Inspired Money

Episode 111: Chris Mamula shares his path to financial independence and retiring at 41. He's also primary author of Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence . Guest Biography Chris Mamula used principles of traditional retirement planning, combined with creative lifestyle design, to retire from a career as a physical therapist at age 41. After poor experiences with the financial industr...

Episode 110: Laura Gassner Otting's definition of success changed amidst her career that included a Presidential appointment and exiting her successful executive search firm. Guest Biography Laura Gassner Otting helps people get "unstuck" — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push...

Episode 109: Mari Smith moved to San Diego from Scotland with £50 and a dream... listen to her path to becoming an entrepreneur, professional speaker, and Facebook marketing expert. Guest Biography Often referred to as "the Queen of Facebook," Mari Smith is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Facebook marketing and social media. She is a Forbes' Top Social Media Power Influencer, aut...

Episode 108: Mike Grillo, Co-Founder and CEO of Gravity Products (Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2018), talks about weighted blankets, Kickstarter, and how to grow a brand. Guest Biography Beginning with the launch of the wildly successful Gravity Blanket in 2017, Gravity Products CEO & Co-Founder Mike Grillo has grown an innovative product into a $35 million company. Mike continues to over...

Episode 107: Chris Curran, Founder of Fractal Recording and Podcast Engineering School, shares how meditation and spiritual practices changed his life and relationship with money. Guest Biography Chris Curran is the Founder and Lead Instructor of Podcast Engineering School. He also currently produces or has produced podcasts for Forbes, Dun & Bradstreet, Johnson & Johnson, ePlus Technology, AAPD,...

Episode 106: Jonny Nastor, host of Hack the Entrepreneur, shares why he's unemployable and how to build an audience and different businesses. Guest Biography Jon Nastor helps professionals scale and automate their businesses with digital marketing. He is the creator and host of Hack the Entrepreneur, which has received 4.8 million downloads, since its launch in 2014. Jon is a proud dad, husband an...

Episode 105: Maggie Ranmu Xue, founder and CEO of Us Two Tea, shares her thoughts on money, start ups, and launching a tea company. Guest Biography Ranmu is the founder & CEO of Us Two Tea. She began her start-up career as the lead designer at Meural, a company that creates digital canvases to allow people to discover and display over 40,000 pieces of digital artwork on their walls. Ranmu's design...

Episode 104: Joel Solomon, founding partner of Renewal Funds and co-author of The Clean Money Revolution, talks about his changing relationship with money and how we can use our money for the greater good. Guest Biography Joel Solomon is a Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada's largest mission venture capital firm, at over $98m assets under management. Investing in Organics and EnviroTech in...

Episode 103: 4-Time USA Memory Champion, Nelson Dellis wants to teach you techniques that will allow you to memorize vast amounts of information. Guest Biography Nelson Dellis is a 4x USA Memory Champion and one of the leading memory experts in the world, traveling around the world as a competitive Memory Athlete, Memory Consultant, Published Author and highly sought-after Keynote Speaker. As a Me...

Episode 102: Pete A. Turner, former soldier and Army spy turned entrepreneur and podcast host shares his experiences from dangerous combat zones to returning home. Guest Biography Pete Turner is a cultural expert with years working in the most dangerous and culturally challenging environments on earth. His stories and lessons inform leaders, to leverage existing cultural patterns. These smooth cul...

Episode 101: Entrepreneur and podcast host, Engel Jones tells us why he's so committed to having meaningful conversations, big goals, and connections with people. Guest Biography Engel Jones was born and raised on the Caribbean twin island of Trinidad and Tobago and he loves great conversations. He is the podcast host of #12minconvos . His passion is to help you find Y.O.U.R.S - Your Own Unique Re...

Episode 100: To commemorate episode 100, Inspired Money has a guest host with me in the guest seat. Guest Biography A huge thank you to Jerod Morris, host of the podcasts Unemployable, The Assembly Call, and Podcast on the Brink. He is also a founding member of the team behind the THINKERS Notebook and THINKERS Manifesto. Today, he takes over as host of Inspired Money to interview yours truly, And...

Professional podcaster, Jerod Morris talks about podcast positioning as a way to stand out and keep listeners coming back. I'm excited to have Jerod on because he's been a great mentor to me and the Inspired Money podcast. Guest Biography Jerod Morris is a writer, podcaster, and content strategist with over a decade of experience building online audiences and helping others do the same. He current...

Kevin Kelton, an Emmy-nominated TV writer-producer with credits on  Saturday Night Live, Boy Meets World, Night Court,   A Different World, and other network series talks about his career and making money in the entertainment industry. Guest Biography Kevin Kelton an Emmy-nominated TV writer-producer, with credits on  Saturday Night Live, Boy Meets World, Night Court,   A Different World,  and oth...

Real estate investor Lane Kawaoka shares his experiences investing for cash flow and passive income that allowed him to quit his engineering job at age 33. Guest Biography Lane Kawaoka currently owns 2,600+ units across the US. He lives in Hawaii and recently quit his day job as a Professional Engineer with a MS in Civil Engineering & Construction Management and a BS in Industrial Engineering. Lan...

Anxiety expert Stephanie Dalfonzo explains why anxiety is on the rise and shares techniques for overcoming it. Guest Biography Stephanie has danced with fear and anxiety all of her life. After a series of traumatic eventsthat included her father's death by suicide, and her husband's life-threatening illness, Stephanie had the stark realization that something had to change and spent over 20 years r...

Technology futurist and geopolitical expert, Jamie Metzl discusses the genetic revolution that will transform healthcare, the way we make babies, and our evolution as a species. Guest Biography Jamie Metzl is a technology futurist and geopolitical expert, novelist, entrepreneur, media commentator, and Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council. In February 2019, he was appointed to the World Health Org...

Sixth generation award-winning business owner, Super Joe Pardo left his family's $100 million trucking business to help people to pursue the business and lifestyle of their dreams. Guest Biography Super Joe Pardo is a New Jersey-based, sixth generation award-winning business owner who works with businesses and owners to help them grow by focusing on their team, offer and process. On April 2, 2014,...

Wall Street Journal best-selling author, keynote speaker, and MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley shares her career path and tips for better business writing. Guest Biography Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author who speaks worldwide about how businesses can escape marketing mediocrity to ignite tangible results. IBM named her one of the 7 people shaping modern mark...

I want to challenge you to do one thing everyday that scares you because the magic happens outside of your comfort zone. Guest Biography Andy Wang is a Managing Partner at Runnymede Capital Management and host of the Inspired Money Podcast, a show that ranks in Apple Podcasts top Business News charts. He has been named among the INVESTOPEDIA 100: Most Influential Advisors, Top 100 Most Social Fina...

Cliff Ravenscraft left his secure but unfulfilling job to launch online businesses. Today, he helps people who want to take that leap. Guest Biography In December 2005, Cliff began podcasting as a hobby. One year later, he launched the Podcast Answer Man brand where he invested more than a decade helping tens of thousands of individuals and organizations successfully launch a podcast through one-o...

Marc Andre is personal finance blogger who writes at Vital Dollar. Self-employed for over 10 years, he shares why he left his 9 to 5 and how he's successfully built and sold websites. Guest Biography Marc has been working online as a full-time blogger and internet marketer since 2008. He's built several different websites and online businesses in industries like web design, photography, and travel...

In the last decade, not one of the fastest growing economies was located in the western hemisphere. Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University, discusses China's transformational changes and why we must pay attention. Guest Biography Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University. His translation of The Alexiad was published by Penguin Classics in 2009....

Writer, Director, and Filmmaker, Sahra V. Nguyen applies storytelling to succeed in painting, writing about race and identity, producing eye-opening documentaries, and launching businesses. Guest Biography Sahra Nguyen is a first generation Vietnamese American and quintessential Millennial of the "Slash Generation." She is Founder/CEO of Nguyen Coffee Supply, the first ever Vietnamese-American-own...

Author and personal finance expert, Erin Lowry talks about her Broke Millennial brand, how to start a money conversation with your partner, and her new book for the beginner investor. Guest Biography Erin Lowry is the author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together and Broke Millennial Takes On Investing: A Beginner's Guide to Leveling Up Your Money. Her first boo...