So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Today's guest, Brad Hargreaves, is the founder and CEO of Common. Maybe you've heard of it because it's been getting a lot of press recently. Common is dedicated to making housing better by providing flexible, community-minded shared homes. Previously, he co-founded General Assembly, a global education institution with campuses in more than 15 cities worldwide. Fun fact, my husband Tim works here...

We have a former Victoria Secret Model. Anyone here remember getting the catalogue growing up in the 90’s? We used to get the catalogue and it wasn’t very risqué back then. The woman who was in that catalogue more than any other woman that I remember growing up was Frederique. She was a famous super model back then. Little did I know, this woman was quite the entrepreneur as well. Back then, model...

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about attending financial conferences, signing up for a Wealthfront account, how to get your partner interested and involved in the household finances and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.  Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted o...

Today's guest is the president and chief executive officer of AddisonLeadership Group, as well as the Leadership Editor for Success magazine. John Addison is joining us and he's out with a new book entitled, "Real Leadership: 9 Simple Practices for Leading and Living with Purpose." Previously John worked at Primerica Inc., for more than 25-years, rising through the ranks to become co-chief executi...

Today's guest is a career expert. Caroline Ceniza-Levine is the co-founder of SixFigureStart, a coaching business for professional and personal success. Caroline has worked with executives from major companies like American Express, Amazon, Conde Nast, Gilt, Goldman Sachs, Google and many others. Her latest book is out entitled, "Jump Ship: 10 Steps to Starting a New Career." A fun fact about Caro...

s anyone listening in today a fan of Uber or Lyft? I rely on Uber a lot. It might be one of those things that I "splurge" on to make my life easier or better at times, like I ask of my guests at the end of the show. There's a point to all of this I promise. Today's guest was once a full-time aerospace engineer and a part-time Uber, Lyft and Sidecar driver. Harry Campbell discovered Rideshare as a...

Today's guest is Steve Harvey's Money Maven. Since 2003, Patrice C. Washington has dedicated herself to helping the masses move away from debt to mastering their money...and she knows how to do this first hand. She was $2 million in debt not too long ago.  Patrice is a featured columnist, television commentator, radio host, author, speaker and leading authority on personal finance for women and yo...

In today’s episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Brittney Castro, Founder and CEO of Financially Wise Women, and I answer your biggest questions about whether it's best to keep joint or separate investment accounts with your spouse, whether you should keep multiple 529 plans with the same provider and more. Brittney joined me on So Money before. To catch her interview, click here.  And if you’d l...

I’m reconnecting with today's guest, Aaron LaPedis. He’s someone I interviewed years ago, back when I was working on a show called Financially Fit with Yahoo! It was a fun time and I got to travel around the country interviewing people who had some really cool financial lifestyles - like, people who lived in tiny homes, people who have retired by 40 and then Aaron was somebody that was the “Garage...

Today's millionaire next door is a serial entrepreneur and fellow podcaster. Scott Alan Turner claims he was once a "money moron" when he was 22 but was able to turn it all around to become an early retiree who now spends his time teaching money management to help people get out of debt, save more money and retire early. Scott has started eight companies in the past fifteen years.  He is also the...

Today's millionaire next door has an interesting story of his own to share. He moved to the United States from India with his parents when he was just two years old and had to completely start over. They had just $25 to their name. Rocky Lalvani said his parents were the epitome of the American Dream, working hard to provide for their family and teaching him important principles to live well along...

It's Millionaire Next Door week on So Money. This is going to be an exciting week, and it is all thanks to your feedback. Many of your wrote in saying how much you enjoyed the first Millionaire Next Door series that we did in August. It was so popular that I decided to do a Part II. Because as it turns out, which is good news, there are so many successful people out there, who started from humble...

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer your biggest questions about buying vs. renting a home, life insurance, millionaires next door and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.  Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Wilkov is our So Money guest today. She is a woman who survived being victimized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and incarcerated in one of New York’s and the Nation’s most violent prisons, Rikers Island. Why? Because this was a result of inappropriately being told to plead guilty to a crime she did not commit, she says. Shortly thereafter, the financial industry regulatory au...

Today's guest specializes in helping her clients come "internet famous" through high-converting Facebook ads. Whether you're a doctor, university or millionaire entrepreneur Adrienne Richardson is a lead expert. Adrienne boasts that her clients are getting more sales calls with qualified leads, participants for their webinars and buyers for their products, resulting in millions of dollars in reven...

I am going down memory lane today. I’ve invited my friend from college. Mike Still is here and he’s going to become a household name very soon - I promise you. Mike and I were both in the honor’s college at Penn State and also in a theatre club. He was a phenomenal actor but also talented in many other ways- a great student, public speaker and leader. Interestingly enough, Mike pursued his deepest...

Today's guest is the VP of Editorial at Acorns as well as the founding editor of the personal finance site, Grow, which just launched in January. Prior to joining Acorns at the end of last year, JenniferBarrett was a personal finance editor for CNBC Digital. She's also held executive roles at DailyWorthand Hearst Digital, where she was GM over three magazine websites including Cosmopolitan, Redboo...

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about what to do after potentially being scammed by a student loan forgiveness program, filing your taxes after getting married, resources for earning a second income and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now...

Today's guest is a leader in the sports and entertainment industry. She's entering her eighth year with the NBA. Megan Perry primarily focuses on the WNBA, where she is responsible for scouting top college prospects in preparation for the WNBA draft. She also manages player appearances. You might recognize her voice because she serves as a basketball color analyst, covering games on CBS Sports Net...

Today's guest is the host and Executive Producer of YouTube's ThinkTank, an online news and talk show with nearly 1 million subscribers. Hannah Cranston is also a producer and regular guest host on The Young Turks, the largest online news network in the world. She’s appeared on many of the network’s shows including The Point, TYT sports and What The Flick? She’s also a contributor for the Huffingt...

Today's guest and I have been featured alongside one another in articles focusing on the topic of millennials and money for quite a few months now. Karen Carr is a fantastic financial planner and somebody who really understands the millennial’s mindset and the millennial’s pocketbook. That’s why a lot of people in the news, and, of course, financial world want to hear from her. She really understa...

Our guest today is someone that you’re going to love hearing from if you’re entrepreneurial, into the all-natural food trend, or if you like adult beverages. Chris Wirth founded American Juice Company in 2012, which manufactures all-natural cocktail mixers for premium bar establishments. Chris founded the company with his friend Massimiliano Matté, a renowened mixologist and nominee for the presti...

In this week's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about saving money in an emergency fund, opening up a new credit card and the implication it will have on your credit score, future guests for the show and more. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.  Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted...

Rounding out So Money millennial week is today's guest, Kevin Olusola. If you are an a cappella fan then you might even know Kevin because he is part of an a cappella group that has gone platinum. He is a member of the Grammy winning vocal quintet Pentatonix. Kevin Olusola, also known as KO, is the beat boxer for the group. Since bursting on to the music scene in 2011, the group has sold more than...

Today on So Money millennial week we have a digital media pioneer and entrepreneur. He, like many of the others this week, is not even 30 yet. In 2014, Bing Chen was featured in Forbes' 30 under 30 in the Hollywood and Entertainment category. Now, Bing has quite the resume. He was once YouTube’s Global Head of Creator Development and Management where he spearheaded most of the platform’s early maj...