Get Rich Slow Club

Starting a business can mean being a beginner again, except this time people you know are watching. Someone might call your Instagram content embarrassing, question your career change or accuse you of selling out. And sometimes the criticism that stings the most is the stuff you're already quietly questioning yourself. So how do you stop other people's opinions from making your decisions f...

Anyone whose parents lived through the early 90s has probably heard about interest rates hitting 17.5%. But while rates are much lower today, house prices have climbed far beyond what many incomes can comfortably support. So even a small interest rate increase can put serious pressure on an already stretched household budget. Are interest rates really too high, or have mortgages simply become too...

What does getting serious about money actually look like when you’re starting from scratch? For Elliott O’Callaghan, it started with a $10 investment at McDonald’s with his mates. Fast forward a few years and he’s gone from zero invested to more than $30,000, with around 35% of every pay now going towards investing. Ana chats with Elliott about learning the basics of investing, making money habits...

Business plans can feel like something left over from year 12 business studies. But skipping the document is different from skipping the thinking. Your target market, pricing, risks and long-term plans can expose whether the business actually makes sense, and whether it will give you the life you wanted in the first place. So do you actually need a business plan, or just the thinking behind one? I...

Corey Goldby bought his first property at 19, went on to build a business with 35 staff and recently negotiated its sale. Yet when Tash asks whether he feels successful, his answer is no. In fact, one of the biggest feelings of achievement he's experienced came from something much simpler: paying off his personal debt. So how do you know you've made it when there's always another goal...

If you had $1,000 to invest and were starting from scratch today, where would you begin? Tash and Ana strip investing back to basics and talk through how they would approach their first $1,000 now. From emergency funds and ETFs to fees, diversification and analysis paralysis, they explore what actually matters when you are getting started. In this episode: 💰 Why having an emergency fund can matte...

Opening a separate business account sounds simple until the money starts coming in. Suddenly you’re juggling tax, GST, payroll, profit, late invoices, interest and the uncomfortable reality that a healthy-looking balance may not actually be yours to spend. So what does a banking setup need to do once a side hustle starts becoming a real business? In this episode, Tash and Emma compare the banking...

Alternative investments can sound like the part of investing reserved for wealthy insiders. Private equity and private credit can offer access to companies and opportunities you won’t find on the share market, but they can also mean six-figure minimums, less transparency and locking your money away for years. So what are investors actually getting in exchange for that extra complexity? In this epi...

Investing mistakes are easy to spot after the fact. An inverse ETF that moved the wrong way, $12,000 sitting idle for years, a tax decision with expensive knock-on effects, or shares that went from $70,000 to $5,000. But trying to avoid every possible mistake can create a problem of its own. So which investing mistakes are worth worrying about, and which ones are simply part of learning? In this e...

Buying dinner from a stranger on Facebook Marketplace sounds questionable at first. But people already buy homemade cakes, market-stall food and meals from small operators. The harder question is whether peer-to-peer food can create new small businesses without the costs of a commercial kitchen and full hospitality setup. So when does a home-cooked side hustle become a real food business? In this...

Super is easy to ignore because you might not touch it for decades. But in this episode, one simple 30-year example turns a small difference in net returns into almost $400,000. So how much attention does your super actually deserve while retirement still feels far away? In this episode, Tash and Jack unpack why super can feel boring, distant and wildly complicated, even though it can shape a huge...

Comparing ETFs sounds simple until two funds own many of the same companies but differ on diversification, dividends, fees and admin. VTS and IVV both offer exposure to US shares. VAS and VHY both focus on Australia. But similar-looking ETFs can be trying to do very different jobs. So when two ETFs look almost the same, what actually matters? In this episode, Anna and Tash compare VTS with IVV, th...

Running a business can involve a surprising number of apps, subscriptions and systems. But do you actually need a huge tech stack to get started? Tash and Emma run through the tools they use across content, podcasts, admin, payments, email, client work and planning. They also explain which features they actually find useful, and why the fanciest option is not always the best one. In this episode:...

Ethical investing sounds simple until you actually look at what you own. A broad market ETF can give you exposure to tobacco, weapons and companies you might never choose individually. But an "ethical" fund can still hold businesses someone else would reject, charge a higher fee and draw its ethical line somewhere completely different. So where do you actually draw the line? In this episode, Jack...

What do you actually want from your money? It sounds like a simple question. But once you have spent years saving, investing and working towards a goal, the answer can get surprisingly complicated. In this episode, Tash and Ana get candid about the money decisions they are thinking through right now. From FIRE and business to family, career, travel and lifestyle creep, they unpack what happens whe...

Networking can still bring up images of awkward events, name tags and forced small talk. But in modern business, it can look a lot more natural than that. Tash and Emma unpack how they have built useful relationships through social media, events and their wider business communities. They also explore why networking tends to work best when you focus on relationships first, rather than what you can...

Index funds are often sold on one big idea: diversification. But owning hundreds of companies does not always mean your money is spread as evenly as you think. Tash and Jack take a closer look at what can sit underneath a seemingly simple ETF. They unpack concentration risk, overlapping funds and the point where a “passive” portfolio can start looking surprisingly active. In this episode: 📊 Why o...

Managing money is hard enough with a regular paycheque. But what happens when your income changes every month, you’re building businesses, and some acting gigs have to last you for months at a time? Tash and Ana chat with actor and creative Gina Drew about budgeting on a low and irregular income, combining finances with a partner, building emergency buffers, investing small amounts, and finding su...

Lots of people want to start a business. Far fewer actually do it. Tash and Emma unpack what can keep an idea stuck in your head for years, from self-doubt and money worries to overthinking the perfect way to begin. They also share their very different approaches to getting started, and why both come back to the same idea: create some momentum. In this episode: 🚀 Why talking about an idea can fee...

Australia might be home, but does that mean Australian shares should make up a big chunk of your portfolio? Tash and Jack unpack home-country bias and why the Australian share market looks very different from global markets. They explore diversification, the industries that dominate the ASX, and why investing overseas has become much easier than it once was. In this episode: 🌏 Why Australian inve...

Gold has been getting a lot more attention lately. But beyond the headlines, where can it actually fit in a long-term portfolio? Tash and Ana sit down with Jordan Eliseo from ABC Bullion to unpack how gold works as an investment, why people use it for diversification, and the different ways Australians can buy, store and sell it. They also look at how gold may fit differently for younger investors...

Starting a business can look pretty appealing from the outside. More freedom, more money, no boss, and the ability to work from wherever you like. But the reality can involve a lot more uncertainty, responsibility and late-night problem solving. Tash and Emma unpack what running a business actually looks like, who it might suit, and why leaving a good job isn’t always the obvious upgrade social me...

Is Australian property still the wealth-building machine it’s often made out to be? Or have some of the forces that drove its huge run over the past few decades started to run out of steam? Tash chats with new co-host Jack Tossol, a former financial planner and content creator, about the case for and against property. They unpack affordability, leverage, diversification, rentvesting, private equit...

Every financial decision comes with a trade-off. Spend more here, and you might have less for something else. Save aggressively now, and you might give up experiences you can't get back later. In this episode, Tash and Ana unpack some of the trade-offs they've made to get where they are financially, and how those choices have changed as their lives, priorities and incomes have changed. In this epi...

Running a business means making mistakes. Sometimes expensive ones. In the second episode of the Get Rich Slow Club small business series, Tash and Emma from The Broke Generation share some of the business decisions they wish they'd handled differently, from misunderstanding GST and undercharging for their work to hiring, outsourcing and waiting too long to try new things. In this episode: 💼 The...