The Young Money Podcast: Recent Episodes
Chinmay Pingale
This podcast features young adults, primarily in college or recent college grads, that are making money in new and innovative ways. The hope for this podcast is for listeners to gain a new perspective and hopefully take on their own efforts. If you think you, or someone you know, would be a good feature, please email me at cmpingale@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
After starting a Juice business near Barton Springs in the early 2000s, Matt Shook’s entrepreneurial journey began. Until 2011, Matt’s juice shop was called Daily Juice, but he split off with his co-founder and began JuiceLand. Since 2011, he’s grown Juiceland to a $28M juice shop and an Austin favorite. Everybody please welcome Matt Shook!
In this episode I’m talking to Matthew Mahoney. Matthew was born and raised in Austin, Texas — entering college as a Plan II Engineering Major. From there, Matthew switched around majors, but knew that the corporate life wasn’t for him. In this episode, Matthew discusses growing his moving company to close to $1M in revenue in his first year, why entrperneuership doesn’t have to be as complicated as people say, and more.
Today, I’m talking to Obafemi Ajayi. Early in college, Oba identified the lack of generalist career guidance and identification amongst college clubs. To change this, he created Headstart, a nonprofit focused on providing freshman and sophomores guidance on career selection and advancement. In this episode, Oba discusses the details of creating Headstart, practical advice for starting an organization, and more.
Today, I’m sitting down with Ben Wheeler. Ben began his journey in lighting from high school, and began full time after graduating. Since then, he’s landed major gigs such as doing lighting for the 21 Pilots tour, Panic! At the Disco, James Taylor, and more! Everyone, please welcome Ben.
In this episode, I’ll be talking to Arham and Arpan. Less than 11 months ago, Arham and Arpan came up with the idea of VO2. They wanted to find a new way for athletes to allow fans to invest in them beyond following their socials or buying their merch. So, they created VO2, a virtual token-based asset that have the potential to provide cash returns. Since starting, they’ve raised $350K, taken a leave of absence from UPenn, and participated in the TechStars accelerator. Everyone please welcome Arham and Arpan.
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In this episode, I’ll be talking to Ashley Lee. Ashley is a rising Junior at the University of Texas and made her first youtube channel in sophomore year of high school. In the next 3 years or so, Ashley grew her channel to over half a million subscribers. Everyone, please welcome Ashley Lee.
Today, we’re interviewing Eddie Cao. Since he was a kid, Eddie has always had a passion for legos. In 7th grade, Eddie decided to transform this passion into a business when he was given a $1000 to open and source inventory for an Ebay store. Since then Eddie hasn’t looked back, racking up 28K in sales, and around half a million dollars in revenue. Everybody please welcome Eddie Cao!
On today’s episode, I’ll be talking to Josh Franks. Josh power lifts at the collegiate level, and during covid, started a moving business called MoCoMovingLLC. He gives great advice on practical approaches to business, negotiations, and marketing. Since covid, the business has grown to well over 6 figures, and even has a sandwich named after it at a nearby restaurant.
Choppa Shoot the Loudest by Lil Tecca sets the scene for today’s interview. Nick Johnson is a rising senior at the University of Texas. After deciding that the generic business path wasn’t for him, he dove headfirst into the music scene. Going from running food errands, to being behind the scenes for a No Jumper interview, to going on tour with Lil Tecca — Nick describes his incredible journey in music.
Today, I’ll be interviewing Brendan Hegarty. Brendan is a rising senior at Univ of Maryland. He was first introduced to video games around the age of 3 and consistently developed his skills to eventually competing in tournaments around the world. Everybody, please welcome Brendan Hegarty.
Today, I’ll be interviewing Asher Kassinove. Asher is a coworker of mine at JPMorgan, and has an impressive, and real-world approach to entrepreneurship. In this episode, Asher discusses going from an idea to a product, testing your product for market fit, and main lessons learned from the various projects he has pursued. Everyone, please welcome Asher Kassinove. https://www.linkedin.com/in/asherkassinove/
Today, I’ll be talking to neil and vibhav. In their later years of high school, neil and vibhav began working at Top Golf — and in this episode, they’ll give practical tips on how to make work more fun, good workplaces to just get some extra money, and lessons learned from working.
Today, I’ll be talking to Julia Meah. I’ve known Julia since freshman year and she’s always communicated a passion for activism and discussion around racial inequality on a more subtle, social level. Julia slowly grew her TikTok page for over 1 and a half years and is now boasting over 60K followers and over 3.3 million likes. Everybody, please welcome Julia Meah.
Today, I’ll be cohosting with James Dong to talk to Kevin Jacob. Like many of us, Kevin began as an NFT skeptic. However, quickly his mind changed as he surrounded himself with friends that were invested in the new market. Overtime, Kevin got entrenched in the ecosystem, eventually launching his own project with some close friends. This major success lead Kevin and his team to start “selling shovels” in the NFT gold rush by creating an NFT launch hosting platform. Everybody, please welcome Kevin Jacob.
In this episode, I’ll be talking to Amod Daherkar. As a freshman, Amod took it upon himself to learn key private equity principles that later landed him a job at a Palo Alto PE firm called Ballator Trust. In addition to working 40 hours a week for this job, he also is leading 2 startups, both which have received funding and even has full time employees. In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about WalkThru.live — a VR application system he made for elderly people living in retirement homes. Everybody, please welcome Amod.
This episode I bring on James Dong. James is a longtime friend of mine and we’ve both always shared an entrepreneurial spirit. Throughout the school year, James worked as a server at Madam Maams, a thai restaurant located right next to the University of Texas. In this episode, James discusses the lessons he has learned from serving, and how he was able to balance it with a CS degree.
In this episode, I’ll be talking to Tanmay Patel. Tanmay is a rising senior at Michigan State University and has had a passion for music since high school. Through some contacts, he was able to land a gig as a music engineer, where Tanmay works with rappers and musicians to make beats and engineer the musical process.
In this episode, I’ll be talking to Sam Farber. Sam plays college football at the D1 level at Butler University. While balancing football, Sam has been selling products on Etsy, creating website development solutions, and gaining academic scholarships. Most recently, Sam also landed a job at JPMorgan Chase, working as an analyst in the Middle Market Banking and Specialized Industries. Today, Sam will talk about these ventures, how he got started in them, lessons he learned from football, and much more. Everybody, please welcome Sam to the show.
In this episode, I’m talking to Madhuri Neralla. Madhuri worked as a Student Technology Assistant for the University of Texas where she helped piece together recorded professor lectures. Everyone, please welcome Madhuri to the show.
In this episode, I’ll be talking to Lucus Moustakas. Lucus’s first experience with NFT’s was only about 7 months ago when he bought a piece of art work attached to an NFT. Since then, Lucus’s curiosity became a serious hustle. He’s bought some of the most notorious NFT’s in the market such as Bored Ape Yacht Club, which had a peak floor price of $400K. In these short 7 months, Lucus has racked up over 7 figures and has also created derivative income flows such as a mentorship program and portfolio management gig. Everybody, please welcome Lucus to the show.
In this episode, I’m bringing on Zach Shrull, a really close friend and someone I respect a lot. Zach started working at HEB his junior year of high school and stuck with it for almost 5 years, accumulating over $50K as well as $10K in scholarships. Zach discusses the value in terms of life lessons of working an hourly job, how he leveraged it to later get an internship with dell, and more.
Today, I’ll be talking to David Gonzalez. David hopped on the crypto wave incredibly early on, investing in bitcoin in late 2016. Since then, David has taken on various projects such as Crypto mining and is dabbling in NFTs. Today, he’ll give advice on where your money should go in the crypto world and how you can still find this area.
On this episode, I’ll be talking to Ethan Tran. Photography and Creativity is woven in Ethan’s personality and it’s a rare occasion to see him without his camera. Ethan began taking photography seriously early college, and since then has gotten many exciting gigs. In this episode, Ethan gives really good advice on becoming a creative and how to work your way like he did. From doing shoots at concerts, coffee shops, and even chipotle, Ethan has gotten up to $1000 for a single gig.
Today, we’ll be talking to Yaseen Abdulla. Yaseen is a track star at the University of Texas, helping them win a national championship this past year. Yaseen is a front-runner to represent Sudan in Track for the 2024 Olympics in Paris and has an incredible resume under him which includes running a 3:57 mile, garnering more than 13K in scholarships, and is on his way to gain multiple sponsorships for his track abilities. While doing all this, Yaseen is rapidly growing his youtube channel and hopes to one day build his own brand. Yaseen talks about a plethora of things, including his time in Kenya and more.
Today, I’ll be conversing with Harold Weiser. Harold is a rising Senior at the University of Texas and currently works directly with the founder and CEO of Internet Money Records. Internet Money Records has collaborated with artists such Lil Tecca, Future, and Swae Lee. They also sign and seek up and coming rappers under their label. Harold’s passion for music shines bright even when he’s not working, and I’m incredibly excited to have him on and share his perspective.
If you think you or someone you know is making money in a way that people would be interested in hearing about, please email me at cmpingale@gmail.com!
Today, I’ll be talking to Kartik Kotamraju. Kartik is a junior Finance Major at Indiana University. He served on his high school’s debate team for all 4 years and was president for 2 of them. After graduating high school, Kartik leveraged his talents in debate and organically found his way into starting a debate camp program which now have around 60 alumni and has accumulated around $15k.
If you think you or someone you know is making money in a way that people would be interested in hearing about, please email me at cmpingale@gmail.com!
If you think you have a cool hustle you want to share on the Young Money Podcast, email me at cmpingale@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!