Adina Appelbaum, Esq. | International Empowerment® | Immigrant Finance®

SYNARCHY: Social Impact Business and Immigrant Wealth

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We don’t wait for change - we build what comes next. SYNARCHY is where mission-led entrepreneurs and immigrant investors scale impact and wealth - at the same time. Hosted by Adina Appelbaum - Business Strategist, Immigration Attorney, Accredited Financial Counselor & B Corp® Founder - this is where you learn to grow sustainable revenue, build aligned wealth, and lead in the next era. If you’re here to expand your impact and your income, you’re in the right place. Ranked Top 2.5% of podcasts globallyConnect @adinaappelbaum | internationalempowerment.com | immigrantfinance.com

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Adina Appelbaum, Esq. | International Empowerment® | Immigrant Finance®

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Jun 12, 2026

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134. Am I Allowed to Have a Business as an Immigrant? 08.08.2022

Starting a business can be scary. Doubt takes over, and fear comes along with it; therefore a lot of mindset work needs to be done. Financially speaking, starting a business is the best thing you can do. 🙌 There's no law that says immigrants can't start a business.  Finding your purpose can create an impact on your life and other's. Don't let your power be determined by immigration racism. Y...

133. Expansion During a Recession 01.08.2022

During a recession, people tend to retract, and fear takes over. That makes the recession worse. But there is a different approach you can take. This is the approach taken by people who became millionaires during the Great Depression. It’s called expansion. 👉 In these moments, we need to start changing our mindsets. 👉 We need to start seeing problems as opportunities. ▶ Listen to this episode to...

132. Investing in Your Health & Finances with Fitness Coach Michelle Rosko 25.07.2022

To grow both your health and your finances, it is important to change your mindset and learn to invest in improving your health, education, and wellness. 🙌 Michelle is a fitness coach that has experience with investing in herself, creating her own wealth, and getting an education to make smarter choices. In this episode, she shares with us her challenges and rewards of owning a business. Her dad...

131. Why Make Someone Else Rich? Top 3 Reasons Immigrants Should Buy More Real Estate 18.07.2022

Paying rent, instead of owning your own home, makes someone else rich. As an immigrant, you work hard for your money and your family's future, and you deserve to see the investment returns on that hard work. Investing in real estate is a great way to start having your money work for you. Real estate allows you to diversify your investments and grow your money. 🙌 Applying the right strategies to g...

130. Summer Budgeting Tips! 11.07.2022

Summer is a great time to enjoy time with our family and friends. A time to travel and to do a lot of activities. 🏖 But, sometimes, we don't know how to do all these things and still feel abundance instead of having fear and the feeling that we're not spending our money well. 😖 The good news is that we can reach our summer goals by having a good budgeting system. 🙌 ☀️Listen to hear some summer b...

129. How to Get Started with Business Bookkeeping with Andrea Rotondo 04.07.2022

Andrea is an immigrant from Ecuador, bookkeeper, and the owner of Liquid Cents Bookkeeping. Her background in Psychology, years of volunteer work, and life as a military spouse (now veteran's spouse) filled her with a desire to connect and help others in a meaningful way. That's why she supports women business owners who want to build wealth while helping others. She lives with her husband and kid...

128. How to Get Past the Fear of Budgeting 28.06.2022

We all have life goals and financial goals, but how will you turn those goals into reality? 🤯 🙌 You need to have a plan and a system to get there.  👉 Budgeting is one of the most incredible tools of financial planning.  ✨ Budgeting gives you power. A budget helps your family. It allows you to enjoy your money, to build your future. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🎙Listen to Episode 128: "How To Get Past...

127. 3 Tips How to Handle Financial Setbacks 21.06.2022

Life happens, right? So, how can you overcome financial setbacks? 🤔 Listen to episode 127 and find out why is so important to have a community, celebrate your wins, even the small ones, and change your mindset. 🙌 Take commitment and apply these 3 tips we talk about in this podcast's episode to your financial life so you can get over the difficulties and have a good relationship with money. ✨ Im...

126. Financing Immigration Fees & Building Credit With Sergio Torres of Alvva 13.06.2022

Sergio Torres is the Co-Founder and CEO of Alvva, a financial technology company whose mission is to help US immigrants achieve financial health. Prior to Alvva, he spent 15 years working to serve the financial needs of immigrant and underserved communities in innovative and tech-driven ways at Aura Financial, Oportun, and Fred Loya.  He grew up in Tijuana, México and hold a BS in Internation...

125. The Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Crash in El Salvador 07.06.2022

Bitcoin has crashed by almost 60%. El Salvador, the first government to announce adopting Bitcoin as a currency, has postponed Bitcoin bonds a second time after the price of Bitcoin has dropped by roughly 37 percent since September. Listen to learn what immigrant families need to think about when it comes to investing in crypto. #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #crypto #investing #elsalvador #bitcoinnews

124. How to Speak English More Confidently at Work With Kevin of Deliberate English 30.05.2022

Kevin helps international professionals and immigrants with an intermediate level of English speak more confidently at work. He is passionate about helping people naturally express themselves and get better jobs.  As the founder of Deliberate English, he’s built an online community designed to help busy professionals take their English to the next level faster through active deliberate practi...

123. There's Never a Good Time for Your Finances 23.05.2022

We always say: "when the right time comes, I will...", and sometimes that time doesn't arrive. When it comes to finances, this is something that doesn't let us have better management of our money. You can't wait for the perfect time, because it will never arrive. Don't let your fears stop you. Start working on improving yourself, and start building wealth. Start by listening to Episode #123 to enc...

122. Investing in the Stock Market, Businesses, and Yourself with Jane Mepham of Elgon Financial Advisors 16.05.2022

Listen to episode 122 and learn about how important is to being investing in yourself to improve and build wealth as an immigrant. Our guest Jane Mepham is the founder and owner of Elgon Financial Advisors an independent virtual, Fee-Only registered investment advisor in Austin, Texas. Being virtual means she works with clients from all over the country. Her firm works with foreign-born families a...

121. The #1 Strategy for Financial Freedom 12.05.2022

To build financial freedom is what all of us want to do, but how to start? 🤔 You are probably thinking about some strategies that can help lead you to build wealth. But, maybe you're not thinking about the most important one.  In this episode, you'll find out what's the number 1 strategy that will help you build financial freedom. ✨💲 Ready to take action with your finances? Book a free 30...

120. Miguel Quiñones on Researching Immigrant Financial Acculturation 02.05.2022

Miguel is a graduate student at the University of Minnesota. His research examines how the role of culture and acculturation processes influences immigrant Latino families' financial decision-making. Miguel is the son of immigrant parents who grew up experiencing a lot of the challenges around finances that immigrant families face, which is what led him to this type of work. He's currently working...

119. What's an Investment vs. an Expense? 25.04.2022

When you're struggling with money, it's so easy to see an investment that's going to help get you out of that situation as just another expense. Listen to hear about how to identify whether something is an investment that will give you more options to make more money in the future vs. what's actually just another expense. #investing #invest #assets #buildwealth #financialcoach #budgeting

118. Building Latino Immigrant Power Through Business With Jerry Estrada of Generation Cuts 18.04.2022

In this episode, Jerry Estrada, owner of Generation Cuts, talks about the power of entrepreneurship for immigrant families. He tells the story of his parent's hustle when they came to the U.S. and what that taught him about how to make the most of opportunities in the U.S. ✨@generation_cuts 📧generationcuts@gmail.com #immigrant #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #wealth

117. Why You Shouldn't Feel So Bad About Your Debt I Think Like the Wealthy and Develop a Different Relationship With Debt 11.04.2022

Don't be so hard on yourself about having debt. Wealthy people understand debt is a tool to leverage that can help them build wealth. Listen to this quick episode to learn some new strategies for how to think differently about debt in your wealth building journey. ✨

116. Personal Finances for Immigrant Healthcare Professionals 04.04.2022

🎤Listen to this special talk on finances and immigration for healthcare professionals. 🩺 Many thanks to doctors Arunima Bera, MD. @nimanotes.md, Pediatric ICU Hospitalist, and Justin Jones, MD. @simplefinancecommunity, Pediatric ICU Fellow and Personal Finance Educator, for sharing their wisdom and experiences around important topics with finance and immigration. #personalfinance #healthcareprof...

115. Want to Budget to Build Wealth? Get Clear on Your Financial Goals. 29.03.2022

Getting clear on your financial goals and narrowing them down is one of the most powerful ways you can start to take control of your finances. 🌟When you start designing your financial strategy based on your goals, you’re the one who gets to be in charge. ❌Not the credit card companies. ❌Not the bills. ❌Not the auto loan lender. ❌Not the immigration laws. YOU. By putting your goals in the driv...

114. Taxes for Immigrant Families with Sonia Castelan of Castelan Tax Services 21.03.2022

Listen to hear all about taxes for immigrant families with Sonia Castelan of Castelan Tax Services. Sonia is a 1st Generation Latinx Tax Professional, a community builder, and a devoted teacher of financial literacy. She is dedicated to helping BIPOC entrepreneurs gain financial confidence and minimize taxes so that they keep more of their hard-earned money and learn how to invest back into their...

113. Do This To Manage Your Money Mindset Like the 1% 14.03.2022

The 1% understand that your most important resource is your mind.  They know that without working on strengthening your mind, all the financial strategies won’t matter much. Immigrant families can learn these mindset strategies just like anyone else. ✨Because immigrant families deserve to build generational wealth too.  ◾ Listen to hear about the mindset shifts you can start taking to...

112. Immigrant Voter Engagement With Oscar Romero 07.03.2022

Oscar is a passionate software engineer working at the Empower Project on a software tool to build power through relational organizing. He wears many hats but the main ones he has are first-generation immigrant, first-generation college graduate, DACAmented Mexican American, and activist for equity and inclusion. Having immigrated to the US at the age of 4 years old he has had his share of challen...

111. Can My Immigrant Parents Invest? 28.02.2022

Many people in our community are concerned about how their parents are not investing and have no retirement plan. What makes this even more frustrating is not know whether as an immigrant their parents are even allowed to invest. When your parents have no retirement plan, you know you and/or your siblings likely will be the one who have to bear the consequences. Almost all of our Immigrant Finance...

110. Know Your Rights as an Immigrant with Lea Landaverde 21.02.2022

Know Your Rights as an Immigrant with the one and only @lealandaverde Immigrant's rights resources mentioned: ILRC Red Cards https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards ACLU We Have Rights https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/we-have-rights How to get an ITIN: https://immigrantfinance.com/itin/ #immigration #immigrationreform #immigrationlaw #immigrantswelcome #immigrantsm...

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