Host Clara Mount interviews Dr. Brian Walkup, Associate Professor of Finance. The first half of the show is the Crummer Connections interview recorded and broadcast in Spring 2021. The second half of the show is a panel Q&A session with Dr. Walkup and selected Crummer alumni and students featuring discussions on his entrepreneurial upbringing, current events in finance, and his experiences as both a student and a professor at Crummer.

00:28 -- Introduction of the Crummer Hour panel

07:18 -- Early business influences growing up in an entrepreneurial family

23:00 -- Career philosophy and finding passion and value

24:57 -- Differentiating theory from tools and application

30:00 -- Meet and greet with Dr. Walkup

31:07 -- Backstory

37:16 -- Finance

45:49 -- Dr. Walkup’s Crummer Experience

51:50 -- Role as a Professor

54:55 -- Personal and professional development

57:01 -- Closing message to the Crummer community

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Books

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis -- https://amzn.to/3wmmlMp

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis -- https://amzn.to/3izrmgj

Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis -- https://amzn.to/3glVskO

Resources

Crummer Graduate School of Business -- https://www.crummer.rollins.edu

All Around Charters & Tours -- https://allaroundbus.com/

CNL Financial Group, Inc. -- https://www.cnl.com/

Warren Buffett -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Robinhood controversy -- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/technology/robinhood-risky-trading.html

Credits

Guest -- Dr. Brian Walkup, https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-walkup-ph-d-4738211/

Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/

Creator -- J.B. Adams

Host -- Clara Mount

Executive Producer -- Gerard Mitchell

Sound Editing -- Aaron Trnka

Production Assistance -- Kyle Sawyer