WHY IS PLAYING a board game about investing a better learning tool for kids and adults?
There’s a Chinese proverb: Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand. People often learn best from experience. Talking about investing can be dull and boring. Rather than sit and watch or listen, people get involved in the learning process. CAN I BUY this board game from you? That’s a common question. We don’t sell the game, we sell the experience. (He brings the game on site and referees it for participants.) It’s a tool around which we make key points about investing, such as the importance of diversification, the power of compounding and the necessity of a long-term focus. WHAT WERE SOME highlights for your business in 2009? We worked with the Cincinnati Bengals rookies for the first time this year. The Bengals rookies competed with the rookies from the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers and, of course, the teams wanted to make it a competition. In a very close contest, the Browns edged out the Bengals for this year’s Portfolios Champi
