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Dominique Broadway is an award winning Personal Finance Coach, Speaker, Finance Expert and the Founder of Finances Demystified & The Social Money Tour. Dominique has received various accolades such as the Top 30 Under 30 in Washington DC and the Top Financial Advisor for Millennials in the US. Dominique's demystified financial advice, has been highlighted on Yahoo!, Huffington Post, Forbes, USA Today, Black Enterprise, Marketwatch.com, Ebony Magazine, Levo League, Refinery29 and other media outlets. She has a strong passion for working with young professionals, entrepreneurs and people of all ages to bring their Dreams2Reality. - In this episode Dominique shares: Her personal story and the steps she took to transition from being a full time employee to a full time business owner with her own financial planning business and how she almost started a cupcake business instead! However, when she realized finance was her calling, she got her business up and running in a week but then she went broke shortly after. She discusses what happened, what she learnt and how that experiences helped her business grow to where she is now. She shares valuable business and financial tips for those of you looking to start your own businesses, including how not implementing what you are learning out is wasting your time. - How to keep up with Dominique: On her website at http://dominiquebroadway.com/ Via her course at https://wealthbuildingcollective.com/wbc and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dominiquebroadway/ Get access to the Clever Girl resource library and Facebook community on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

My guest today is Keenya Hofmaier. Keenya is originally from Milwaukee, WI and spent three years working in New York City before moving to Paris in 2013 on a whim! She is a self-proclaimed "multi-passionate creative" and she released her first book, 30-Day Connect, in 2017. In addition, she participates in various conferences and speaking engagements around networking, leadership and women's empowerment. Keenya is also podcast listener, which is how we met, and she saved $30,000 over a short period of time which allowed her to make that big move to Paris to live her dream life essentially. In this episode Keenya shares: - Her background with money - Her mindset starting with being able to get her college education paid for on scholarship - What she did to save that $30,000 - Her financial goals while living in another country - And she also shares her financial mistakes and lessons learnt and where she see herself and her finances in the next few years and advice for women who want to pursue a similar path to what she's been able to accomplish. How to keep in touch with Kenya: On her website at Keenyahofmaier.com and on IG and Twitter at @its_keenya You can also grab her book at www.keenyahofmaier.com/30-day-connect Get access to the Clever Girl resource library and Facebook community on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

On this episode, my guest is America's Money Maven, Patrice Washington. Patrice is a best-selling author, a captivating speaker and hope-restoring coach to women who want to do good work in the world, but believe they deserve to earn damn good money doing it. She's been the personal finance expert of both Steve Harvey's radio and television shows since 2014, as has appeared in dozens of media outlets such as Dr. Oz and Fox & Friends. She's also been featured in hundreds of online and print publications including the New York Post, Cosmopolitan, Essence Magazine and so much more. Her work has literally touched millions of people worldwide. On this episode Patrice shares her personal story about losing everything she had in the 2008 recession and what it really took for her to come out of it. She talks about her faith and her mindset and the reason for her success now and what it really means to chase purpose, not money, and how that has made all the difference in her life and can make all the difference in yours. She also shares what she's teaching her daughter about faith, purpose and financially success. Patrice's website is http://www.patricewashington.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode and for more ways to keep up with Patrice, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/finding-your-purpose-and-building-real-wealth-with-patrice-washington ]\If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to the Clever Girl resource library and Facebook community on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

As a money expert, I get asked a lot about how I manage my personal and business finances from budgeting to saving to investing to paying myself a salary and so I'll be sharing what I do in this podcast episode. I'm also sharing the latest with Clever Girl Finance and some personal updates as well. Enjoy listening! For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/how-i-manage-my-finances Get access to the Clever Girl resource library and Facebook community on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

My guest on today's episode of the podcast is Rochelle Graham-Campbell. She is the co-founder and CEO of Alikay Naturals and has been coined a "beauty pioneer" by Essence Magazine. She is a YouTube guru with over 100k subscribers and 15 million views on her channel as well as an influencer, philanthropist and speaker. She started Alikay Naturals alongside her husband who is her co founder with only $100 initial investment and has since built it into a multi million dollar brand carried in over 150 locations worldwide at places like Target, Rite Aid, Kroger and CVS and in countries like France, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, Jamaica and Bermuda. - On this episode Rochelle shares: 1. How she started Alikay Naturals with only $100 while in college working multiple jobs including waiting tables at Olive Garden, delivering newspapers at night and working as a CNA. 2. She shares the step by step approach on how she built her business from $100 to millions of dollars with no outside investment and is still operating as a debt free business 3. She talks about her biggest business challenges and successes 4. How to not get hung up on perfection and instead focus on creating your best product based on what you have despite any financial hangups you might have. 5. What financial freedom looks like for her 6. 3 pieces of advice for entrepreneurs starting from the bottom up with nothing hoping to achieve her level of massive success The Alikay website is http://Alikaynaturals.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode and for more ways to keep up with Rochelle, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/how-rochelle-built-a-multi-million-dollar-business-with-100-dollars If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

On this episode of the podcast my close friend Joy and I talk about finding joy in failure, specifically financial failure because life happens and we all make mistakes but then what? Joy is one of the happiest people you'll ever meet and is a former banker turned beauty executive turned joyful uplifter, whose life's work is to inspire people to live a life full of beauty and joy no matter what! She has been coined the Iman-meets-Oprah of her generation and her intention is to make failing less taboo and more fun. She lives by the mantra 'every failure is a pathway to joy', and is inspired every single day to infect the world with unconditional joy. On this episode Joy shares what finding joy in failure really means, her own financial failures and the lessons she learnt including what she did to overcome them as well as the key actions you can take to find joy regardless of the type of failure you have experienced. Joy's website is https://thejoyinfailure.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/finding-joy-in-financial-failure If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher and you can also check out episodes and videos on my YouTube Channel here - https://www.youtube.com/clevergirlfinance Get access to my free budgeting tools in my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

This episode of the podcast is all about the balancing act of building a meaningful life and business and the relationships involved and to have to conversation, my special guest is Monique Melton. Monique is a business coach, relationship expert, published author of the book EntrepreFriendships, a motivational speaker and diversity advocate. She supports creative business owners in building profitable and purposeful businesses while maintaining healthy relationships. She is a natural big-bold dreamer, a woman of faith, a proud Navy wife and loving mother to two little ones. Monique and I have an honest conversation about what it really takes to build a meaningful life and business and managing the relationships that make it happen including valuing your relationships, focusing on your personal development and self care, learning to say now and more. She shared how she went from being a new mom with two small children simply wanting to make $1,000 a month to letting go of her money mindset blocks and becoming a business powerhouse going above and beyond for her clients and doing more in her community and for her family. She talked about why she focuses on business and relationships specifically around personal development and how it ties into building a really meaningful business. She also shares the importance of understanding your capacity around what you can and cannot do to avoid comparing yourself to others and overwhelm. Monique's website is http://moniquemelton.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/building-a-meaningful-life-and-business-and-managing-the-relationships-that-make-it-happen If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to my free budgeting tools in my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance Ready to get accountable? Join the Clever Girl Finance Accountability Program over at www.clevergirlfinanceacademy.com

On this episode of the podcast I'm excited to share a review of just how my Q1 went including what went well and what didn't and what I'll be focusing on next. I share the latest on my first Clever Girl Finance Book, how the Clever Girl Finance event in New York went, the vacation I recently took and how my business kept running while I was away and more. In addition, I also share a few quick tips to help you run your own Q1 assessment so you can set the stage for an incredible rest of the year. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to my free budgeting tools in my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance Ready to get accountable? Join the Clever Girl Finance Accountability Program over at www.clevergirlfinanceacademy.com

Meet Yuri Gibson. She is a designer and digital product guru who teaches other people how to create side hustles that mean business. Her first taste at hustling was working two jobs while attending college full time for seven years. She then graduated in a tanking economy which lead her down a career path she hated. That caused her to make a decision that would change her life - she moved aboard to teach English in South Korea and that's when her side hustle journey began. After living in Korea for three years, and turning her design business into a digital product empire, Yuri's has a new day hustle - she's now a flight attendant! She now gets paid to travel the world while running a serious business on the side. In this episode, Yuri talks about her personal story including how she got through college and how she wound up in South Korea. She shares the difference between a side gig and a side hustle, why you should start a side hustle, the industries that can earn you the most money, what it takes to start your side hustle for just $80 a month and her all time favorite tools to help make your side hustle a knock out success. Yuri's website is https://www.viayuri.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/side-hustle-your-way-to-wealthy-with-yuri-gibson If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to my budgeting tools in my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance Ready to get accountable? Join the Clever Girl Finance Accountability Program over at www.clevergirlfinanceacademy.com

Regina Byrd is an accountant, motivational speaker, author, business owner and financial educator. Her company, Prosper with Regina, helps high school and college students learn financial literacy empowering them for a life of financial success. Outside of her many businesses she also gives back by speaking to children at local libraries about finances. She understands the hurdles that young people must overcome to have a good financial head start after college. She believes that everyone should stay young, fabulous and prosperous no matter what age they are! On this episode of the podcast, Regina shares her own personal story and talks about how parents can teach their children about money regardless of how old they are, teaching children self control and delayed gratification as well as specific ways to do it and why it's critical to set the stage for your children's financial success. Regina's website is http://www.prosperwithregina.com For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/raising-your-childrento-be-financially-successful-grownups If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the Clever Girl Finance Podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or Stitcher. Get access to my budgeting tools in my resource library on www.CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance