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TFS#112 - Chris Haroun, $1 Billion Raised & Managed, Working On Wall St. $10+ Million Online Course Sold w/ Haroun Education Ventures Founder

Chris Haroun is the CEO and Founder of the 300+ hour online Haroun MBA Degree Program®. He has sold more than 1,500,000 of his online business & self-improvement courses in 12 languages in 196 countries and his courses have been profiled in Business Insider, NBC, Inc, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur & on other business news websites. Chris is the author of the #1 best-selling online business course called "An Entire MBA in 1 Course®” & many other courses.
He’s the author of the book "101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School®," which Business Insider wrote is "the most popular book of 2016." Forbes called this book "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now."
He is the founder & CEO of Haroun Education Ventures, an award-winning business school professor, an MBA graduate from Columbia University & former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised/managed over $1bn in his career.
He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.
He has founded several companies & served on the boards of several Bay Area companies & charities, including The LEMO Foundation & Providing Opportunities for Women. His #1 charitable focus is currently building schools in Rwanda and other countries, as well as continuing to provide many scholarships to students all over the world.
He is passionate about education as he believes that all problems can be solved via education. Chris lives in Hillsborough, California with his wife Christine, and his 3 sons Andrew, Matthew, and Dylan.
Visit https://harouneducationventures.com/ to know more about Chris.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Meet Chris Haroun
02:40 One-Day MBA Course
03:30 Things They Don’t Teach You In Business School
04:25 Managing Hedge Funds
05:30 Chasing Your Dreams
08:20 Customer Service & Profitability
09:25 The Future Of Universities
11:40 The EDLP Strategy
12:50 Finding Your Purpose
14:00 The Future Of Education
15:50 Edutainment
17:20 The Power Of Udemy
20:40 The Age Of Influencers
23:20 Content Creation
25:40 Online Selling
27:05 The Power Of Email
28:50 The Genius Of Warren Buffet
31:00 Meeting Bill Gates
32:15 Customer Demographics
32:50 Why Cryptos Are Scam
35:30 The State Of The Global Market
37:35 Fighting Inflation
38:50 Using Oil As A Weapon
40:10 Standing Up For Human Rights
42:00 The Oil Dilemma
44:20 Inflation vs Economy
46:00 Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds & ETFs
50:30 Tax Mandates
51:05 Outro
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- 27 Dec 2022
Chris Haroun is the CEO and Founder of the 300+ hour online Haroun MBA Degree Program®. He has sold more than 1,500,000 of his online business & self-improvement courses in 12 languages in 196 countries and his courses have been profiled in Business Insider, NBC, Inc, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur & on other business news websites. Chris is the author of the #1 best-selling online business course called "An Entire MBA in 1 Course®” & many other courses.
He’s the author of the book "101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School®," which Business Insider wrote is "the most popular book of 2016." Forbes called this book "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now."
He is the founder & CEO of Haroun Education Ventures, an award-winning business school professor, an MBA graduate from Columbia University & former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised/managed over $1bn in his career.
He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.
He has founded several companies & served on the boards of several Bay Area companies & charities, including The LEMO Foundation & Providing Opportunities for Women. His #1 charitable focus is currently building schools in Rwanda and other countries, as well as continuing to provide many scholarships to students all over the world.
He is passionate about education as he believes that all problems can be solved via education. Chris lives in Hillsborough, California with his wife Christine, and his 3 sons Andrew, Matthew, and Dylan.
Visit https://harouneducationventures.com/ to know more about Chris.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Meet Chris Haroun
02:40 One-Day MBA Course
03:30 Things They Don’t Teach You In Business School
04:25 Managing Hedge Funds
05:30 Chasing Your Dreams
08:20 Customer Service & Profitability
09:25 The Future Of Universities
11:40 The EDLP Strategy
12:50 Finding Your Purpose
14:00 The Future Of Education
15:50 Edutainment
17:20 The Power Of Udemy
20:40 The Age Of Influencers
23:20 Content Creation
25:40 Online Selling
27:05 The Power Of Email
28:50 The Genius Of Warren Buffet
31:00 Meeting Bill Gates
32:15 Customer Demographics
32:50 Why Cryptos Are Scam
35:30 The State Of The Global Market
37:35 Fighting Inflation
38:50 Using Oil As A Weapon
40:10 Standing Up For Human Rights
42:00 The Oil Dilemma
44:20 Inflation vs Economy
46:00 Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds & ETFs
50:30 Tax Mandates
51:05 Outro