So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

From -$2,000 in her bank account to generating a projected $75 million in sales, entrepreneur Sarah LaFleur is on the show today sharing her trials, tribulations and tips for living your best financial life. Sarah is the founder of MM.LaFleur, a new women’s fashion brand that CNBC says is “shaking up retail.” Sarah started the company in 2011 after quitting her job in private equity. With $35,000 in savings and another $35,000 in loans from her parents she launched what would become one of fashion’s hottest new clothing lines for professional women.To learn more 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.

'm weighing two job opportunities... one has a great salary with okay benefits and the other has great benefits with an okay salary. What should I do? How do I position myself to ask my boss for a raise or promotion? How can I fight age discrimination? Answering all of your negotiating questions on this week's #AskFarnoosh with special co-host and previous So Money guest Alexandra Dickinson of Ask For It Co.To learn more 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.

Our guest today is a successful actress who arrived in Hollywood over a decade ago with a one-way ticket and her mother's beaten-up suitcase. Since then she's landed many prominent roles including a lead role in Alphas on the American Syfy Channel. She's also been on Entourage, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, The Mentalist among countless other shows.Azita Ghanizada joins us from LaLa land. Her personal journey is a fascinating one. Her family fled to the U.S. when she was just a baby, seeking asylum to escape war-torn Afghanistan. They settled in Virginia and while Azita always aspired to be an actress, she was forbidden to do so until finishing school. So, after receiving her B.A. in English and Journalism, she left for Hollywood.That's where our interview begins...What were those first few years auditioning like? How did she afford to make ends meet? What do her parents think now of her career choice?Azita is also a humanitarian. She focuses on issues surrounding women in war-torn areas, whether it’s co-hosting a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees fundraiser for World Refugee Day or serving as a Global Ambassador for womenforwomen.org. Most recently, she's become an advocate for MENA (Middle Eastern, North African) Artists and has been called on to speak on diversity issues in the media and in business.To learn more 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.

Ever wonder what it's like to be a stunt person on the set of TV show or movie? We have a unique guest on the podcast today, professional stuntwoman Jenel Stevens. She's performed on shows you may have watched including Mysteries of Laura, Luke Cage, Quantico, Blind Spot and Orange is the New Black, as well as several movies. Jenelis also a personal trainer and founder of her own fitness training company Prowess PT.More about Jenel: She played Division 1 basketball in college and holds various certifications as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Precision Nutrition Certified Nutrition Counselor.To learn more 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.

What's the best way to find mentors when you don't know many people in your professional industry? I quit my job because I couldn't handle it anymore and now I don't know what to do...help! How and where should you be investing your money in the stock market? Answering these questions and more on an all new #AskFarnoosh with special guest Yael Trusch, founder of Jewish Latin Princess blog. Yael also hosts her own podcast, which you can listen here.To learn more 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.

What if I told you that you could keep your 9-5 job AND be an entrepreneur? Our guest today says being a business owner doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition. Patrick McGinnis is here to offer advice on how to be a part-time entrepreneur. He's a venture capitalist and author of the international bestseller, The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job.Patrick practices what he preaches. He's a 10% entrepreneur, himself. Outside his day job he's built a diverse and global portfolio of investments, including top tech companies. Tune in to the full interview to learn more about how to gradually become your own boss.To learn more 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.

Today's guest once went to the ATM where she found out she only had $18.56 to her name. Ali Brown is here to talk about how she went from near-broke to launching a multi-million dollar business. Her rock-bottom moment came as she had left a full-time job at a small advertising agency in NYC to become an entrepreneur. At this point, most people would throw in the towel and start looking for another full-time corporate job. Not, Ali. Today she is a multi-millionaire, has over 250,000 followers and provides advice through one-on-ones, her podcast Glambition Radio and website.To learn more 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.

Help... I'm always treating myself and others and now I'm having trouble living within my means. What can I do? How do I focus on paying off my federal student loans while overcoming how overwhelmed I feel? My hubby and I are not happy with our bank. How ridiculous would it be to close our credit cards and take our business elsewhere? Answering these questions of yours and more on this week's #AskFarnoosh with special co-host Rachelle Magadan.To learn more 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.

What can you do today so that you will be smarter tomorrow? Our guest today is someone The Huffington Post has called "The Most Inspiring Woman in the World" and she is constantly on the pursuit of learning and growing. She asks herself, "What can I do today to be smarter tomorrow?" Well, she reads at least one book per day. Can you believe it? Lolly Daskal is here and her new book The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatnessis making headlines. Inc Magazine calls it the #1 Leadership Book.Lolly is a highly sought-after executive leadership coach and founder of the company Lead From Within.I'm always grateful when my guests go deep on the show and Lolly spares no details. She talks about her financial mindset as the child of Holocaust survivors. "Never talk about money," she was taught. How has that influenced her today as a mother and entrepreneur?That and so much more, including her take on true leadership today and what are the two factors that equate to confidence.For more 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.

We've talked about this a lot on the show before. There's the gender wage gap but there's also the gender investment gap. I've talked about this at length with Ellevest's founder Sallie Krawcheck. Our guest today is also addressing this in her new book, Smart Women Love Money: 5 Simple Life-Changing Rules of Investing. Alice Finn is with us today. In the book she provides the tools women (and men) need to achieve long-term success no matter how the markets are fluctuating.More about Alice... she's the CEO of PowerHouse Assets LLC. It's a firm she founded to hep women become more engaged when it comes to their finances.To learn more 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.