There is a movement called FIRE that stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. These people do a lot to retire early, and there are stories of super-human frugality. The point is, these people are working hard to save and to get to that point of leverage – leveraging savings, assets, everything to move to a…
This week’s blog post comes from Jaren Nichols. Jaren is Chief Operating Officer at ZipBooks. He was previously a Product Manager at Google and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Becoming an entrepreneur is an exciting step in your career, but it also comes with a lot of risks. Not only are you…
I am going to pose a scenario. Don’t get caught up in the language; if you aren’t self-employed, or don’t work 1-to-1, just change the language to reflect what you do. Imagine an acquaintance contacts you. S/he says, “Your Name, you do That Amazing Thing You Do better than anyone I have come across…
Courtney lives in Seattle (me too!) and she provides a service that is suuuuuper important to us Seattleites; she walks and cares for our fur babies. We actually have more dogs than children living in the city limits, which means fur nannies are in high demand – read on about Courtney’s story, because it’s not…
Julie Kaminski is an expert at designing one-of-a-kind recipes for her clients to achieve their optimum health and happiness – so when it came time for her to transition her hobby business to a “big girl” business, she knew the process to shift her business in exactly the right way for herself – and HER…
Are you dreaming about making the leap from employee to entrepreneur? This week, Michelle Mazur shares with us the difference between what you “know” logically about making that shift, and then what you face once that shift is made, and the emotional and mindset challenges that go with it. Tell us a little bit about…
A very specific case of getting CREATIVE with your money vision. This case is real, but personal details have been changed to protect the innocent. Jane was tired. In her early forties, she just didn’t have the energy to face down another 20 years of doing her exact same job. Dick, her husband, loved…
Freelancers and business owners face a different set of challenges around finances than those employed at a more traditional 9–5. Often, entrepreneurs choose to sink most of their profits into growing the business — leaving little left over for big purchases like buying a home. That’s the money moment business owner Marie Poulin found herself…
If you think you’re the only one who had the happily ever after of your dreams crumble away, think again. If the mountain of debt you’re surrounded by makes you feel alone and helpless, believe me, you’re not alone. Just like every other person I know who has been in despair over debt, YOU have…
Sometimes I think that we get so caught up in generating new material, we forget to go back and really implement what has come before. So now for something NOT different…here are some of my most-visited blog posts so you can pick your thang…maybe make a chief initiative for your money (or business) for…