Ch2. Syllabi Treasure Management: Learning "What They Teach You At Stanford Business School" without going to GSB.

By Larry Chiang

Treasure Management: Learning “What They Teach You At Stanford Business School” without going to GSB is possible.

First the scandalous news… yes I wrote the book, “What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School” but no I did not go to the graduate school of business (GSB).

You can learn what each GSB grad knows because its free and open source education. Stanford isn’t the only school that is open source because Harvard Law and MIT Engineering are the same way. For the purpose of this post, we will focus on “What They DO Teach You At Stanford Business School”

Courses and their Syllabus-es (aka Syllabi)

Stanford posts courses here. The bookstore has the required reading. A book like Grousbeck’s entrepreneurship book is written so that a freshman in engineering can read and comprehend it as a walk-in-the-park elective.

Learning from OPM/OPE.

OPM- other peoples mistakes
OPE – other peoples experience

Case studies are compiled. They’re available for $2-8 at Harvard.edu and Harvard Business Press. There are illegal downloads available at the same sites that do peer-to-peer file sharing. Also, you can buy the books used at Amazon.com

Learning on-campus

VLAB hosts events where great speakers are invited. The GSB hosts events open to the community. BASES produces events. Y-Combinator hosts Start-Up School on campus.

If you wanna learn, the free and low-cost alternatives are boundless.

Newsletters.

Subscribe away. Google Stanford Business School newsletters.

Participating in GSB Conferences

STVP is Stanford Technology Venture Partners hosts Summit at Stanford where the conference is $3,000, but the live webcast is free. It was also free to ask questions live. Another example is the Annual Entrepreneurship Conference. The cost is $90. Its a full week of events where you’re eligible to enter a contest with a team with very valuable prizes. And in the spirit of Stanford, the prize for 12th place and 1st place isn’t that big of a difference.

If you wanna attend live Stanford GSB events, you only have to pay for gas.

People want the degree but really don’t want the real knowledge that takes work to get. I’m glad that you got a laugh out of this post but comment below how you’re going to use this information.

Speed Reading.

Bill Clinton read three books a day while he was President. Reading 1000+ words per minute is possible. Read Evelyn Woods book on speed reading.

This was part of my book, “What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School” Chapter 2: Treasure Management. I didn’t need permission to reprint this as there is no copyright.

There are five types of treasure.
Tipping treasure
Money treasure
Time Treasure
Learning Treasure
Negotiating for Treasure

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