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March 28, 2018

Ep 145: Using Humor to Make Financial Planning Fun – The Career of Catie Hogan

Ep 145: Using Humor to Make Financial Planning Fun – The Career of Catie Hogan

From books to planning practices, the financial planning world tends to be a bit boring and stale. Catie Hogan realized this early on and channeled her humor and fun-loving nature into her book as well as her practice. She has successfully found a way to get people interested in finan …

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January 31, 2018

Ep #137: Husband and Wife Each Start Businesses with a Newborn - The Career of Scott Haley

Ep #137: Husband and Wife Each Start Businesses with a Newborn - The Career of Scott Haley

From fee-only planning to tax planning, Scott Haley has found an interesting and successful business model for his firm. He joins us on the show to talk about how he got started in financial planning and what it was like getting a rough start initially and then finally finding the rig …

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January 24, 2018

Alan & Kitces Unhinged - Leveraging a TAMP to Grow Your Financial Planning Practice

Alan & Kitces Unhinged - Leveraging a TAMP to Grow Your Financial Planning Practice

Alan Moore and Michael Kitces join forces on this episode to address a topic that they have been getting a lot of questions about recently. They address the challenges that have been present when working with TAMPs and why they decided to launch XY Investment Solutions with the specif …

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November 29, 2017

Ep #128: Integrating Faith and Finance - The Career of Ben Wacek

Ep #128: Integrating Faith and Finance - The Career of Ben Wacek

Today XYPN founding member Ben Wacek is here! Now also the founder of Wacek Financial Planning, Ben has been building his own business since 2014. He is slowly turning it into the ideal firm for him and his family, as he is able to work from home and prioritize time with his wife and …

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November 22, 2017

Ep #127: Alan & Kitces Unhinged - Fee-only, Fiduciary, and Why It All Matters

Ep #127: Alan & Kitces Unhinged - Fee-only, Fiduciary, and Why It All Matters

XYPN co-founder Michael Kitces is back on the show! Today he’s here to answer some of the most common questions we get regarding what it means to be fee-only and why being a fiduciary is so important to us.

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November 01, 2017

Ep #124: Financial Life Planning and Discovering Your Why - An Interview with Elizabeth Jetton

Ep #124: Financial Life Planning and Discovering Your Why - An Interview with Elizabeth Jetton

Elizabeth Jetton is on the show to share the incredible new programs and educational opportunities being developed to help financial planners start strong. She also opens up to share the importance of finding your ‘Why’ and gives tips on when and how to do it. Her experience in almost …

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October 04, 2017

Ep #120 - Career Changing From Tax Attorney to Financial Planner With a Focused Niche of Serving LGBTQ Couple Clients - The Career of Brian Thompson

Ep #120 - Career Changing From Tax Attorney to Financial Planner With a Focused Niche of Serving LGBTQ Couple Clients - The Career of Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson, founder of Brian Thompson Financial, is committed to helping the LGBTQ community with their financial planning. He started out as a tax attorney but his interest in personal finance grew after he watched his mom get sold inappropriate annuities and saw more opportunity …

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September 13, 2017

Ep #117: Becoming a Planner After Being Told It Wasn't an Appropriate Career for a Woman - The Career of Melissa Ellis

Ep #117: Becoming a Planner After Being Told It Wasn't an Appropriate Career for a Woman - The Career of Melissa Ellis

Melissa Ellis joins us this episode to share her story and some of the lessons she learned along the way to where she is now. Despite putting off her dream due to being told financial planning wasn’t appropriate for women and that the timing wasn’t right, she finally went for it and n …

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