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Sowtastic

22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Ongoing series where we share tips from parents, highlight young minds doing some #sowtastic things, and finance experts. More info at www.sowtastic.com

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Episodes

Entrepreneur’s Journey: Investing, Roses, Addiction Tele-Rehab with Parth Kapadia

May 04, 2023 20:21 - 29 minutes - 38 MB

In this podcast, Parth Kapadia, CEO & Founder of Quitly (www.quitlytelerehab.com) and Co-Founder of Global Petals (www.globalpetals.com) shares #tips and his journey competing in investing in high-school; enrolling in #Enterpreneur-in-residence program at Exelon; starting Global Petals to disrupt Rose distribution supply-chain; and now becoming motivated to start an addiction tele-rehab company helping over a million users!   Parth perfectly connects the dots for running a business while p...

Entrepreneur’s Journey: Going All-In on Social Media Business with Michael J Lis

February 09, 2023 15:36 - 30 minutes - 58.6 MB

In this podcast, Michael J Lis, owner and CEO of Speck media (www.speckmedia.com - social media firm) shares how he decided to ditch a regular paycheck, #GoAllIn, #QuitFullTime job and chase an uncertain but passionate vision! All when Starbucks first came to him to create a social media presence for them!   Starting from nothing and taking advantage of mentorship, to finding strength in employees, learning to match good sales skills with goals, almost going bankrupt, having to make tough ...

Entrepreneur’s Journey: 18-Yr-Old And Running 2 Businesses with Abhi Chaganti

January 19, 2023 15:38 - 26 minutes - 51.3 MB

In this podcast, Abhi Chaganti, a dynamic #18YearOldEntrepreneur and senior in high school, working part time, and now running 2 #SideHustles: Pitstop Vintage (www.thepitstopvintage.com - online clothing store) and SnowCo (snow shoveling business), gives his amazing mindset on running his businesses, getting through tough struggles/challenges, victories, lessons learned, and much more! From how parents can encourage younger entrepreneurs, balancing time and priorities with school, job, busi...

Entrepreneur’s Journey: Home-based to Storefront Custom Bakery with Amanda Innes-Shareef

January 04, 2023 13:10 - 39 minutes - 41.3 MB

In this podcast, Amanda Innes-Shareef, a serial entrepreneur who's run "Beans and Sweets" (custom dessert and coffee shop) and now authoring at "Baking Besties" www.bakingbesties.com (sharing baking, crafts and other fun kid-friendly projects), talks through her journey! Switching from working a career in Health Insurance to having her storefront, Amanda shares how she learned financial principles basics of #BusinessOwnership, like managing vendors, #usingSocialMediaEffectively to grow, mar...

Money and Marriage with Roshan Hindia and Yatiksha Rao

May 13, 2022 13:02 - 28 minutes - 55.7 MB

In this podcast, Roshan Hindia and Yatiksha Rao (one of the co-founders of Sowtastic), talk through their financial journey - learning from making dumb mistakes, mentorships, and actively seeking out #FinancialLiteracy, hear their variety of anecdotes, mistakes, successes, lessons learned on topics like #Budgeting as a couple, #FinancialGoalsetting, avoiding petty arguments over money, balancing time vs chasing money, needs vs wants, and much more!   In their 21 years together thus far - s...

Best College Savings & Funding Options (Pt 2 of 2) with Eric Zheng, Arun Mani, & Edvard Janvier

April 29, 2022 15:11 - 28 minutes - 29.3 MB

In this Part 2 of our podcast, Eric, Arun & Edvard Janvier continue diving into a hot topic of #BestCollegeSavingsOptions, explaining nuances, critical #DecidingFactors as well as #FAQs people continue to ask on #CollegeFunding and #529, Life Insurance, UGMA, UTMA, ESA. Additionally their insightful thoughts and takeaways on why becoming financially literate on this topic is critical at earlier ages are truly calls-to-action!   You can check out Part 1 of this podcast https://youtu.be/GA7Z...

Best College Savings & Funding Options (Pt 1 of 2) with Eric Zheng, Arun Mani, & Edvard Janvier

April 22, 2022 15:47 - 32 minutes - 33.7 MB

In this podcast, Eric, Arun & Edvard Janvier engage in one of our highly-demanded topics diving into #BestCollegeSavingsOptions, talking through a lively panel starting with criticality of learning and #PlanningAhead for #CollegeFunding, and then providing greater understanding on #529, Life Insurance, UGMA, UTMA, ESA.  Their insight into Pros, Cons, Benefits, Drawbacks of each is a must listen!   Check out Part 2 (coming next week) of this pod where we tackle topics like nuances & decidin...

Impacting & Business-Building in High School with Adhrija Anbuchelian

April 11, 2022 17:05 - 33 minutes - 38.7 MB

In this podcast, 18-yr old Adhrija Anbuchelian shares incredible thoughts on starting a #BusinessInHerTeens with her sister, as well as aligning her two major passions - serving kids with #IntellectualDisabilities and empowering #WomenInSTEM - with success in her business and marketing journey!  Her crystal-clear mindset on advantages of being financially literate at earlier ages, utilizing networks effectively, and even positive impact Sowtastic can have shines through on every topic!  Adh...

Insurance Basics & Avoiding Mistakes (Pt 2 of 2) with Vince Spinosa and Pritesh Patel

March 10, 2022 15:42 - 19 minutes - 37.7 MB

In Part 2 of our podcast with Vince Spinosa and Pritesh Patel, they continue to demystify Insurance and financial literacy with mistakes/pitfalls to avoid, considerations to make, and even some little known secrets around insurance!  Topics like age considerations, riders people skim over, how health levels factor in approval/denial, tips on researching companies and their ratings, using insurance to build assets for kids, and even taking loans out or collateralization against insurance make...

Insurance Basics & Avoiding Mistakes (Pt 1 of 2) with Vincent Spinosa and Pritesh Patel

March 02, 2022 17:43 - 22 minutes - 42.5 MB

In this podcast, Vince Spinosa and Pritesh Patel engage in a lively panel and setup objective, in-depth assessment of what #LifeInsurance is, #KeyConcepts to understand, differences, and #InsuranceFAQ that people continue to have. Additionally, their shrewd insight on how Insurance and #SmartFinancialManagement play a critical role in #FinancialLiteracy is a must listen! With a combined 30+ years of experience in finance & insurance industry as wealth management advisors at Spinosa Financial...

Pushing Back on Financial Illiteracy with Trey Markel

January 31, 2022 21:23 - 37 minutes - 40.9 MB

In this podcast, Trey Markel - founder and CEO of both Centrex Software, a finance dedicated CRM and mobile app software company, and iBank, a personal money management platform designed for #millennials - talks in great detail on why it's critical to attack financial illiteracy for youth and adults and tips to start attacking it head on!  From insights into how time plays a huge factor, to teaching through engaging content, to using mentors effectively, to feeling helpless (and even exploit...

Costs of Medical School - US vs Abroad with Dr. Deepak Patel

January 18, 2022 20:54 - 39 minutes - 58.2 MB

In this podcast, Dr. Deepak Patel provides multitudes of insight into both benefits and challenges of US-based vs. International School in the medical field, including differences in tuition, financial options, teaching methods, medical practice philosophies and other factors to consider in decision-making towards college readiness!  Dr. Patel gives personal examples, thought process, and retrospective in his outstanding career as a board-certified doctor in family medicine and primary care ...

Emotions & Habits in Learning Finances with Dr. Dianne Fabii

January 11, 2022 18:56 - 31 minutes - 36 MB

In this podcast, Dr. Diane Fabii covers multitudes of tips, advice, and personable examples on effective financial learning through habits and lasting emotional maturity! Dr. Fabii gives perceptive wisdom on financial self-efficacy through how-to's for Parents modeling behavior for kids, insights for why Financial Learning is critical, and guidance on nurturing and teaching regulation of expressed feelings in kids towards solving a problem. And all this from her expert perspective as a well-...

Success with Passive Real Estate with Micy Liu

January 04, 2022 17:13 - 25 minutes - 31.4 MB

In this podcast, Micy Liu (founder of Life Mission Capital - www.lifemissioncapital.com), discusses topics like benefits of passive income through real-estate, House hacking, and her journey going from international student from China and financially supported by her parents, to working professionally in Supply Chain to how she continues to build expert knowledge in Real Estate, and even starting a real-estate interest group within Walmart Corporate that's grown to >300 members!

Ministering Financial Literacy with Edvard Janvier

November 18, 2021 01:53 - 27 minutes - 43.5 MB

In this podcast, Edvard Janvier, shares insights on how he went from lack of financial know-how to getting himself financially literate to now ministering knowledge to others!  Edvard uses insightful analogies to talk about how to make the most of discussing finances with peers, taking actionable steps in knowledge-gathering (i.e. in taxes, 529, investing, etc.), and helping others overcome financial gaps!

Raising a Future Entrepreneur with Nancy Griffin

November 04, 2021 00:55 - 35 minutes - 42.9 MB

In this podcast, Nancy Griffin, a single mother raising a daughter and owning multiple businesses including AdvisHer - focusing on helping entrepreneurs understand financial literacy - shares details of teaching her daughter entrepreneurship.  Nancy dives deep into topics like financial mistakes she overcame, struggling and growing through teaching her daughter business concepts, correcting what environment tries to teach kids and finding a right balance in teaching vs "pushing" their kids.

Modeling Finances To Twins with Ruchita Patel

October 27, 2021 14:30 - 32 minutes - 38.1 MB

In this podcast, Ruchita Patel shares how as a single mom, she's modeling finances to her 9-yr-old twin daughters - teaching them banking, investing, entrepreneurship, and value of money.  Her thoughtful perspectives on topics like addressing comparison shopping, encouraging good choices kids make, and teaching finances cooperatively with an ex-spouse are a must-listen!

Winning At Investing: 18 To 20 with Sam Virzi

October 20, 2021 15:38 - 17 minutes - 27.4 MB

In this podcast, 20-Yr-Old Sam Virzi shares how (with zero investment background at 18) he started investing with $100 birthday stocks and has now grown it to a $25,000+ portfolio in 2 years, surrounding himself with knowledge and a mentor!  Sharing general tips, strategies, and more importantly, mindset, Sam provides good framework for new investors in their teens.

Effective Budgeting & Allowance with Quantaze Watts

October 12, 2021 21:12 - 36 minutes - 42.5 MB

In this podcast, Quantaze Watts shares how/what/why to set up effective budgeting and allowance with 13+ Yr Olds. Additionally Quantaze covers deep insights on a range of related topics from why financial literacy teaching is a must, combatting "keeping up with the Joneses" for kids, to using "performance-based" allowance in building strong character traits.

YouTube Aspirations as an 8 Yr-Old Book Reviewer with Jenisha Stanley & Jone Stanley

October 05, 2021 22:59 - 25 minutes - 30 MB

In this podcast, 8-Yr-Old Jenisha (YouTube Channel: Rainbow Bay) and her father Stanley share how Jenisha's passion of reading books inspired her to successfully start her own growing YouTube channel! The tips, thoughts, goal-setting ideas she shares can help anyone start and grow their own YouTube channel!

Teaching Kids Using Everyday Finances with Anthony Patrick

September 28, 2021 20:18 - 31 minutes - 33 MB

In this podcast, one of Sowtastic's founders, Anthony Patrick shares how parents can teach finances to their kids, using day-to-day ideas and examples, both practical and hands-on.

Instill Investing with Pranay Shah and Pratham Shah

September 21, 2021 14:15 - 40 minutes - 48.3 MB

In this podcast, this father-son duo talks about how to instill investing as parents to their kids.  From mindset, practical tips, specific approaches to overcoming challenges, this podcast gives both perspectives (parents and kids) to teach practical investing to kids.