"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Financial Reform and You

July 2, 2010 by  
Filed under Blog, Credit & Debt, Money

Financial Reform and You By Matt Quinn From Inc.com You can be forgiven if you’re having trouble figuring out what the financial regulatory reform bill means to you. Reportedly logging in at over 2,000 pages, even if it were fully public and finalized, you’d have to take a sabbatical from work to plow through it. [...]

Video: Susan Beacham provides advice on Teens and Money on the Dr. Phil Show

July 2, 2010 by  
Filed under Blog, Kids & Money, Money, Parenting, Teens

Katie is a teenaged girl who wants a lot, and who expects her parents to foot the bill. She asks for manicures, haircuts and clothes without any thought to the financial cost. Susan Beacham sits down with Katie to discuss her family’s monthly income, and shows her the amount available to spend after mortgage payments, [...]

Video: These Kids Mean Business

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page looks at the role of entrepreneurship education as a way to help change the lives of at-risk youth. Centered on budding entrepreneurs across the country and the programs created to foster their interest and understanding of the free-market, the documentary tells the tale of underserved youth creating and living their [...]

Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz?

June 29, 2010 by  
Filed under Advice on Money, Blog, Money

Is Your Money Mind-set Tanking Your Biz? Don’t let fear and desperation make your financial decisions for you. By Marc Pearlman From Entrepreneur.com The latest statistics from the Small Business Administration show that new businesses have a 50 percent chance of surviving five years or more. While this dispels some longstanding beliefs that 95 percent of businesses fail [...]

Video: Teenage Millionaire

Ashley Qualls is a 17-year-old self-made millionaire. Find out how she struck gold on the web.

MoneyWatch.com: Saving money through social media networking

Facebook and Beyond: Social Networks for Saving Money By Farnoosh Torabi From MoneyWatch.com. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn: Take your pick; social networking has become America’s new favorite pastime. These platforms help us find new jobs and long-lost high school loves, spy on our neighbors, post pictures, and fan Betty White. But did you know social networking can [...]

Kid-preneur video

June 15, 2010 by  
Filed under Blog, Entrepreneurs, Kid Entrepreneurs

From the 2005 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmakers Award competition, a cute video to inspire kid entrepreneurs. Written and directed by Chapman University student Rosemary Lambert.

Teaching the Tough Lesson of Delayed Gratification.

December 10, 2009 by  
Filed under Blog, Budgeting, Kids & Money, Money

Raising kids to be money smart kids will take some direction.  Total Wealth Management’s Jacob Cooper gives us parents some tips on how to do that.

Silver and Gold Decorations on every Money Tree!

December 10, 2009 by  
Filed under Blog, Investing, Investment Advice

Robert  Kiyosaki  is an investor, businessman, self-help author, motivational speaker and inventor. Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material.  Here he is interviewed by NewsMax.tv and explains how investors can protect themselves from inflation.  Silver is a bargain today he mentions.  He reminds us who [...]

Money Savvy Pig can teach us Adults a few Tricks

December 10, 2009 by  
Filed under Blog, Kids & Money, Money

Susan Beacham, founder of Money Savvy Generation,  writes books, curriculum and tools for children.  It  helps Parents and Grandparents teach them how to understand money.  She mentions money management as a critical life skill.  Wow, what a concept!  Remember,  our children may not always do what we say but they see what we do!

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