{"id":7857,"date":"2010-10-25T21:08:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T01:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=7857"},"modified":"2023-08-01T20:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T00:52:11","slug":"make-it-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/make-it-happen","title":{"rendered":"Make It Happen! (An Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cortez, a non-traditional college student, was not a fan of the misinformation being spread about trading on his campus. \u00a0He was as disappointed with the sparse selection of trading lectures at his school. \u00a0You might say he was downright pissed. \u00a0So he made it happen. \u00a0He reached out to a prop firm (SMB), convinced one of their partner&#8217;s to visit (ok me) and address some future traders, organized multiple student organizations to spread the word of a visiting trader (not easy), and hit up some internal departments (harder).<\/p>\n<p>I would imagine many students at non ivy&#8217;s have had similar thoughts (complaints?) as Cortez. \u00a0I have always found the trading community to be very generous.\u00a0\u00a0So you have a choice: you can do nothing or you can be like Cortez. \u00a0Below is a picture of me talking to some future traders from Rutgers-Newark. \u00a0Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>On November 1 a community of young traders will launch a promising new trading blog Young Guns Trading. \u00a0Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/young-guns-trading.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7894\" title=\"young guns trading\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/young-guns-trading.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/young-guns-trading.png 999w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/young-guns-trading-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day I video Skyped with a student at UCI (University of California-Irvine) who has helped grow their trading community to 70 plus. \u00a0Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>Three students have sent me info on their impressive student trading organizations and asked us to visit, which we will. Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>One SMB Reader still in college sends me emails every month on his progress. \u00a0The young man is absolutely getting better every month as a profitable, self-sustaining trader, not yet 22. \u00a0 Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>As I learn of more awesome work being done on college campuses and by young traders, I will update this blog. \u00a0All of this reminds me of the killer video from Andy Andrews on Hernando Cortez, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nlNngcDNFS0\">Burn the Boats<\/a>. \u00a0Make it happen!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rutgers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7858\" title=\"rutgers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rutgers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rutgers.png 759w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/rutgers-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cortez, a non-traditional college student, was not a fan of the misinformation being spread about trading on his campus. \u00a0He was as disappointed with the sparse selection of trading lectures at his school. \u00a0You might say he was downright pissed. \u00a0So he made it happen. \u00a0He reached out to a prop firm (SMB), convinced one of their partner&#8217;s to visit &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/make-it-happen\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1444,1443,4674,1446,1445],"class_list":["post-7857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-college-discussion","tag-college-visit","tag-one-good-trade","tag-rutgers","tag-visiting-a-college-campus","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make It Happen! 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