What if you could start an investment portfolio that creates a legacy for you, your family, and your community?

Achieving financial freedom doesn’t have to stay a dream

Introducing Hardworking Investor Bootcamp, a complete program to take your investment success to the next level

  • Even if… you know nothing about investing
  • Even if… you didn’t finish school
  • Even if… you have the attention span of a goldfish

Avoid another decade of investing with nothing to show for it. It’s time to create your own investment portfolio so you can own the next decades of your life.

Only in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp:

  • Proven strategies: the exact same strategies billionaire investors have used for over half a century. 
  • Rapid Results: Forget about the years-long research process. Go from a know-nothing investor to Hardworking Investor in weeks.

Hey, did you know that Warren Buffett has made a 20% average annual return for over 50 years, and he’s told others how to do it

I know it sounds crazy because we’re so used to hearing about “stocks are risky" and "it’s gambling”, and while there's some truth there, I’m going to share three secrets with you today that are going to revolutionize the way you think about investing in stocks.

I’m Jack Laffan and I’m an investor guide. I’ve spent over 2,000 hours learning how great investors have been successful, so you can spend a fraction of that to learn the same.

So what is Hardworking Investor Bootcamp?

It’s a go at your own pace, online course, designed to take complete beginner investors and transform them into confident, knowledgeable investors, that know with certainty the next steps they need to take to gain real world experience.

It’s got everything you need to learn how to pick great stocks and where to find them, what things to watch out for, how to read financial statements, how to value a stock, checklists, cheat sheets, and more.

So I’m going to share with you three secrets about investing in stocks and how you can emulate Buffett’s success.

And I know what you’re probably thinking: billionaires keep the secrets to themselves.

But again, I’m going to show you a great way you can invest in stocks and get amazing results.

So the first secret is: “there are no secrets”

The big idea here is successful investors like Warren Buffett, Howard Marks, and Seth Klarman, have been singing from the same hymn sheet, and spruiking about how others can do the same for over 50 years!

This is important because their investing performance is significantly greater than average professionals, and the other professionals are singing from a completely different hymn sheet…

Two different ways to invest, with one being vastly superior. 

The second (not) secret is: Anyone can invest in stocks

The main thing to understand here is that there is a way for everyone to invest successfully in the stock market. Finding the strategy that most suits them is the key to unlocking their potential. And to invest like Buffett, he’s said repeatedly that it doesn’t come down to IQ or education… it’s the right strategy paired to the right person.

This means there is nothing stopping you from success in the stock market, you just need to learn some strategies, see which one you like and suits you personally, and get started!

The third (not) secret is: you CAN beat the market

The main thing to understand here is that Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Seth Klarman, Howard Marks, Peter Lynch, Joel Greenblatt, all have exceptional long term investing performance, over 20% average annual returns. And they all follow the same investing principles and strategies, first taught over 50 years ago, that are shunned by Wall street. And this strategy focuses on minimizing the risk of losing your hard earned money!

This is key because everyone these days just wants to shoot for the moon and then lose money, but you don’t have to. This strategy protects your hard earned money so it can compound for years and decades to come.

Now I know what you’re thinking.

I’ll need to work full time investing just to get close to their success.

Well the tricky thing is that us smaller investors have the edge against the so called smart money. We can see what other great investors are investing in and simple buy when it’s a great price, not much effort at all, plus if you have more time or a keen interest, you can pick your own stocks as you gain experience.

And so I’ve created this course so you can start investing in stocks, in a tried and tested way that has worked for over half a century.

And guess what, it’s completely free

And so what this is going to do is save you over a thousand hours of reading and learning, and start investing like other successful investors a lot sooner, allowing compound interest to work it’s magic for longer.

And I, as your investor guide, I’ve been where you are now, and it took me way too long to put this all together myself in a way it all made sense.

So what I’ve done is I’ve completed the first half of the course and have released it now whilst I complete the remainder.

So if you click the link you can enroll now and have instant access to everything in the course.

I honestly don’t know how much longer we’ll keep this course open before limiting numbers.

So click the link to get it today while it’s still available.

I can’t wait to see you on the inside.

Have a great day!

What happens after I enroll?

Once you click to enroll, you will receive an email confirmation and you will have instant access to the course materials. Once you log back into the course, check out the first chapter titled “Welcome!”, where you will find an on boarding lesson walking you through the program. Ensuring you have a clear path forward and can hit the ground running.

I'm ready to change my life

Click the button to enroll in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp (Beta Version) for Free, that's right, absolutely nothing.

Like I mentioned before, this course is free. 

Oh, and in case you're wondering...

There Is NO CATCH!

I know there are some websites out there that offer you something cool for free, but then stick you into some program that charges your card every month.

This isn't one of them.

There's NO hidden "continuity program" - and in case you're wondering why I'm doing this, well, there are actually a few reasons...

  • It is part of my mission - To financially unleash hardworking people and nurture them to lead a generous and meaningful life. And Values - Everyone deserves a financial education.
  • The value investing community is very giving and generous with their knowledge and time already. I want to do my part. 
  • I get one of my products in your hands, and when you see how awesome it is, in the future when I have something to sell, you'll be excited and know what you're in for

I'm ready to change my life

Click the button to enroll in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp (Beta Version) for Free, that's right, absolutely nothing.

Who am I?

I’m Jack Laffan, a Mechanical Engineer that grew up on a farm near Newcastle, Australia. 

  • I don’t have a million dollar investment portfolio
  • I don’t have an investment record spanning decades
  • And I don’t have gray hair (yet!)... starting to thin out though


I do have a passion for analysing businesses, honing my leadership skills, and crunching numbers. I also prefer to wear board shorts, band t-shirts, and thongs (aka flip flops).

When it comes to learning, it is best to learn the strategies and tactics from people who are the best in their field. Investing is no different. 

I don’t put weight on the opinions of people that have not done what they preach. This is me being completely honest with you. There is one thing I want to be clear on though. I’m not teaching you my investment strategy, I’m teaching you theirs.

Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger

Buffett Partnership: 29.5%, over 13 years. Berkshire Hathaway: 19.8%, over 58 years

Berkshire Hathaway is run by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, who together have made billions of dollars for Berkshire and Berkshire's shareholders for half a century. They are generous with their time and knowledge over the years and there is an almost unlimited amount of information and investing wisdom these gents have created. Berkshire Hathaway annual reports and chairman's letters, the Buffett partnership letters, Berkshire’s annual general meeting which has been recorded for decades. The list goes on.

Howard Marks

Oaktree Capital: 18.8%, over 31 years

Howard Marks, the co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management has a stellar investing performance for the last 3 decades and has been producing multiple investment letters each year since 1990 with incredible insight and a glimpse into the strategy and lens which he looks through to analyse opportunities and risks.

Peter Lynch

Magellan Fund: 29.2%, over 13 years

Peter Lynch made a compound annual return of 29% over a 13 year history while managing the Magellan Fund at Fidellity. He has many books on investing and has been in a few interviews which can be found online.

Seth Klarman

Baupost Group: 20%, over 41 years

Seth Klarman from the Baupost Group, wrote a book called Margin of Safety in 1991 and the information contained in it is still relevant today. A bit of a recluse compared with these other investors; the Baupost investor letters are almost impossible to find. He is still an investor to keep an eye on and always take his thoughts onboard.

Joel Greenblatt

Gotham Capital: 50%, over 9 years

Investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He popularized the concept of "Magic Formula Investing," which combines the principles of value and quality investing. Greenblatt focuses on identifying undervalued companies with high returns on capital.

Nicholas Sleep

Nomad Partnership: 20.8%, over 13 years

Investor and co-founder of Nomad Investment Partnership, known for his disciplined and value-oriented investment approach. Concentrated holdings in high-quality businesses and adopts a patient, long-term perspective.

Allan Mecham

Arlington Value Capital: 20.1%, over 16 years

A more recent fun manager that had a lot of success from early 2000's, navigated the 2008 global financial crisis and turned a profit that year while the vast majority of funds had negative double digit returns. And then continued to dominate the market for the next decade. His fund was wound down a couple of years ago, but the investor letters from Arlington Value Capital are always filled with knowledge and lessons. A very honest and candid individual.

Mohnish Pabrai & Guy Spier

These gents were famous for winning a charity auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett in 2007, for $650,100. These guys run their own funds and have utilised the teachings and wisdom of Buffett and Munger. They also have many interviews, podcasts and annual reports where they share knowledge and insights.

Let me be clear, I cannot teach you exactly what these gents do. All I can show you are the frameworks that have made sense for me, based on the information these geniuses have left for us.

I have curated the investing strategies and lessons that are sprinkled throughout thousands of pages of reports, books, and countless hours of video and audio. Into a cohesive and straight forward course. Taking you on a journey from a know-nothing investor, to a confident individual investor, armed with knowledge and skills. The only advantage I have is I am on this investing journey with you and understand your challenges. 

I’ve also combined advanced and unconventional learning techniques with written, audio and video content. The online learning platform allows you to learn when you want and progress at your own pace. 

Investing relies on you making the best decisions, so I have included frameworks and tactics to keep your mind sharp, and save you from poor decisions, all based on the immense knowledge base these great investors have provided. 

All of these components merge to create an environment where you cannot fail, I will not let you fail. Your success IS my success.

Hardworking Investor Bootcamp

Hardworking Investor Bootcamp covers the ENTIRE process of starting and growing your stock investments:

  • How to find high return, low risk investments
  • When to buy and sell for maximum returns
  • How to value a business, from simple back of the envelope to advanced
  • Create lifelong investing habits - our simple actionable tactics will give you back attention and allow you to focus on life, not the stock market
  • Have a shortlist of great businesses before you finish
  • Have your own investing checklist


Hardworking Investor Bootcamp gives you EVERYTHING you need.

All the principles, strategies, frameworks, hands-on tactics, mindsets, and so much more.

I've cut out all the B.S., all the detours.

You don't have to spend years figuring this out like I did.

You don't have to feel alone, like you're shouting into a void.

You don't have to build your investment portfolio by trial and error, just hoping your strategy will work.

And you don’t have to take my word for it, these strategies and lessons are all examples from great investors. All using the same principles that Graham and Dodd taught almost a century ago and have built billion dollar investing empires.

All it takes is a couple of hours a week to master one of the most powerful and proven investment strategies available.

How is Hardworking Investor Bootcamp different?

I remember thinking while at university, this will get me a job, but how do I get wealthy? Through investing of course. I’d heard so many older people tell me to “invest”, “save 10% of what you earn”. But I looked at them and they didn’t have the investing success I strived for. I knew I needed to seek those that had achieved success. So I researched the best investors on the planet. And I came across a few great investors, with similar styles, that just happened to beat the market for decades, not just the odd year here and there. 

Well then who were the greatest investors? Enter Warren Buffett and the modern Superinvestors of Graham and Doddsville:

  • Charlie Munger - Warren Buffett’s long term partner at Berkshire Hathaway
  • Howard S. Marks - the co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management who has written investment memos for the last 30 years and has a stellar investment record 
  • Seth Klarman - of Baupost Group fame, as well as the author of “Margin of Safety”, a timeless investment book with only 5,000 copies ever produced. Copies of the books are sold for over $1,000.
  • Peter Lynch - a former Fidelity fund manager that achieved an average 29% annual return for 13 years. 
  • Allan Mecham - manager of Arlington Capital which achieved 20%+ returns over a decade.

So I had found successful investors that all shared the same principles, but applied to different areas of investing, some in debt securities, some in small stocks, and some in business conglomerates. And the greatest part, most of these guys are very generous with giving away their lessons learnt, and what they see. The only problem was, all this information takes a huge amount of time to trawl through, pull together into a coherent strategy, and structure into a useful lesson. 

Buffett’s first rule of investing is Don’t lose money, rule 2 is don’t forget rule 1. 

Have the right mindset when the market crashes. 

Have the war plans on the table, ready to execute and take advantage of market opportunities. 

I identified the trickiest area of investing, which is business valuation and turned it into something anyone can learn.

You are going to get the tactics that will cut down the time it takes to find and assess great businesses. But I’m going to give you something even more valuable than that. If you are going to be investing for years and decades to come, you’re going to need something timeless. Luckily we’ve got just that. The hard learned lessons from master investors, so you don’t need to make their million and billion dollar mistakes. The timeless overarching principles that have been in use for over half a century, and will always produce significant returns, no matter how many people know. 

Personally, I recommend you take the lessons in order, but if you want to skip around, go for it. I get it, sometimes I want to binge watch the latest Marvel series.

And here it is, all for you.

  • Get results fast

    Each lesson builds on the lessons before it, quickly compounding your knowledge and skills

  • Strategies and tactics that work today

    Timeless strategies that have worked for decades and tactics tried and tested today

Expectations

I want the best outcome for you, I want to see you succeed. The best way for you to achieve, unsurprisingly, is to do, do the work, make mistakes, and learn from them.

What I hear, I forget

What I see, I remember

What I do, I understand

Xunxi - Chinese philosopher, 340-245BC

And in exchange for all this new material, I have some expectations for you.

I expect you to put in the work - a couple of hours a week, in fact the number one predictor of your success is if you actually put the time into your calendar and follow through.

I expect you to take an active role in executing the content you are consuming. This isn’t a tv show or youtube where you can just watch and let it absorb into you.

This is Hardworking Investor Bootcamp, this is an investment program you have to actively participate in.

You are going to encounter ambiguity, you are going to fail at certain steps, that is completely normal.

Take ownership for your experience in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp, because you are the Chief Investment Officer of your investments.

Because ultimately you are responsible for your success.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome & Onboarding

    2. Onboarding Survey

    1. Downloads

    2. Stock Market Basics

    3. Setting Up a Brokerage Account

    4. Average Investors

    5. The "Smart Money"

    6. Quiz

    7. Chapter Survey - Introduction

    1. Downloads

    2. Hardworking Investors

    3. Investing made Simple

    4. Investing Beliefs

    5. Investing Principles

    6. Investing Strategy

    7. Behavioural Finance

    8. Investing made Simple - Revisited

    9. Beating the Market

    10. Quiz

    11. Free Goodwill

    12. Chapter Survey - Beliefs, Principles, Strategy & Psychology

    1. Additional Lessons Coming Soon

    1. Additional Lessons Coming Soon

    1. Additional Lessons Coming Soon

About this course

  • 27 lessons

This is NOT for you if…

  • You’re looking for a magic bullet without putting in the challenging work of researching, detailed analysis, patiently waiting, and staying the course
  • Get-rich-quick schemers, please leave
  • You already have an investment strategy, which is struggling, and you aren’t willing to change your strategy. If you resist new advice, how can I help you?
  • You’re simply looking for “motivation” and “inspiration”. I believe the most motivational thing you can do is get RESULTS, so while I’m friendly and supportive (or so I’ve been told), I’m ultimately concerned with your success, not if you “like” me
  • You’re unemployed. This program will only help you years down the road, not today.
  • You have credit card debt. Sorry, your first duty is to pay it off. 
  • You don’t have at least 1 months worth of emergency savings, or you aren’t saving consistently to be able to invest regularly. To achieve investing success, you need to have financial security so you do not need to withdraw your investment early. Great investors choose when to sell, they aren’t forced.

This is right for you if…

  • You’re ready to invest in yourself to build a successful investment portfolio
  • You’re patient, deliberate, and methodical. You’re committed to spending the time to build a successful investment portfolio, and you know this will not happen overnight. You know that if you put in a couple of hours a week and do the heavy lifting upfront, you can enjoy the rewards for years to come
  • You’re looking for a SYSTEM, not random investing tactics
  • You’re emotionally stable enough to weather the “ups and downs” of the stock market (I can equip you with habits to support but I can’t change you completely)
  • You are investing for more than 10 years so you can really enjoy the combined benefits of your new knowledge and compound interest

FAQ

Will this work?

“What if I don’t know how to invest?”

  • You do not need to know how to invest to join. We’ll start with the basics and build your investing foundation, then build on top of that foundation each week.

“How is Hardworking Investor Bootcamp different from other courses on the market?”

  • This is the ONLY program that covers the entire process of learning how to invest like billionaire value investors. We have also combined conventional and unconventional learning techniques to make everything super easy to remember. Our use of audio, visual and written content will allow you to consume information in the best way for you. 
  • You get lifetime access to everything in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp, so you can work through the program whenever and wherever you want.

"How much help am I going to get? What if I get stuck?"

  • If you have any questions on the lessons, you can simply ask a question in the lesson discussion and I will respond as soon as possible

"When can I expect to make impressive returns?"

  • I can’t promise you specific results from your investments in a specific time frame. Nobody can. And you shouldn’t trust anyone who does. Here’s why: We all begin at different levels of knowledge, experience, and skill. We all have different circles of competence (areas of business or companies we know). It would make no sense to promise “one size fits all” results just to get you to like me. In fact, I’d rather be honest about the challenging nature of this material, which is why I added lifetime access.
  • That said, one of our primary focuses in creating Hardworking Investor Bootcamp was delivering rapid results. The whole program is designed to get you from "know-nothing" to "confident investor" as fast as possible. Then, to show you how to build experience and confidence rapidly.
  • If you’re deliberate, methodical, and follow the action steps, you will see results. And looking back, 3-5 years from now, the amount of time you invested will pale in comparison to the recurring rewards you’re accruing

Mental barriers and doubts

"Ugh, I don't want this to become yet another thing on my to-do list."

  • The last thing we need is another to-do item to make us feel guilty. Hardworking Investor Bootcamp isn't a brain dump of investment tactics. It's a complete, efficient SYSTEM for going from no investing experience, to a working, successful investment portfolio. Don’t focus on the worst that could happen — focus on the best that could happen once you use it.

"What if I fall behind?"

  • Don't worry — I understand that sometimes, life gets in the way. Hardworking Investor Bootcamp includes lifetime access so you can take a break from the material if you're out of town, on vacation, or just swamped for a few days. Pause and resume whenever you need to.

"What if I live in Europe / Australia / UK (or somewhere else)?”

  • Yes, Hardworking Investor Bootcamp will help you. This investing strategy works in any market.

How Hardworking Investor Bootcamp Works

"Is this course live?"

  • No. The heart of Hardworking Investor Bootcamp is our comprehensive collection of investment lessons and financial analysis modules. When you join, you get immediate online access to the entire course so you can get started right away. You can work through the program whenever you like. No travel required. The course is structured so that you build on the knowledge you learned in each successive module. So in order to get to the end you’ll need to work through each module. If you race through without doing the work, it would be to your detriment. 

"How much time does it take to do this course per week?"

  • 2 hours per week. The more time you put in, the faster you’ll see results. 2 hours are my recommendation, but because Hardworking Investor Bootcamp comes with lifetime access, you can go faster or slower if you want.

"Is there a community of Hardworking Investor Bootcamp students I can connect with?"

  • No.  Potentially in the future but not at this stage.

Yes! You have other options

What would it cost for you to learn this yourself? I like to be candid with all your options, so you're fully informed.

Get an MBA with Value Investing? Spend $77,000 dollars just for your first year of tuition at Columbia Business School. This is the same school Warren Buffett attended, just so he could learn from his dream mentor who happened to be a professor there, Benjamin Graham. 

Get a CFA? A CFA can cost anywhere from $2,600 to over $8,000. Over a 10 year period, just over a million people sat the level I exam. In the same period 150,000 people passed the final level III exam. 1 in 8 people pass. On average it takes 4-5 years to complete with successful candidates spending 900 hours to prepare. To top all of this off, these guys are learning the methods and strategies that billionaire investors scoff at. 

Naturally the disservice done students and gullible investment professionals who have swallowed EMT has been an extraordinary service to us and other followers of Graham. In any sort of a contest - financial, mental, or physical - it’s an enormous advantage to have opponents who have been taught that it’s useless to even try. From a selfish point of view, Grahamites should probably endow chairs to ensure the perpetual teaching of EMT.

Warren Buffett 1988 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Letter

Do it yourself? I’ve spent over 2000 hours researching and preparing just the information for this program. Feel free to do the same, or take advantage of other people's work so you can save our most valuable resource, time. It is what we humans have done for thousands of years, building on top of the knowledge from those before us.

Do nothing? The easiest answer to accept, do nothing. The main problem here is you need to do something, because like it or not, inflation is reducing the value of your cash. You need to do something. How much longer will you wait? How many excuses will you create? If not now, then when?

When I started, I would have done anything to get the exact roadmap to follow to investing success. Instead of meandering around aimlessly at first, trying to pick apart the success of others, and then to learn their way. I would have done anything to save my time and start investing with confidence sooner.

I'm ready to change my life

Click the button to enroll in Hardworking Investor Bootcamp (Beta Version) for Free, that's right, absolutely nothing.