On The FLI: Recent Episodes
The Financial Literacy Institute
On The FLI is a Financial Literacy Institute podcast structured around having conversations about financial and personal development topics, but making them easy to understand. We interview a variety of guests with interesting backgrounds with one goal in mind, ultimately teaching the financial literacy skills we should have learned in school.
David Barnett has spent many years around business transactions. As a business broker he helped close 35 deal in 3 years while learning that both buyers and sellers of businesses needed guidance in putting together a good deal that made sense for their goals. Thus, the Business Buyer Advantage was born. His business strives to help both buyers and sellers navigate the challenge process of exiting and entering a business. In this episode we discuss how business sales take place, how you can be an educated buyer and seller, and what you can do to eventually prepare your business to be sold.
In this episode of 'On The FLI,' Ambassador Anthony Johnson engages in a conversation with A'Shira Nelson, the founder, public speaker, and Tax Manager. A'Shira is an alumnus of the University of Akron, graduating with a Bachelor's in Accounting in 2011. After four years in public accounting, A'Shira founded Savvy Girl Money. Through this platform, she shares her personal finance journey via social media and speaking engagements.
In addition to her role as a Tax Manager at Wellsprings Financial Advisors, A'Shira is a mother of two and a mentor at College Now Greater Cleveland. The discussion delves into the significance of aggressively paying off debt, creating generational wealth through education, and more.
In this episode, mechanical engineer turned med student James McCullough discusses how life circumstances led him to pursue a new purpose, far different from what he anticipated when he started college. James aims to connect with as many people as possible and find ways to make a positive impact on their lives.
In this episode, Zach and Sean share a conversation about gratitude and why being thankful for life’s trials and tribulations can shape you into the person you want to become. They share what they’re grateful for and some powerful pieces of advice they’ve learned along the way. You’re going to want to listen all the way to the end.
In this episode, listen to Maverick Peters discuss his journey through starting a podcast, and how he moved into managing not only his own, but many others. Learn how he grows his network and how you can do the same to yours.
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In this episode, financial literacy coach, Taylor Sminchak, takes the FLI teamthrough her journey of discovery of financial empowerment for not only herself,but for the numerous women she's helped via her "Blossom FinancialCoaching" financial literacy coaching business. She elaborates on how she'snavigated being a full-time employee, a mother, as well as an entrepreneur, allon top of wearing the several infamous hats that entrepreneurship inevitablymakes one wear; Taylor-Made of course.
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In this episode, biotechnology extraordinaire Arthur Edge dives deep into both his career and financial journey, how he plans for the future, and how mentorship has had an impact on his life. The experiences he has gained throughout adulthood have inspired him to pay it forward and help others along their journey.
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On this episode, FLI hosts The Personal Finance Club's own: Jeremy Schneider.
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In this episode, as featured in USA Today, CNBC, VICE, Business Insider, Bankrate, Bloomberg QuickTake, and FOX Soul, as well as the founder of @betterwallet, Marc Russell, charismatically explains how his unique upbringing has made him the amazing man he is today. From the influence of his father to his struggles in college, there was a multitude of things that were foundational in helping him grow his entrepreneurial mindset, and ultimately create "BetterWallet", which has been a huge inspiration for FLI.•📌 Find Everything On Our Website:http://www.thefli.net/•⚖️ Disclaimers ⚖️Our content references opinions that are for educational and entertainment purposes only. Persons of The Financial Literacy Institute are not financial advisors and this is not intended to be financial advice. Seek a duly licensed professional for said advice.•📚 Support us in our efforts to teach the financial literacy skills that we should have learned in school here: https://tinyurl.com/support-fli
Owner of Roo Town Rentals, John McCabe has had an entrepreneurial spirit since his teens. From being broke as a college student to building one of the largest student housing portfolios in Akron, Ohio, he shares decades of his experiences, lessons learned, and provides advice for the next generation of real estate investors.
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In this episode, America's Millennial Money Expert®, America's Student Loan Debt Expert™, and the founder of The College Investor, Robert Farrington, expounds on how he went from turning a financial literacy passion project back in his college days into a purpose driven, fully fledged, personal finance powerhouse dedicated to helping millennials escape student loan debt, start investing, and build wealth for their futures. As a veteran financial literacy enthusiast, he comments that there is no need to compete in this space, but only to collaborate with one another in order for us all to help each other out in teaching the world financial literacy.
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In this episode, Marine Corps Veteran and fellow financial literacy enthusiast, Eric L. Johnson II, walks us through how his journey in the serving Marine Corps while simultaneously studying Robotics and Control Systems Engineering and building his business, The Smoker Lifestyle LLC, has formed him to be leader he is today.
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In this episode, FLI Co-Founder Zach Owen and his wife, Lindsay Owen, discuss the impact financial education had on their upbringings and in each stage of their relationship and provide advice on how to create financial balance in marriage.
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In this episode, Mechanical Engineer and aspiring real estate investor, JR Garcia, covers how his upbringing inspired him to seek out challenges and take advantage of new opportunities in aerospace engineering and real estate.
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In this episode, customer experience expert, Frank Favaro, talks about what customer service means to him and how he and his company "Serve Centric" changes the way companies and individuals serve their customers.
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In this episode, President of the most experienced social media agency in the state of Ohio (Shon Christy Social), Shon Christy, talks about his journey on how he took a different approach when creating his Social Media Management business throughout pandemic.
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In this episode, Associate Dean of External Relations at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Kevin Smith, expounds on the importance of not only a college education, but as well as the importance of leaders in the world today and he develops them in academia.
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In this episode, recent University of Pennsylvania STEM graduate, venture capitalist, and rising musical artist, Niko Simpkins, takes us through his journey on how he manages his time as an ivy league student who is building his musical empire, all while changing the venture capital industry.
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In this special episode, the founders of The Financial Literacy Institute wrap up "On The FLI" Podcast Season 1 by breaking down not only their goals for the upcoming year, but as well as their life purposes.
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In this episode, Fitness Enthusiast and Real Estate Investor, Tai Pham, reveals how he cultivated confidence in his life through breakdancing, his "why" for wanting to make a change in the Asian-American Male fitness community, as well as how he broke ground into the Real Estate game leveraging an impactful mentor of his.
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In this episode, Real Estate Property Manager, Kaitlin Moore, opens up about the nuances of property management ranging from how to provide value to your residents, how to streamline your systems for managing multiple properties, on top of the overall benefits and flexibility that the property management industry has to offer.
In this episode, Attorney and Public Figure, Chris King, breaksdown not only the importance of being spiritually grounded, but the importance of having accountability partners along your success journey and being a good steward of wealth prior to amassing it.
In this episode, Founder of Women Owned Construction company "2BEngineering", Madison Morgan, talks about her mission behind her business as well as how essential it is to pass down our financial literacy knowledge to our kin.
In this episode, Amazon #1 Bestselling author of "Value Economics: The Study of Identity", Sam LaCrosse, illustrates his journey on how he became an author at his relatively young age. He expounds upon not only his interactions with clinical psychologist and author, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, as the first buyer of Sam's book, but as well as how one's honesty and radical accountability go hand-in-hand in creating massive success for oneself.
In this episode, Andre LaFleur, a Health Savings Account Specialist at Fidelity Investments, walk us through how he took on a ton of responsibility at a young age, forcing him to self-teach himself personal finance. He not only explains how and why he manages 7+ credit cards simultaneously, optimizing every single one of them effectively, but he also drops gems on how to increase your credit score.
In this episode, Dominic Lofreso radiates his optimism via his unique personality when he runs us through his history and how it has shaped him for the better. Although a salesman, Dominic's focus is people, and with that, the sale is a natural repercussion.
In this episode, real estate multimillionaire, CNBC Make It star, and notable Bigger Pockets Podcast guest, Todd Baldwin, clarifies some nuances of not only real estate, but also the education system and dropping out of it. Todd's charismatic personality makes this podcast one of our best thus far, especially if you want a really good laugh.
In this episode, Phillip Steele describes how he optimizes his busy life to ensure maximum efficiency. He then expounds on his time-value of money, which he makes clear why a well optimized life is extremely necessary, especially when working at the world's most valuable company.
In this episode, Michael Greene goes in depth on the psychology on why we do business with the people we do, as well as the importance of the relationships within business operations.
In this episode, Ananaya Alwal elaborates on her career working with American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist Anthony Jay Robbins (Tony Robins). Ananaya proceeds to explain how her failures and disappointments in her past didn't necessarily set her up for a failure-filled future, but rather the extreme opposite.
Nick Zubek & Greg White open up about their Enclave Investment Group (EIG) beginnings, diving deep into the intricacies of group investing and break down the operations behind owning vending machine business.
In this episode, our Co-Founder and CEO, Sean Lacey, lays out for us his financial journey, informing us on how what may have seem to be "accidents" in his life were really purposeful in curating the success he has achieved thus far.
In this episode, our Co-Founder and President, Olayinka Famodu, walks us through his financial journey informing us on how his relationships with people were crucial in cultivating the success he has achieved he has achieved thus far.
In this episode, our Co-Founder and Vice President, Zachary Owen, takes us back through his financial journey informing us on how discipline and failure went hand-in-hand in creating the success he has achieved thus far.
In this episode, Nick Chuma talks about the integration of the Mind, the Body and the Spirit (MBS) in not only his work life, but throughout his personal life, and how the synergic dynamic between the three positively impact him and his co-workers, significantly improving their leadership and well-being.
Highly successful people struggle with loneliness, the burden of performance, and answerless questions, among a ton of other things. Being a part of a community of likeminded individuals not only expedites one's success, which is multiplied by the number people in the community, but can also provide solutions to common struggles and issues.
In this episode, the founders of The Financial Literacy Institute go through a surface level story time discussing their individual journeys related to how they got into their shared passion of finance, which will later be expanded upon for each one of them in future episodes.
Starting you small business can be hard, especially when all odds are against you. Learn how Forrest Lang stared his started his small business throughout the pandemic, and how you can start yours too.
The real estate market has been out of control over the past couple of years. Kyle Oberlin, a top real estate agent and investor, talks about ways to get started and build wealth with real estate.
Educational and consumer debt are curses that haunt many people. Jeff Mohr used a simple three-step process to get mad at debt and dig himself out of it.
Learn from Ryan Barker, a Jack of all trades when it comes to the finance world. We cover a little bit of everything; investing, mindset, and how to set yourself up now for success later.
What does the success mindset mean to you? Having a rock-solid mindset is one of the basic keys to achieving goals and building positive habits.
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Whether we're trying to make friends or level up in our careers, relationships play a huge role.
Our pilot episode, where you can meet the FLI founders, Sean, Yinka, and Zach.
Listen to the founders of The Financial Literacy Institute and learn about their mission.
Yinka discusses what it means to be financially confident, and it's more than what you may think. Financial confidence is something we all can acquire. There are simple things we can do to increase our confidence in all aspects of our lives.