Fintellect Live
Classes, conferences, guest speakers, and tutoring.
The human side of how we teach — one calendar for everything we run live, plus an interest list so you hear about the next one first.
Coming up
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A Climb to the TOP — Shanghai Summer Workshop
Program dates
Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17, 2026 · in person in Shanghai
A 5-day immersive summer workshop in Shanghai (July 13–17, 2026), taught in person by Chuck Garcia — Columbia University professor, bestselling author of A Climb to the TOP, 3x TED speaker, and former Wall Street executive. Designed for grades 7–10. Reserve a seat with a ¥1,800 deposit; the ¥16,200 balance auto-charges on July 3 (10 days before the workshop) and is fully refundable until then. Tuition ¥18,000 total. Standout students earn a shot at a personal letter of recommendation from Professor Garcia.
Taught in person by Chuck Garcia
- Professor at Columbia University, School of Engineering
- Bestselling author of A Climb to the TOP (EN / ZH / ES editions)
- 3x TED speaker
- Former Bloomberg / BlackRock / Citadel executive, 25+ years on Wall Street
- Global executive coach — UN, Harvard, MIT, and more
Recent classes & events
Cross-Cultural Communication for Future Leaders
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Join this introductory webinar to learn more about Chuck Garcia's Shanghai summer class, designed to help Chinese students build the soft skills expected in Ivy League classrooms and Western professional settings. The course focuses on communication, presentation skills, teamwork, leadership, mentorship outreach, and the ability to collaborate and express ideas effectively in high-level academic and professional environments.
Featuring Chuck Garcia
- Columbia University professor
- Best-selling author
- 3x TED speaker
- 25+ years in senior finance and executive leadership roles
- Coached executives from Bloomberg, Bank of China, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley
A Climb to the Top: Communicate with Power, Precision and Impact ft. Chuck Garcia
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A Fintellect member-exclusive conversation with Chuck Garcia on communicating with clarity, judgment, and executive-level presence. The session is designed to help students think more carefully about how strong ideas are delivered, received, and remembered in high-stakes academic and professional settings.
Career Insights in Finance and Asset Management with Eric Liu (BlackRock)
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A career-insights session with Eric Liu (刘鑫), Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income at BlackRock Fund Management Co., Ltd. Eric leads BlackRock's onshore China fixed income team and serves as Head of China Fixed Income Strategy on the firm's Asia Credit team. His prior experience spans public and private debt, structured finance, and private equity, with stints at Aberdeen Asset Management and Mitsubishi Bank. INSEAD Finance MBA, BEng from Nanyang Technological University, CFA and FRM charterholder.
Fintellect Introduction to Finance Program
Program dates
March 28, 2026 to May 31, 2026
An instructor-led finance program built around core investing ideas, business-model thinking, and structured analytical writing. The Spring 2026 cohort runs from March 28 to May 31, 2026 and remains listed here as an archive because enrollment is now closed.
Building in the AI Era
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A founder-led webinar on what students should be building and learning in the age of AI, using Fintellect as a concrete example. The session connected AI, finance, entrepreneurship, and student-led creation in a way that was meant to feel practical rather than abstract.
Fintellect Introduction to Finance Program Information Session
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A program overview covering the structure of the finance track, how sessions were run, what students would build over the cohort, and why the program was designed to connect finance fundamentals with competition preparation and broader analytical growth.
Classes & tutoring
Classes built around what you actually want to learn.
We run classes based on demand. Tell us what you or your students want to dig into — if there's enough interest, we can bring in instructors, industry experts, guest speakers, and even Ivy-league faculty to match.
Topics we often run (not limited to these)
Who we can bring in
Depending on what your group or students actually need, we can coordinate relevant instructors, industry experts, guest speakers, and even Ivy-league faculty — if the demand is real, we go find the right person.
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