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The James Altucher Show

Why College Is a Waste of Money

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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On James Altucher's first visit to Stansberry Radio, recorded back on August 9, 2012, he sets the stage for what's to come. For the very first time to give our audience a look into why we consider James one of the most interesting people we know. In this first show, he talks about why he believes college is a real waste of money. His analysis will get you re-thinking what you though you knew. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

All right, on the hotline, we have our guest of the hour, James Altature, is managing

0:15.4

director of Formula Capital and the founder of Stop Picker.

0:19.5

James, welcome to the show.

0:21.5

Thanks for having me on the show, I'm really glad to be here.

0:24.7

A lot of our listeners will know you because you in Porter stands very had a spirited

0:29.4

debate.

0:30.4

I don't know, what's that about a year ago or so where you guys were debating where

0:33.6

the dowel was headed on, I believe it was Yahoo, right?

0:37.4

Right, on Yahoo Finance.

0:39.4

Yeah, and he hates to miss you this week, but we'll have you on the future.

0:42.5

But for the listeners that are new to our show that haven't really gotten a groove of listening

0:49.3

to Porter and you debate, I want to kind of jump into a little bit of background on

0:53.0

you because you're a very interesting character.

0:55.9

Thank you very much.

0:57.7

Yeah, actually, it's a very big compliment.

0:59.7

So if you don't mind, let's start with a little background.

1:03.6

According to your bio, you had roughly, I guess, what, 15 million in a bank and within

1:08.2

two years, you lost it all, which led you to reevaluate your approach to business and

1:13.2

life.

1:14.2

Will you tell our listeners a little bit about that and how it affected you and how you

1:17.3

rebounded?

1:18.3

Sure.

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