Ari Meisel

So we would have hundreds of pages. These cases would take hours and hours and hours. And the very first line of the page was I would invest in this project or I would not invest in this project. And then you have to give an analysis. So. in the entire class, which I had to get a permit to take the class, it was an MBA class.

I always got the right answer in terms of investing or not investing, but my analysis was terrible. So on paper, it didn't make sense, but I just knew like what, what made sense for a good project. And we met, I met with him at one point. I was like, I'm getting really bad grades in your class, but I really want to do this for a living. And he's like, yeah, look, if you, uh,

I always got the right answer in terms of investing or not investing, but my analysis was terrible. So on paper, it didn't make sense, but I just knew like what, what made sense for a good project. And we met, I met with him at one point. I was like, I'm getting really bad grades in your class, but I really want to do this for a living. And he's like, yeah, look, if you, uh,

I always got the right answer in terms of investing or not investing, but my analysis was terrible. So on paper, it didn't make sense, but I just knew like what, what made sense for a good project. And we met, I met with him at one point. I was like, I'm getting really bad grades in your class, but I really want to do this for a living. And he's like, yeah, look, if you, uh,

if you try to get a job somewhere, I would be surprised if you make it six months, like you need to go do this, this and this. And it was, he was a mentor too. And so what I always say is like, I got a shitty grade in real estate development. It was like, I got a C minus in real estate development, which I ended up doing for 25 years.

if you try to get a job somewhere, I would be surprised if you make it six months, like you need to go do this, this and this. And it was, he was a mentor too. And so what I always say is like, I got a shitty grade in real estate development. It was like, I got a C minus in real estate development, which I ended up doing for 25 years.

if you try to get a job somewhere, I would be surprised if you make it six months, like you need to go do this, this and this. And it was, he was a mentor too. And so what I always say is like, I got a shitty grade in real estate development. It was like, I got a C minus in real estate development, which I ended up doing for 25 years.

But of all the people in my class that got A's, I don't know how many of them are still in touch with the teacher.

But of all the people in my class that got A's, I don't know how many of them are still in touch with the teacher.

But of all the people in my class that got A's, I don't know how many of them are still in touch with the teacher.

Right. Exactly. Uh, and you know, it also like you have to be able to connect the dots to the real world. Uh, a really good example actually is what's happening right now in the world with tariffs, right? If you look at, uh, homo economicus, you know, the perfect version of like somebody who responds the right way to, uh, economic changes.

Right. Exactly. Uh, and you know, it also like you have to be able to connect the dots to the real world. Uh, a really good example actually is what's happening right now in the world with tariffs, right? If you look at, uh, homo economicus, you know, the perfect version of like somebody who responds the right way to, uh, economic changes.

Right. Exactly. Uh, and you know, it also like you have to be able to connect the dots to the real world. Uh, a really good example actually is what's happening right now in the world with tariffs, right? If you look at, uh, homo economicus, you know, the perfect version of like somebody who responds the right way to, uh, economic changes.

Like you learned this in macroeconomics in the first year of college, 20% increase in tariffs should reduce a 20% reduction in demand. That's how it should work. But we can't grow coffee in America. Yeah. Right. Like, so. Some people still want Swiss chocolate, even if it's double the price. Take those things into account. That's like the context that really matters.

Like you learned this in macroeconomics in the first year of college, 20% increase in tariffs should reduce a 20% reduction in demand. That's how it should work. But we can't grow coffee in America. Yeah. Right. Like, so. Some people still want Swiss chocolate, even if it's double the price. Take those things into account. That's like the context that really matters.

Like you learned this in macroeconomics in the first year of college, 20% increase in tariffs should reduce a 20% reduction in demand. That's how it should work. But we can't grow coffee in America. Yeah. Right. Like, so. Some people still want Swiss chocolate, even if it's double the price. Take those things into account. That's like the context that really matters.

So I had just finished this really big real estate development project in upstate New York in Binghamton, and I was 23.

So I had just finished this really big real estate development project in upstate New York in Binghamton, and I was 23.

So I had just finished this really big real estate development project in upstate New York in Binghamton, and I was 23.

Yeah, so I didn't actually, I didn't know what it was. In retrospect, I'd actually been having symptoms since I was 14, but it was so infrequent that we never got it checked out. And so Crohn's is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the digestive tract. It is considered to be incurable by the medical community, and it is very debilitating, very painful.