Real Money Stories

Intimate money conversations with people from all walks of life who share what they’ve learned as they’ve navigated their money journey. Sponsored by Vanguard UK.

97. Nick Earls and Eric DiNicola Build a Strong Partnership
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97. Nick Earls and Eric DiNicola Build a Strong Partnership

This week I speak to Nick Earls and Eric DiNicola, co-founders and principals of Winterspring Capital, a company looking to simplify the process of passive real estate investing.

Nick and Eric share the highs and lows of their empire-building journey and some of the most important things they learnt along the way.

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96. Jamie York Makes More Than Millions
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96. Jamie York Makes More Than Millions

This week I speak to Jamie York, a rapidly rising star in the world of property investment and Managing Director at Aspire Property Group.

Jamie bought his first investment property whilst at university. Through his property consultancy, Aspire, Jamie works closely with investors to build a profitable and growing portfolio of rental properties across the UK.

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95. Ellie Swift Puts On The CEO Hat
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95. Ellie Swift Puts On The CEO Hat

This week I speak to Ellie Swift, entrepreneur and marketing and mindset coach.

Ellie left her corporate job to pursue her dream of running her own business. Investing her time and energy into her company, Swift Ventures, she built a multi-six figure business in under two years through the power of online marketing strategy, social media and mindset.

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94. Shahar Abrams Goes All In On Crypto
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94. Shahar Abrams Goes All In On Crypto

This week I speak to Shahar Abrams, experienced crypto investor and professional in the blockchain industry, on a mission to improve personal finance education nationally.

Travelling down the data science route, Shahar worked at IBM for a number of years. When he came across Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad, it put him in a frame of mind to focus more on active investing for himself.

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93. Kizzy Parks Move From Scarcity To Abundance Mindset
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93. Kizzy Parks Move From Scarcity To Abundance Mindset

This week I speak to Kizzy Parks, president of KPC, a Florida-based consultancy team.

Since 2008, Kizzy’s consultancy firm has been at the forefront of customised services that meet the needs of Federal agencies in the US. But when Kizzy first embarked on her entrepreneurial journey, she had $600,000 of debt and a company just about hitting breakeven.

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92. Max Rofagha Forms An Inclusive Finance Community
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92. Max Rofagha Forms An Inclusive Finance Community

This week I speak to Max Rofagha, a man on a mission to build the world's largest and most engaged finance community at finimize.com.

Wanting to financially educate himself, Max was perplexed at the complexity and relevance of financial resources available. This gave him his next business idea: to explain to every day people in under 3 minutes, what is happening in the world of finance and why you should care.

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91. Cathi and Jo Shake Up The World Of Money
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91. Cathi and Jo Shake Up The World Of Money

This week I speak to Cathi Harrison and Jo Campbell from Verve Group Financial Services.

We discuss entrepreneurialism, female roles in the finance sector, what it really takes to have your own business and how to keep your children grounded.

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90. Jazz Rose Score With His Money
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90. Jazz Rose Score With His Money

This week I speak to Jazz Rose, entrepreneur, property investor, mentor and speaker.

Shaped by his won challenges and experiences, Jazz is on a mission to transform people’s relationship with money. You can check out more about Jazz’s work, as well as access his popular Money Tracker, here.

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89. Peter & Hillary Help Create The Next Chapter
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89. Peter & Hillary Help Create The Next Chapter

This week I speak to husband and wife team Peter Hyson and Hillary Rowland. Through their Next Chapter Retreats business, Peter and Hillary help successful people to live their best life and redefine success and true wealth.

We talk about the role of purpose, lasting legacies, meaning and the role of money and material success. And Peter and Hillary share some of their own life stories and lessons, including how they used money to quite literally save Hillary's life.

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88. Mark Brinkley Builds Good Money Foundations
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88. Mark Brinkley Builds Good Money Foundations

This week I speak to Mark Brinkley, author of The Housebuilder's Bible and freelance writer. Mark offers some invaluable insights as to why we are obsessed with property as a way of building wealth. And, although it might not be an obvious route, building your own house can be an option for building financial security and wealth.

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87. Laura Janes Maps Money To Vision
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87. Laura Janes Maps Money To Vision

This week I speak to Laura Janes, the founder and director of Uniquity, the marketing firm on a mission to build better financial services brands that reach the customers that matter.

Having trained as an actuary in pursuit of the career she thought she ought to have, Laura soon realised that she did not want to work solely with logic and statistics but needed to incorporate her flair for creativity.

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85. Laura Adams Spreads Money Knowhow
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85. Laura Adams Spreads Money Knowhow

This week I speak to Laura Adams, personal finance and small business expert, author and host of Money Girl podcast.

Laura discusses the mistake of confusing ‘a fear of numbers’ with being bad with personal finance. She also shares what she learnt from losing 5-figures in a dodgy investment.

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84. Yatin Shah Steers The Big Money Ship
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84. Yatin Shah Steers The Big Money Ship

In this week's episode, I speak to Yatin Shah, co-founder and CEO of IILW, the largest independent wealth manager in India, which oversees more than $24Billion of family wealth.

Yatin tells how losing over 70% of his father's investments through speculative investment trading was a valuable life lesson on the importance of preserving and growing wealth.

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83. Maria Nedeva Conquers Her Debt Demons
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83. Maria Nedeva Conquers Her Debt Demons

This week I speak to Maria Nedeva, business school professor and founder of The Money Principle.

Maria shares her extraordinary money story of how she was in £100,000 of debt and managed to pay it all off in only a few years.

Now she has dedicated herself to teaching people in financial trouble how to build sustainable wealth.

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