation was short and straight to the point. Thank you.

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