Episode 235: Michael Cruz, Head of Content at Summer Friday, talks about what brands and consumers need to know about Web 3.0 and the metaverse. Guest Biography From strategy to execution, Michael is committed to delivering successful content for brands across all industries. He began his career in college as a director-editor, freelancing for the World Series of Poker and AOL Time Warner. After graduating, he became an editor at Grey; there, he met producer Rob Simone, and together they began a...
Apr 14, 2022•52 min•Ep. 235
Episode 234: Former stockbroker turned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym owner talks about investing and leaving a six-figure corporate job to pursue his passion. Guest Biography Paul Halme is a best-selling author, international speaker, advisor, and BJJ World Champion. He built one of the most successful martial arts gyms in the US and has created high six-figure offline businesses for his clients. His consulting company grew into the 7 figures by helping clients, all the while living a freedom lifestyl...
Apr 06, 2022•54 min•Ep. 234
Episode 233: Motley Fool writer and author of the book "Why Does The Stock Market Go Up" shares his passion and approach for stock picking and long-term wealth creation. Guest Biography Brian Feroldi is a financial educator, YouTuber, and author. He has been intensely interested in money, personal finance, and investing ever since he graduated from college. Brian started investing in 2004. In the beginning, he had no idea what he was doing and got his teeth kicked in. His returns improved dramat...
Mar 31, 2022•58 min•Ep. 233
Episode 232: Global media executive, Sophie Watts talks about financing film projects, managing risk, and guiding A-list celebrities into the metaverse. Guest Biography Sophie is a global media executive with a focus on venture creation for A-list stars, including “Mike Tyson’s Legends Only League,” the sports enterprise which, in November 2020, staged the Tyson-Jones fight, the 8th most profitable pay-per-view event of all time. Previously, Watts served as the President of STX Entertainment, pl...
Mar 23, 2022•50 min•Ep. 232
Episode 231: Mike Damazo discusses Web3 and trading NFTs for profit. Guest Biography Mike Damazo is a personal finance video creator focused on NFTs, DeFi and all things Web3. He is incredibly passionate about education in the blockchain space and cryptocurrency in general. He also is an original holder of Bored Ape Yacht Club #916 and other NFT collections. In this episode, you'll learn: Things to look for when researching an NFT purchase Resources that include helpful websites for buying, sell...
Mar 16, 2022•59 min•Ep. 231
Episode 230: Travis Rosbach, the founder of Hydroflask and Tumalo Group, talks about the adventures, triumphs, and tribulations of entrepreneurship. Guest Biography Capt. Rosbach has spent the last three decades enhancing his entrepreneurial skills. Throughout the years, Mr. Rosbach has been proud to invent and found Hydro Flask®, work as a business broker, fly as an Airline Pilot, is an active Professional Speaker, and start The Tumalo Group, providing sourcing, advising, and consulting. His cl...
Mar 08, 2022•55 min•Ep. 230
Episode 229: Professional podcast editor Steve Stewart talks about turning a side hustle into a full-time job, cutting up his credit cards, and happily living with no credit score. Guest Biography Steve Stewart launched his own podcast in 2010 to help market the financial coaching business he was growing but gave it all up in 2015 when a couple of personal finance bloggers wanted help producing their own podcast. Today, Steve produces more than 20 weekly shows, including Plutus Award-Winning pod...
Mar 01, 2022•50 min•Ep. 229
Episode 228: James Seigal, Senior Fellow at Kaboom!, talks about solving playspace inequity, his changing definition of success, and crypto philanthropy. Guest Biography James Siegal is Senior Fellow for KABOOM!, the organization dedicated to ending playspace inequity. Siegal served as KABOOM! CEO for five years, during which time he accelerated the organization’s work through public-private partnerships, extended its reach with philanthropy, drove innovation in playspace design, and sharpened i...
Feb 22, 2022•58 min•Ep. 228
Episode 227: Nik Kennett shares travel hacking tips and how he and his wife Allie quit their jobs to travel for six months. Guest Biography Nik Kennett and his wife Allie are a U.S. based couple with a love of travel and adventure on a 6-month self-funded sabbatical through Europe and Asia. They attribute much of their success to financial planning and the accumulation of over 1.7MM credit card points and miles. Nik and Allie believe in the transformative power of travel and that an intentional ...
Feb 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 227
Episode 226: Clearco Co-Founder, Charlie Feng talks about entrepreneurship, fundraising, and Clearco's artificial intelligence driven approach to investing in e-commerce businesses. Guest Biography Charlie is a product-focused entrepreneur and has founded companies in the chatbot and marketing automation space. Charlie has a background in bond rating and previously built algorithms in assessing credit for Fortune 500 companies and built optimization products for authors on Amazon. Charlie holds ...
Feb 08, 2022•49 min•Ep. 226
Episode 225: Best-selling author, Anthony O'Neal discusses The Single’s Blueprint program to maximize your single season, clarify your life’s vision, and build a legacy. Guest Biography A #1 national bestselling author, Anthony O'Neal has helped over 250,000 people set out on a path towards a debt-free life with his chart-topping book Debt-Free Degree. He’s reached over 15 million people in 15 different countries through his podcast “The Table” where he always keeps it real, relevant, and relata...
Feb 01, 2022•45 min•Ep. 225
Episode 224: Scott Alan Turner shares his financial independence journey from money moron to self-made millionaire. Guest Biography Scott Alan Turner, CFP® is a former money moron, living the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle, losing $40k in the stock market, and racking up a load of credit card debt. But by age 35, he turned it all around and became a self-made millionaire. In a world of get-rich-quick schemes, biased advice, and financial Pied Pipers, Scott’s authentic, no-holds-bared approach ma...
Jan 25, 2022•51 min•Ep. 224
Episode 223: Nadia Busseuil and Nicole Carter, the Wealth Twins, share valuable money and investing lessons for achieving financial independence. Guest Biography Nadia and Nicole are the financially independent cofounders of Wealth Twins. Wealth twins teaches hardworking people how to invest and manage their money so that they can live the life they want without having to work forever. They both hold a BA from Columbia University and Nicole holds an MBA from NYU. Both worked in management consul...
Jan 18, 2022•47 min•Ep. 223
Episode 222: Osprey Founder and CEO, Greg King talks about Bitcoin, NFTs, and why you might consider buying digital assets via an ETF. Guest Biography Greg King, CFA, CEO of Osprey Funds: Osprey Funds offers the Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC), the lowest-priced publicly traded bitcoin fund in the U.S., as well as several altcoin products, which are available to accredited investors. Greg began his career with Barclays Capital in London where he helped develop the first ever ETN. In 2009, he co-foun...
Jan 11, 2022•45 min•Ep. 222
Episode 221: Joe Saul-Sehy and Emily Guy Birken, authors of Stacked, talk about money mistakes, time lining goals, and why laughter is good in personal finance. Guest Biography Emily Guy Birken is a former educator, lifelong money nerd, and a Plutus Award-winning freelance writer who specializes in the scientific research behind irrational money behaviors. Her background in education allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. Her work has appear...
Jan 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 221
Episode 220: Author and business owner, Michal Stawicki talks about personal development, money mindset, and publishing books. Guest Biography Nicknamed Mr. Consistency, Michal Stawicki is a best-selling author in the personal development field. He is obsessed with changing the world through daily habits, starting with his own habits and his world. Michal preaches and practices consistent daily action. He believes this is the means to achieve success in any area of life, from parenting to busine...
Dec 22, 2021•45 min•Ep. 220
Episode 219: Professional investor and business mentor, Mariko Gordon talks about money, investing, and business. Guest Biography Mariko Gordon built a $2.5B money management firm from scratch, flying her freak flag high. It had a weird name, a non-Wall Street culture, and a quirky communication style. In 1995, when Mariko founded Daruma, only a handful of women of color owned their firms. She had to noodle out how to run a business while daily duking it out with Mr. Market and raising a family....
Dec 14, 2021•56 min
Episode 218: Best-selling author of The Go-Giver, Bob Burg talks about the power of giving, sales, and money. Guest Biography For over 30 years Bob Burg has been successfully showing entrepreneurs, leaders, and sales professionals how to communicate their value and accelerate their referral business. Although for years he was best known for his sales classic, Endless Referrals, it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver, coauthored with John David Mann that has created a worldwide movement. While p...
Dec 07, 2021•48 min•Ep. 218
Episode 217: Chef and musician Cari Golden talks about founding Lov Kitchen that serves weekly hot meals to the unhoused population of Skid Row in Los Angeles. Guest Biography Lov Kitchen was founded by Los Angeles-based chef and musician Cari Golden. As a recent graduate of LATTC Culinary Arts program, Golden created Lov Kitchen as a means of contributing to the community while keeping her skills sharp during the Covid pandemic. With the unhoused population on the rise in Los Angeles, Golden pa...
Nov 30, 2021•47 min•Ep. 217
Episode 216: Catfish host Nev Schulman shares tips for protecting yourself against online scams. Guest Biography In a world where everyone is constantly connected digitally, social media has made communicating easier but this digital world might also complicate relationships. According to MTV “Millenials” 18-24 years old, 1 in 4 has online dated, 1 in 2 has “a friend” who does it and, in the past three years, traffic to top 10 online dating sites has tripled. Now hear from the star and host of M...
Nov 23, 2021•39 min•Ep. 216
Episode 215: Best-selling author, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur, Heather Monahan talks about leaving corporate to build her own business and success. Guest Biography Heather Monahan is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Boss In Heels. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, Heather Monahan is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot in the C-suite. As a Chief Revenue Officer in Media, Heather Monahan is...
Nov 16, 2021•41 min•Ep. 215
Episode 214: Cloud influencer, Sarbjeet Johal talks about his path from studying economics to coding to the future of artificial intelligence. Guest Biography Sarbjeet Johal is a thought leader in “Information Technology” with more than 18 years of experience in enterprise IT, SOA, Datacenter Rationalization, Cloud Computing, development/deployment/management of software systems, systems architecture, and services delivery with international exposure. He has traveled to 18 countries and provided...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 214
Episode 213: Long-time online entrepreneur, Yaro Starak shares how he’s built successful businesses, launched start-up companies and invested his money. Guest Biography Yaro is the co-founder of InboxDone.com, an email management company with a team of 25+ serving clients including restaurant owners, venture capitalists, accountants, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, car retailers, online coaches, and more. Yaro has made 30+ angel investments in tech startups including Steezy, LeadIQ, Fluent...
Nov 02, 2021•57 min•Ep. 213
Episode 212: Speaker, author, and CEO Terry Rich talks about the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, guesting on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show”, running a zoo, and giving away $1 Billion dollars. Guest Biography Terry Rich is a successful CEO and President of 25 years who loves to engage and entertain audiences across the globe. During his appointment by three Governors, his leadership increased lottery sales and profits by 50%. He also led the Blank Park Zoo to profitability from a $600,000 ...
Oct 26, 2021•45 min•Ep. 212
Episode 211: Dr. Lakisha Simmons shares tips to accelerate savings and investing that helped her save $750k and retire at age 41. Guest Biography Dr. Lakisha L. Simmons (affectionately known as Dr. Kisha) is an award-winning and highly sought after international speaker, workshop facilitator and financial literacy spokeswoman. She is the founder of BRAVE Consulting, a women’s empowerment firm focused on goal setting, leadership soft skills and financial freedom. She touches thousands of women’s ...
Oct 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 211
Episode 210: Entrepreneur and host of the popular podcast Cashflow Ninja, M.C. Laubscher discusses cash flow, wealth building, and cryptocurrencies. Guest Biography M.C. Laubscher is a husband, dad, entrepreneur, investor, and educator. As an educator, M.C.’s passion is to share how investors & business owners can create, recover, warehouse & multiply cashflow through advanced cashflow strategies. Having figured out how to escape the rat race and replace his income through cashflow inves...
Oct 12, 2021•57 min•Ep. 210
Episode 209: High-performance career coach, Dorianne St Fleur shares tips for getting raises and promotions so you can reach financial freedom and build a legacy. Guest Biography Dorianne St Fleur went from spending 12 months stuck in a soul-sucking, toxic work environment, to becoming an HR leader for Fortune 500 companies like AT&T and Google. As a high-performance career coach, corporate trainer, speaker, and sought after thought leader, Dorianne has taken the many lessons learned from ov...
Oct 05, 2021•52 min•Ep. 209
Episode 208: Innovation and Fintech expert, Richard Turrin discusses Chinaʻs mobile payment revolution, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and what it means for the West. Guest Biography Rich headed fintech for IBM Cognitive Studios Singapore (IBM’s Innovation Lab) where he led a team that built innovative AI and analytic solutions. He also worked in IBM China where he led his team to win the prestigious “Risk Technology Product of the Year” award for his unique hybrid-cloud solution to risk ...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 208
This is a bonus, solo episode to commemorate four years of the Inspired Money podcast.
Sep 21, 2021•9 min•Ep. 9
Episode 207: Futurist and entrepreneur, Warren Whitlock talks about different perspectives on money, the impact of blockchain, and artificial intelligence. Guest Biography Warren Whitlock is a digital business development strategist. In 2008, he wrote the first book about Twitter and Mobile Marketing, and the best-selling “Profitable Social Media: Business Results Without Playing Games.” He is the host of Social Media Radio and speaks frequently about social media marketing, online publicity and...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 207
