Starting in the year 2000 and going through 2022, an annual auction was held for lunch with Warren Buffett.
In case you don’t know Mr. Buffett, nicknamed “The Oracle of Omaha,” he is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and has been since 1965. (Mr. Buffett is now 94.)
Berkshire Hathaway was once a textile company, but Mr. Buffett and his vice chairman Charlie Munger turned it into a conglomerate. In business that big word means a big company that owns multiple diverse and unrelated companies.
Currently Berkshire Hathaway owns about 800 subsidiaries. The list includes almost every kind of business, from Duracell to Dairy Queen, and from Garanimals to GEICO.
All of this has made Mr. Buffett very wealthy, but it has also made him someone a lot of people would love to have lunch with.
And so it was that he and others decided to raise money for a charity by auctioning off lunch with Warren Buffett. The first year it brought in a paltry (I jest) $25,000, paid for by an anonymous bidder.
The largest amount was paid in the last year, 2022 — $19,000,000. Keep in mind, though, that the winner can invite seven friends along, and the cost of the meal is included. Personally I’ve never paid even five figures for lunch, unless you count the numbers on the right side of the decimal point.
I don’t know Warren Buffett, but I do know a few people who have met him. One or two of those have worked with him. By all accounts, the man has something to say that is worth listening to.
But he is not the only one.
A serious bargain
In just two weeks, Do Good U is going to host the first ever Do Good Talks. Like the first auctioned lunch with Mr. Buffett, this one is going for a bargain price. While Mr. Buffett will not be speaking, the list of people who will be is incredible.
Allow me to share a little about four of them.
Tracy Hanson has achieved a great deal of success as an elite athlete. In college she was a four time All American golfer. Her team at San Jose State University won the NCAA Division 1 title while she was there. She then played on the European Tour for a year and was named rookie of the year. From there she went to the LPGA, where she stayed for 15 more years. The girl can flat play the game.
But her story, like most of ours, isn’t just about what she did for a living. In fact she has a back story that is well described in the subtitle of her new book. She’ll talk about Finding My Course: A professional athlete’s journey through pain to purpose when she speaks at Do Good Talks. You will not want to miss what she has to say, and if you know students who are aspiring athletes, you’ll want to bring them as well.
Have you ever had to overcome a tough obstacle to achieve your dream? Tye Dutcher had to do that as an 11-year-old. What happened to him, how it impacted his life and his family’s life, is a story you will not forget. More important than that, though, is that you will be able to apply what he learned to whatever issue you are facing.
In fact Tye has done that. His dream was to swim, but the accident left him unable to compete as he had hoped. So he became a Paralympian and even medaled in World competition! Now he has taken those same principles and is about to become a Certified Financial Planner. If you want or need to be inspired, listen to what Tye has to say.
But wait, there’s more…
A little over three years ago, about thirty people who were interested in Do Good U got together for a workshop. We spent a few days thinking about how to bring more good into the world. We invited Brian Mueller, the president of Grand Canyon University, to come and speak to the group, and he did.
Attending that workshop were seasoned business people who had heard many speeches, as well as younger people who were moving up rapidly in both the for profit and not for profit sectors. Virtually everyone said something like, “That was the best speech I ever heard.”
Brian isn’t as well known as Warren, but he is widely known and highly respected. The school he leads had about 900 students when he became president in 2008. Today it has 26,000 students on campus and 90,000 online. It is one of the fastest growing universities in the country.
More importantly, they have redeemed the Phoenix neighborhood where they are located. How did that all happen? Come and listen to Brian. He has something to say.
It’s likely that Warren Buffett knows a little about AI. But he does not know what Jonathan Qiang Li knows. Currently working at the Toyota Research Institute in California, Jonathan was actually a contributor in the Do Good U design workshop mentioned above.
Most people are very excited about AI, and so is Jonathan. But he also has some concerns about it. Where does AI land in the world of morality? It can be a very powerful tool, but AI will lie to you. (Yes, really.) And it doesn’t always get things right. How can AI be a blessing and not a curse? For our purposes, how can we use AI to do good? Come and listen to Jonathan, because he has something to say about that.
Just $39
All of that and more is yours for just $39. If you’re a college student, $19. Not $19 million, just $19.
And there are four more speakers I haven’t even mentioned!
This is the bargain of the century. Take advantage of it by signing up today, and bring your friends!
I’ll see you there.
Do good. It’s in you!
Something to say…
Starting in the year 2000 and going through 2022, an annual auction was held for lunch with Warren Buffett.
In case you don’t know Mr. Buffett, nicknamed “The Oracle of Omaha,” he is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and has been since 1965. (Mr. Buffett is now 94.)
Berkshire Hathaway was once a textile company, but Mr. Buffett and his vice chairman Charlie Munger turned it into a conglomerate. In business that big word means a big company that owns multiple diverse and unrelated companies.
Currently Berkshire Hathaway owns about 800 subsidiaries. The list includes almost every kind of business, from Duracell to Dairy Queen, and from Garanimals to GEICO.
All of this has made Mr. Buffett very wealthy, but it has also made him someone a lot of people would love to have lunch with.
And so it was that he and others decided to raise money for a charity by auctioning off lunch with Warren Buffett. The first year it brought in a paltry (I jest) $25,000, paid for by an anonymous bidder.
The largest amount was paid in the last year, 2022 — $19,000,000. Keep in mind, though, that the winner can invite seven friends along, and the cost of the meal is included. Personally I’ve never paid even five figures for lunch, unless you count the numbers on the right side of the decimal point.
I don’t know Warren Buffett, but I do know a few people who have met him. One or two of those have worked with him. By all accounts, the man has something to say that is worth listening to.
But he is not the only one.
A serious bargain
In just two weeks, Do Good U is going to host the first ever Do Good Talks. Like the first auctioned lunch with Mr. Buffett, this one is going for a bargain price. While Mr. Buffett will not be speaking, the list of people who will be is incredible.
Allow me to share a little about four of them.
Tracy Hanson has achieved a great deal of success as an elite athlete. In college she was a four time All American golfer. Her team at San Jose State University won the NCAA Division 1 title while she was there. She then played on the European Tour for a year and was named rookie of the year. From there she went to the LPGA, where she stayed for 15 more years. The girl can flat play the game.
But her story, like most of ours, isn’t just about what she did for a living. In fact she has a back story that is well described in the subtitle of her new book. She’ll talk about Finding My Course: A professional athlete’s journey through pain to purpose when she speaks at Do Good Talks. You will not want to miss what she has to say, and if you know students who are aspiring athletes, you’ll want to bring them as well.
Have you ever had to overcome a tough obstacle to achieve your dream? Tye Dutcher had to do that as an 11-year-old. What happened to him, how it impacted his life and his family’s life, is a story you will not forget. More important than that, though, is that you will be able to apply what he learned to whatever issue you are facing.
In fact Tye has done that. His dream was to swim, but the accident left him unable to compete as he had hoped. So he became a Paralympian and even medaled in World competition! Now he has taken those same principles and is about to become a Certified Financial Planner. If you want or need to be inspired, listen to what Tye has to say.
But wait, there’s more…
A little over three years ago, about thirty people who were interested in Do Good U got together for a workshop. We spent a few days thinking about how to bring more good into the world. We invited Brian Mueller, the president of Grand Canyon University, to come and speak to the group, and he did.
Attending that workshop were seasoned business people who had heard many speeches, as well as younger people who were moving up rapidly in both the for profit and not for profit sectors. Virtually everyone said something like, “That was the best speech I ever heard.”
Brian isn’t as well known as Warren, but he is widely known and highly respected. The school he leads had about 900 students when he became president in 2008. Today it has 26,000 students on campus and 90,000 online. It is one of the fastest growing universities in the country.
More importantly, they have redeemed the Phoenix neighborhood where they are located. How did that all happen? Come and listen to Brian. He has something to say.
It’s likely that Warren Buffett knows a little about AI. But he does not know what Jonathan Qiang Li knows. Currently working at the Toyota Research Institute in California, Jonathan was actually a contributor in the Do Good U design workshop mentioned above.
Most people are very excited about AI, and so is Jonathan. But he also has some concerns about it. Where does AI land in the world of morality? It can be a very powerful tool, but AI will lie to you. (Yes, really.) And it doesn’t always get things right. How can AI be a blessing and not a curse? For our purposes, how can we use AI to do good? Come and listen to Jonathan, because he has something to say about that.
Just $39
All of that and more is yours for just $39. If you’re a college student, $19. Not $19 million, just $19.
And there are four more speakers I haven’t even mentioned!
This is the bargain of the century. Take advantage of it by signing up today, and bring your friends!
I’ll see you there.
Do good. It’s in you!
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