Neale Godfrey is the CEO and President of Green$treet Commons and Chairman of The Children's Financial Network. She's a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 26 books empowering children and their families to take charge of their financial lives. Godfrey explains how parents can teach the next generation how to be rich and appreciative. She thinks youngsters need to learn how to give back as well. Godfrey wraps up the discussion by giving advice to kids who will be facing the burden of rising ...
Feb 21, 2014•19 min
Paul Gu is co-founder & head of products at Upstart. He explains the JOBS Act's effects on crowdfunding and how this will impact entrepreneurship and the U.S. economy as a whole. Gu also walks us through the entire model of Upstart... how it works... and how youngsters can get investors to bet on their futures. In essence, Upstart is crowdfunding people and their educations. Furthermore, Gu describes how Upstart can curb the student loan issue. Find out more about Upstart at www.upstart.com ...
Oct 15, 2013•27 min
Marc Gorlin is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Kabbage. He explains how Kabbage provides online advances to grow a business without relying on credit score. Gorlin believes this new form of lending is the future. Gorlin also breaks down the current state of lending and what businesses can do to set themselves up for financing. Visit Kabbage at www.kabbage.com .
Oct 10, 2013•20 min
Richie Frieman is "The Modern Manners Guy” on the Quick and Dirty Tips network and author of, "REPLY ALL…And Other Ways to Tank Your Career." The book is targeted to young people so they can hopefully become more wealthy, but older people are just as guilty. Frieman explains how people can make a great first impression and land jobs. He also shares some strategies to fix workplace faux pas and how people can completely avoid them in the first place. Frieman gives his advice to youngsters on cond...
Oct 05, 2013•36 min
On this episode, Jason Hartman is joined by Jack Canfield, America’s #1 Success Coach, to talk about Jack’s journey to success as founder and CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, founder and chairman of The Canfield Training Group, and his latest project, Bestseller Blueprint Training Program. As the beloved originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, Jack Canfield fostered the emergence of inspirational anthologies as a genre - and watched it grow to a billion dollar market. A...
Sep 26, 2013•31 min
Danny Kofke is a schoolteacher and author of, "A Simple Book of Financial Wisdom: Teach Yourself (and Your Kids) How to Live Wealthy with Little Money." Kofke tells us how kids can learn to be entrepreneurs and what elders should teach kids about money. He also shares his opinions on whether we should end teacher unions and if states should disband the tenure system for teachers. Visit Danny Kofke's blog at dannykofke.blogspot.com ....
Sep 20, 2013•20 min
Jonathan Bender is a former NBA player turned serial entrepreneur, having founded The Jonathan Bender Foundation. He joins the podcast to tell us about his different businesses and their models. Bender also explains what got him interested in making money on his own through hard work, which required a different skill-set from sports. He describes how athletics can translate to power in business and how ordinary people can launch second careers. Bender is one of the rare social entrepreneurs who ...
Sep 16, 2013•26 min
Edward Fiske is the author of the top college guide, "Fiske Guide to College." He was the former Education Editor of the New York Times. In this interview, Fiske shares his overall thoughts on college and attending it. He also addresses the student loan problem. Find out more about the Fiske Guide to College at www.fiskeguide.com .
Sep 13, 2013•24 min
Mariela Dabbah is the CEO of Latinos in CollegeFind (LIC) and author of, "Your Inner Red Shoes: Step Into Your Own Style of Success." Dabbah explains her definition of success and how she helps Latinos succeed through education, career development and empowerment. She thinks it is important for people to break free from any subconscious mandates or family pressures that may be holding them back. Dabbah also talks about why she started the Red Shoe Movement and provides evidence for discriminatio...
Sep 09, 2013•26 min
Rohan Mathew is the Founder of The Intersect Fund, which is a non-profit organization that helps low-income people get the financial help, training, mentorship and more to turn aspirations into real businesses. Rohan shares some of his success stories that stem from a big boom in micro-entrepreneurship. A small micro loan help turn a worker into a boss. Rohan assesses the state of entrepreneurship and its outlook for 2013 and also gives his tips for building a business from the ground up. Visit ...
Sep 02, 2013•20 min
Jason talks with financial expert Logan Mohtashami regarding the massive student loan debt problem and how students can make smarter decisions. They also discuss where the economy is going. Logan Mohtashami is a senior loan manager at his family-run mortgage company, AMC Lending Group, which has been providing mortgage services for California residents since 1987. He has been an active trader in the stock market since 1996. His other passion is our political system in this country. Logan is also...
Aug 28, 2013•28 min
Ken Ilgunas is the author of "Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom." He tells us how he was able to pay his graduate education at Duke University while secretly living in a van on Duke's campus. He also explains whether a degree is required for many of the jobs that young people work. Ken Ilgunas was born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Wheatfield—a small town in western New York where his family still lives. He just finished walking the entire 1,700-mile length of the propos...
Jul 25, 2013•33 min
Alan Corey is the author of, "THE SUBVERSIVE JOB SEARCH: How to Overcome A Lousy Job, Sluggish Economy, and Useless Degree to Create a Six-Figure Career." He was a millionaire real estate investor when he wrote first first book, "A Million Bucks by 30." As a young man, he was also a bar owner and reality-TV regular. At the age of 29, with numerous investments under his belt, he ended up on unemployment. Corey explains his career and what he learned about personal finances. He managed to reinvent...
Jul 15, 2013•27 min
Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Associate Dean for External Relations and Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also the Co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and Chairman and Founding Partner of Indaba Capital Management, as well as former Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group. He is the author of, "What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential."Kaplan explains how students can go ab...
May 14, 2013•28 min
Relationship expert and best-selling author, Dr. John Gray, joins Jason Hartman to talk about research studies and Dr. Gray’s new work, “ Boys to Men .” Dr. Gray talks about how his observations have been backed up by and further explained by brain studies, showing obvious differences between men and women in brain function and hormones that affect health and behavior. He offers a deeper explanation of these differences based on scientific research showing how activities particular to each gende...
May 09, 2013•45 min
Scott Gamm is the Founder of HelpSaveMyDollars.com and author of, "MORE MONEY, PLEASE: The Financial Secrets You Never Learned in School."Gamm believes students can pay for college without getting deep in debt. He shares the best ways to pay off student loans.After school, Gamm stresses the importance to save for retirement ASAP. He also shares some common scams and financial traps targeted at young people.Finally, Gamm provides his commentary on rewards memberships worth it and ways to save on ...
May 03, 2013•16 min
Jon Modica is the Founder and CEO of Nutmeg Education. He discusses online educational tools that are being used in schools today. He also shares information for parents to find online tools that schools are using. Jon thinks more schools should be using such online learning tools. Jon’s passion for education grew during his time at Connecticut College where he worked with a kindergarten program for a course requirement. After becoming deeply interested in how children learn, he chose to major i...
Apr 19, 2013•16 min
Whitney Keyes is Adjunct professor of Global Reputation Management at Seattle University and Fellow of the Center for Strategic Communications; Author of "Propel: Five Ways to Amp Up Your Marketing and Accelerate Business." She shares tips on how today's grads stay competitive and successful in the marketplace. Whitney previously worked at Microsoft with Bill Gates and had dramatic success in several initiatives. She shares her experiences. She also tells us a little bit about the programs she c...
Apr 12, 2013•36 min
Chris Hurn is the Co-founder and CEO of Mercantile Capital Corporation and author of, "The Entrepreneur's Secret to Creating Wealth." Chris and Jason engage in a deep conversation about how small businesses can gain from commercial real estate. Chris also mentions 504 loans and how beneficial they can be to small businesses. Find out more about Chris and his work at www.504experts.com .
Apr 05, 2013•28 min
Dale Stephens was one of the original 24 recipients of the Thiel Fellowship. He is also the Founder of UnCollege. He recently came out with the book,"HACKING YOUR EDUCATION: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will."In this unique interview, Jason and Dale talk about some things high schoolers should assess before jumping into the college application process. Both see major problems the traditional college system. Young entrepreneurs sometimes struggle...
Mar 27, 2013•17 min
ason Hartman teams up with Bloodhound.com founder, Anthony Krumeich, to talk about organizing and executing successful trade shows. Anthony talks about the path that led to him becoming the 26-year-old successful co-founder and CEO of Bloodhound.com. What began as an idea to do something with text messaging apps ended up turning into the development of apps that provide practical tools and solutions for event organizers. The apps are very attractive to organizers because they work for small or l...
Mar 11, 2013•20 min
Jason Hartman is joined by President and Co-Founder of Empact, Sheena Lindahl, to talk about the growth of entrepreneurship in young people and Empact’s Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, which supports and showcases entrepreneurs age 30 and under. Sheena talks about the misperception that most entrepreneurial businesses are in the field of IT, making it clear that [...]
Jan 08, 2013•22 min
Jason Hartman is joined by productivity expert and best-selling author, Noah St. John, to talk about the difference between affirmations and afformations, and why affirmations often don’t produce the results we desire. Noah describes filling the brain with affirmations, such as “I am rich,” as trying to crowbar beliefs into our cranium by repeating statements [...]
Aug 28, 2012•28 min
Jason Hartman is joined by founder of StudentLoanJustice.org, Alan Collinge, to discuss the lack of standard consumer protections on student loans. Alan’s personal research into the methods and policies of the student loan lenders found that the system is basically corrupt in that the system has a higher interest in borrowers defaulting rather than paying [...]
Jun 03, 2012•36 min
Jason Hartman is joined by Sharon Lechter, author, speaker, and education advocate, to talk about her recent trip to Ghana, financial issues facing young people today, and National Financial Literacy. Sharon shared some interesting facts about Ghana. It was recently highlighted by the World Bank as the fastest growing economy in the world. They are [...]
May 04, 2012•30 min
Join Jason Hartman as he interviews national journalist and commentator, Katie Kieffer regarding the importance of being involved in public policy to protect business owners and capitalism. Katie tells her story as to how she became involved in the liberal/conservative movement, starting with publishing a conservative editorial newspaper that caused a lot of controversy. This [...]
Jan 28, 2012•32 min
Jason Hartman interviews Kyle MacDonald, author of One Red Paperclip, about Kyle’s amazing bartering journey from one red paperclip to eventually a movie role opportunity to a house in Saskatchewan, where the biggest housewarming party ever was held. Visit: http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show/. The idea began with a childhood game of Bigger and Better. Kyle’s opinion is that [...]
Nov 02, 2011•28 min
In today’s world, many youth don’t realize how much can be theirs and tend to follow a generational cycle. They lack vision and live out the reality that’s given to them. Join Jason Hartman and Eric Thomas, the Hip Hop Preacher, as they discuss how to break these cycles by changing belief systems and taking [...]
Oct 27, 2011•31 min
The social media world is ever-changing and expanding, providing individuals and businesses with more and more opportunities and tactics to reach their audience and/or customers. Join Jason Hartman and iSocial Academy guru, Austin Walsh, as they explore the best approaches and recommended resources to achieve exceptional marketing results using today’s most popular social media tools, [...]
Jun 22, 2011•30 min
Jason Hartman and author and entrepreneur, Sean McCauley, discuss what it takes for young entrepreneurs to make it in business today. Listen at: http://jasonhartmanfoundation.org/articles/young-wealth-show. Sean’s book, DNA of the Young Entrepreneur: A Way to Wealth for Young Entrepreneurs, provides young adults with the understanding of what success requires. Sean talks about his own path to [...]
Mar 22, 2011•27 min
