I’ve spent a violent amount of time learning about business.

Some of it came from my dad's books. Some from research. Some from doing actual business, making mistakes, negotiating deals, raising money, working with investors, and figuring things out the hard way.

And at some point I started wondering if there is a better way to learn business acumen than reading hundreds of books and learning everything through trial and error.

So I decided to run an experiment.

I built the Value Fabricator.

It’s a completely free educational resource for people who want to get better at understanding business, capital, leadership, strategy and value creation.

No paywall and no upsell waiting at the end, lol.

It will forever be free. This ain't my livelihood. I'm not retarded.

Inside, there are currently:

• 10 learning modules designed to build practical business understanding
• 6 tools you can actually use
• an AI mentor, trained on my books, you can talk to it while you learn
• my growing collection of books and resources on business, leadership, philosophy and design

Instead of just giving you information, I want to see if we can make business acumen something you can actually practice, like the violin or something. Knowing that something exists is very different from knowing how to use it.

You can read about valuation, fundraising, strategy. Even leadership. Eventually you have to be able to look at an actual company, an actual decision, an actual opportunity and say “I understand what is happening here.”

I don’t know yet whether this method works. It’s a research project.

I want to see whether structured learning, practical tools, an AI mentor, a serious library of source material can make learning business significantly easier. In the words of Benjamin Franklin: "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I understand, involve me and I learn."

If you’re building a company, thinking about raising capital, trying to become a better leader, or simply want to understand how businesses actually work, go play with it.

→ Explore Value Fabricator​

And if you use it, I’d really love to know what you think. So try it and let me know.

Anybody can vibecode an educational platform. But we're trying to figure out if this is actually a better way to learn.

Happy businessing,

dr. Sorina Dumitru