#92: Don Chambers; The Proxy Battle at Firsthand Tech Value Fund

For a review of this situation, please
see: https://savefirsthandtechnology.com/
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Overview

In this episode of The Intelligent Investing Podcast, I had the
pleasure of chatting with Don Chambers who is an activist
currently involved with shaking things up at Firsthand Technology
Value Fund (SVVC)


To see Don's presentation on SVVC or to get in touch with
questions if you are a shareholder of SVVC or want to learn more
information, please go to the presentation website, here.


 
About Don Chambers

Donald R Chambers currently runs the website,
SaveFirstHandTechnology. He is also a recently-retired (June
2017) professor of finance with 36 years of teaching experience.
Dr. Chambers has written several books regarding investments and
personal finance that are distinguished by their clear writing
and ability to make difficult concepts accessible to his
audience. He is the lead author of the 600+ page Modern
Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice which is in its
eighth edition (forthcoming with FlatWorld), the
1,000-page Alternative Investments which is in its
third edition with Wiley, and several other books
on finance. Dr. Chambers has published over 50 scholarly
articles.


​Dr. Chambers has had numerous appearances in media including
national television, national public radio, regional television,
and regional radio. Dr. Chambers co-starred in a
nationally-televised cable television series regarding finance in
1988 (45 Fortune) and frequently serves as a public speaker.


In more recent years, he has written numerous blogs and spoken
frequently regarding investments in his role as Chief Investment
Officer of Biltmore Capital Advisors.
  About Eric Schleien

Over the past decade, Eric has trained thousands of individuals
including board members of public companies as well as several
Fortune 500 CEOs. Eric specializes in organizational culture and
has become a leading authority on organizational culture in the
investment industry.


Eric has been investing for 15 years and has been using
breakthrough coaching methodologies for over a decade. Eric had
the insight to combine proven coaching methodologies with
shareholder activism techniques to create an entirely new model
for shareholder activism that was more reliable and created
greater sustainable results in a rapid period of time. On
average, Tribal Leadership produces a 3-5x increase in profits of
culturally troubled companies within an average of 24 months or
less.


Eric currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.