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Wealth-building is more enjoyable, profitable and almost always faster when you collaborate with others, and that’s the topic of today’s conversation between Kevin Whelan & Christian Rodwell. Joint Ventures are the 7th Pillar of the WealthBuilders unique ‘7 Pillars of Wealth’ framework. You’ll hear Kevin share another of his famous acronyms to help you remember the formula for doing great JV’s, an...

What’s the difference between a business owner and an entrepreneur? And how can you become a SMARTER business owner? The answers to these questions are revealed by Kevin Whelan in today’s episode! With the current uncertainty across financial markets and key industry sectors due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, plus the UK floods - many business owners will be feeling very uncertain about thing...

Is it possible to achieve financial independence within 3 years? The answer is yes, and in today’s show you’ll hear exactly how WealthBuilders client, Bronwen Vearncombe, achieved this. By focusing on her ‘why’, and then seeking good quality education to learn about her chosen pillars, she and her husband John were able to quit their corporate jobs and travel the world, fulfilling a lifetime ambit...

Today’s episode celebrates the one year anniversary of WealthTalk! And what better way to celebrate than to hear from our members how they have been progressing since working with Kevin and Christian. You’ll hear the reasons they decided to join, what some of the biggest surprises have been, and the impact it’s having not just on their own wealth-building endeavours, but also on their ability to f...

Businesses are rarely started with any thought of eventually being sold, or what that might look like for the owner. Over the years, the business becomes so personal, almost like having another child. That often leads to this huge discrepancy in the long term about the valuation of a business and why it's such an inexact science. That's why such few businesses actually get sold. The seller is ofte...

How do you make money from just an idea? Well, everything that exists in this world which is man-made began with a thought, and some of those creations of the mind such as literary, music, designs, artwork, systems can be protected by law in the form of copyrights, patents and trademarks allowing the creator to earn recognition and/or financial benefit. On today’s show, you’ll hear an interview wi...

Most people that sell a business are first time sellers, and most people that buy are first time buyers. Very few people do lots of homework and research, especially those that are selling. There's also very often a massive disconnect between what's in a business owners head as to what they think the value of their business might be, to what a buyer will pay. Dave Pearce is somebody who knows how...

In this episode, Kevin and Christian share some of the feedback they received from the end of year survey they sent out to their Founder Members. 100 members of the WealthBuilders Community have been following the ‘7 Steps to Wealth’ process since Spring/Summer 2019 and you’ll hear some of the reasons why they joined and what they’re finding of most benefit so far. If you’d like to work with Kevin...

How do you start building your wealth? People often comment that it’s easy when you've got money, but what happens if you don't have money? Well, everybody's got time and in today’s episode, Kevin and Christian explain why anybody could do a little bit on the SIDE. Instead of telling yourself that you don’t have the resources to start building your wealth, you just have to have the resourcefulness...

In this episode, we welcome another WealthBuilders member who is an ActionCoach to talk about the business pillar, which is Mark Perry. And Mark is going to talk us through the six steps to building a business that works without you. We’ll be covering a lot of information, so if you can, click the link below to download a copy of the 6 Steps Template before you begin listening. This framework brea...

Today's episode is looking at how to get more leverage from your marketing. The purpose of marketing is to generate a lead, but are you then measuring how many of those leads convert to paying customers? WealthBuilders member and business coach, Chris Henry, highlights five key metrics which every business owner should be scrutinising in order to increase their profits and generate more recurring...

Building wealth isn’t easy. This week Kevin and Christian discuss the challenges that can often arise throughout this journey, and invite Penny Power OBE to share very openly about how business can feel demanding and lonely at times. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses and then building a business that’s right for you, can help you to achieve the financial rewards that often elude many business...

Every good business must be capable of being sold and in this episode, we look at 8 key factors in helping you achieve that. So whether you plan to pass your business on to your kids, or whether you pass it on to your employees, you still need good principles in place. This episode will show you how to turn your business into an asset that works without you to generate predictable, recurring incom...

In order for a business to be a true asset, it needs to be able to operate without you - and one of the best ways to ensure it does that is by focusing on predictable, recurring income. Our guest this week is John Warrillow. John is the author of ‘Built To Sell: Creating a business that can thrive without you’ and ‘The Automatic Customer: Creating a subscription business in any industry’. In today...

Is it harder for women to achieve success in business compared to their male counterparts? We hear from three successful female entrepreneurs who haven’t let anything get in their way from building wealth through the business pillar. Kevin and Christian offer their thoughts on some of the important aspects raised by each of our inspirational guests - including why it’s so important to understand t...

How do you feel about the current performance of your pension? Frustrated, worried and fearful of what life might be like for you in retirement? In this episode of WealthTalk hosts Kevin Whelan & Christian Rodwell replay a webinar which they recently hosted which received a huge response, titled ‘3 Ways To Instantly Make Your Pension Work Harder For You’. You’ll learn 3 ways you can instantly redu...

Whether you’re male or female, the WealthBuilding principles don’t change. Even though our society is making enormous strides in equality, statistically women are financially worse off than men in many aspects of their wealth. It’s reported that by the time an average woman reaches her 60’s the size of her pension pot is a third the size of an average man’s, and for 1.2 million women in their 50’s...

Today we’re revisiting a topic that we covered back in Episode 11, which is Leverage. Leverage is a key aspect of wealth. One of the common reasons that holds people back from building wealth is overwhelm. Too much information. In today’s episode Kevin and Christian recap the five points of leverage and encourage you to choose one, take some form of action, put the wheels in motion... and get goin...

The whole idea of legacy is not just to protect money. It's to transfer wisdom, and transfer good practices and principles to the next generation so that they don't just get the money, they get the wisdom as well. And that's really quite critical in the WealthBuilding process that we teach - in fact it’s point number seven in our own values in the Declaration of Financial Independence. In today’s...

Featured Guest: Shaz Nawaz - AA Accountants.   Tax is the overlay to every single asset. So whatever asset you decide to invest in, there's going to be a different tax treatment. In today’s episode we’re focusing on Pillar 4 - Property, and we are delighted to welcome property tax expert Shaz Nawaz to share his vast knowledge around common tax mitigating strategies that any investor should be awar...

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of investing in commercial property over residential? There are certainly different, more sophisticated rules, and some of the advantages include greater tax allowances, and the ability to invest using your pension [SSAS]. In fact, you’ll learn how commercial property really lends itself to working well with both the pension and business pillars. You’ll...

What is serviced accommodation, and what are the pros and cons of this property investing strategy? Instead of renting a property in the traditional sense for a number of years, this strategy focuses on short term lets - taking a property and treating it more like a guest house or hotel. In recent years companies such as Airbnb have completely revolutionsed this market, and in doing so, have creat...

What is an HMO, and what are the pros and cons of this property investing strategy? Instead of renting a property on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) to a single family, a way to leverage the capacity within that property is to rent the individual rooms to unconnected tenants - generating increased revenue and cash flow for the property owner. You’ll hear from four members of the WealthBuilders...

Simon Zutshi has been investing in UK property for over 20 years. In 2003 Simon hosted his first network meeting for property investors, establishing the Property Investors Network (PIN) - which today boasts 50 meetings across the UK every month, making it the UK’s biggest training and networking organisation. In today’s episode recorded live in London, we hear from Simon on his views of the curre...

One of the most widely used assets to generate wealth in the UK is property. However, there are so many different ways to invest in property, and in today’s episode Kevin Whelan & Christian Rodwell begin to look at some of those different strategies, and who they may be best suited to. As with all of the 7 Pillars of Wealth, the process for generating recurring income involves turning the wheel of...