Episode No. 332 | April 06, 2022
Providing a Personal Client Experience in a Virtual Firm
A Conversation with Leo Marte, CFP®
Today’s interview is with Leo Marte, CFP®, the owner of Abundant Advisors, a virtual fee-only firm that specializes in serving Christian professionals. Leo joined XYPN and launched his firm in 2020 after spending a dozen years at Vanguard, managing a large team, and working with thous …
Episode No. 331 | March 23, 2022
The Confidence to Launch and Define Your Niche
A Conversation with Elaine King and Scott Alan Turner
Today, we talk with two advisors who launched their firms in the past six months. This is a different kind of podcast that gives folks an inside perspective on what it’s really like in the first year. Instead of talking to people about how their first year was in hindsight, Elaine Kin …
December 29, 2021
Changing Careers & Growing a Successful Fee-Only Firm
Today, Jennipher Lommen, founder of Wildflower Financial, a fee-only firm out of Santa Cruz, California, is on the show. Jennipher is a career changer and entered this industry only a few years before she launched Wildflower four years ago. Jennipher homeschooled all three of her chil …
August 11, 2021
Growing Your Firm with Digital Marketing
We’re excited to welcome Daniel Kopp to the show today. Daniel is the owner and founder of Wise Stewardship Financial Planning—a two-year-old, 100% virtual fee-only firm that serves over 25 widows and military personnel. Today, Daniel talks about what it was like starting his firm whi …
July 28, 2021
Building a Firm Part-Time
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to starting or scaling a practice, and today, we sit down for a conversation with XYPN member Spencer Stephens who has taken his own path starting and scaling his firm. Stephen, like many folks, is interested in building a lifestyle practice vs. …
November 18, 2020
Ep #282: The Benefits of Keeping Up With Your Accounting - A Discussion with Dan Keslin
We’re excited to have XYPN teammate, Dan Keslin, on the show today. Dan is the Director of XY Bean Counters and he joins us today to shine light on the responsibilities of an RIA owner when it comes to keeping books and financial records accurate and updated—a task many advisors under …
November 11, 2020
Ep #281: Retired Engineer Turned Business Owner Serving Engineers - The Career of Britton Gregory
We’re excited to have XYPN member Britton Gregory, owner of Austin-based fee-only firm, Seaborn Financial, on the show today. Britton had a long career as an engineer before catching the personal finance bug and deciding to chase his encore career. Today, he stays connected to his car …
November 04, 2020
Ep #280: Doubling Revenue by Bringing on a Partner - The Career of Justin Brownlee
We’re excited to have XYPN member Justin Brownlee, owner of the Houston-based fee-only firm Brownlee Wealth Management, on the show. Justin started his own firm last year after spending nearly a decade in the insurance and brokerage world. Today, he’s building the premier firm serving …
