Stephen Barnett

Head of AmplifySchools - on a mission to make finance interesting and accessible to all young people. Ex teacher, banker, founder.

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

"The unluckiest generation in history" (millennials) https://t.co/vEsguoEenY

[Steph Smith @stephsmithio]

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

I invested £100 in 4 companies pupils believe will be top 20 global companies by 2030 (by mktcap): @eBay @Uber @nubank @Orsted - they might just be right...

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Last lesson of term - #investing investment recommendations + #dog

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Investment soc: which companies are going to be in the top 50 largest companies by the time pupils are in their mid-20s? @nubank @Curaleaf_Inc @virgingalactic

[Chris Cantino @chriscantino]

It took seven years, but we finally earned a $100M+ exit.

So many hard-learned lessons—hopefully sharing them here will give you an advantage.

A checklist of everything it took. 🧵

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

@levelsio Fear + perceived need for stability

[@levelsio @levelsio]

You've been working on your project for months now

Reply below why you didn't launch it yet

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Sia's Christmas album + technology consulting excercise = a great morning's work

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

The Entrepreneurship Society's first thing you should do when thinking about starting a business. Thanks to @mark_fischel, cofounder at @aklimate_ for a great talk

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

To my #1 podcast of 2021, The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway : thank you for keeping me company on @Spotify all year long! #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/gFgmPjaUeQ

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Travis Scott + Passive vs Active investing debate = weekly investment society

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

Join us Dec 7 at 5-6pm ET
Annual Predictions Livestream (incl. review of past predictions)
Register free: https://t.co/5o9dr8hyfV @section_four

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Risk, uncertainty, probability - should I be teaching my pupils how to gamble?

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

I’m not sure I would consider the invention of the tractor as a frontier agricultural technology, sorry Charlie…

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Why are none of my pupils speaking about the environmental impact of #Cryptos? Sustainability seems only skin deep, even with 13-18yo

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

@aviralbhat One of our 19yo school leavers is already managing money and helps me invest. He is insanely sharp and totally obsessed - with the right guardrails he will fly

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

Conducted mock interview for @Cambridge_Uni today: sharp vs soft power, is there such a thing as too much cultural diversity? Are we born free? What are the chains that bind us?

[Stephen Barnett @SJBarnett_]

120 pupils attended my introduction to Crypto* talk, 12 attended my introduction to AI talk (*bribed with Pizza)

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

People naturally teach the way they learn.

So, watching someone teach a skill can tell you how to teach them.