Comments on: Can you invest in students studying their MBA at Harvard? http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/ My name is Chris Yeh. I'm a Harvard MBA, and you can ask me anything! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Edward http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-373 Edward Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:21:00 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-373 Two concepts here. First of all, there is already a person-to-person lending site exclusively for student loans. It's called fynanz.com. I don't have any experience with this specific p2p lending site, but it certainly would be one way to make an investment via lending to a budding college or grad student. As far as the "personal IPO" concept, well...great concept, but how to pull it off? A plain old loan is just easier to manage than an "IPO". There's all sorts of practical considerations, like to how to determine future earnings, how to deal with "reinvested" profits, when "dividends" would be paid, how and when one could opt out of the contract ... in short, student loans are just easier for everyone to manage. Two concepts here. First of all, there is already a person-to-person lending site exclusively for student loans. It’s called fynanz.com. I don’t have any experience with this specific p2p lending site, but it certainly would be one way to make an investment via lending to a budding college or grad student.

As far as the “personal IPO” concept, well…great concept, but how to pull it off? A plain old loan is just easier to manage than an “IPO”. There’s all sorts of practical considerations, like to how to determine future earnings, how to deal with “reinvested” profits, when “dividends” would be paid, how and when one could opt out of the contract … in short, student loans are just easier for everyone to manage.

]]> By: Fitarella http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-322 Fitarella Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:20:39 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-322 Is that a formal offer Chris? If so, I'm in! Is that a formal offer Chris? If so, I’m in!

]]> By: Baseball knows http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-309 Baseball knows Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:10:05 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-309 http://www.slate.com/id/2182824/ Doesn't seem to be illegal, unless you're a ball player. http://www.slate.com/id/2182824/

Doesn’t seem to be illegal, unless you’re a ball player.

]]> By: admin http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-306 admin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:56:18 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-306 Hey wait a minute, I don't think the 13th amendment prohibits a consensual contract between two adults. Hey wait a minute, I don’t think the 13th amendment prohibits a consensual contract between two adults.

]]> By: admin http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-305 admin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:53:19 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-305 Damn Constitution! Damn Constitution!

]]> By: Ben Casnocha http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-301 Ben Casnocha Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:33:33 +0000 http://www.asktheharvardmba.com/2008/07/22/can-you-invest-in-students-studying-their-mba-at-harvard/#comment-301 I have had a similar idea from your personal IPO concept - problem is it's illegal to claim future earnings: http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am13 I have had a similar idea from your personal IPO concept - problem is it’s illegal to claim future earnings: http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am13

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