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Wilbur Pack Jr.: Following Dreams through Struggle

Wilbur dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, so he went to night classes for women’s apparel at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Everything was going fine until he got to sewing class. He couldn’t sew; he didn’t know how. A few minutes after he began his professor would appear at…

MC Hammer has a few words to say about your estate plan

Estate planning is one of those things that is just never going to be fun to think about. First of all, it sounds like it's something only really rich people do, and then, when you realize you need one too, it's all about the worst case scenario. What happens to…

5 Week Financial Plan Week 2: Spending & Debt

What are your spending triggers? + Let’s talk about debt, baby

In week 2 of our 5-Week Financial Plan series on Bondfire Radio, we talked about spending and debt. Before we tackled the debt, we tackled the spending, as in, why do we spend money in the first place? We found a great list of spending triggers from this Money Crashers…

What’s Your Biggest Financial Mistake?

Sunday's Bondfire Radio live audio festival was surreal. We rolled through at 10am and found ourselves on an incredible rooftop with sweeping views of Brooklyn. All the studio equipment was set up and the live broadcast had begun. Tasty Keish was perched on the orange couch (came with the roof) and…

The Power of Having Options | Brunch on a Wednesday

This last Sunday, we had Jarnail Singh of Biz2Credit join us on the show to talk about the nuts and bolts of taking out a small business loan. He also talked about a ton of FREE resources that small business owners in NYC have, including free legal counseling, help financing…

Should you ever fund your business with a credit card? (guest post on Millo.co)

(This was a guest blog post for Millo, a fantastic resource and community for people who are working on building a creative business. You can catch the full post on millo.co) We were at the closing table, finalizing our first home purchase, when we found out. We were doing a complete gut…

Your Financial House: A New Way to Look at Your Budget

I had the immense pleasure of leading a personal finance workshop with Designers Assembly this past weekend. They are a collective of young architects and designers who have built a tight-knit community and put together events and workshops to help designers gain financial and business literacy. And they know where to…

How about let’s not bash poor people for shopping on #blackfriday

This last Sunday's Brunch & Budget on Bondfire Radio show was on whether or not you're really getting a good deal on Black Friday or if it's a bunch of psychological tricks that corporations use to prey on people's emotions and vulnerability to get them to spend more money (HINT:…

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Email the Business Center for New American's Aaron Lackman atalackman@nybcna.org and mention Brunch & Budget on Bondfire Radio. He will pull your credit report and credit score for free and review the report with you! This is HUGE! Here's why. Yes, you can go on creditkarma.com or creditsesame.com to get…

Her story may be your story: Bondfire member does live credit counseling session

We've dubbed her Kim Bravery because she not only agreed to do a credit counseling session with Thomas Nitzsche of Clearpoint Credit Counseling Solutions, she agreed to do it in real time, on the air, with everyone listening. They went over her real budget numbers, her real credit report (and actual…

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