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“Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” ― Michelle Obama 🌟
Hello!
Wow Cheltenham, you were amazing! Last Saturday I was invited to talk at the annual prestigious literature festival with journalist and author Alex Holder and Sarah Raphael. We talked about money - obviously - and our books and it was amazing to see such a large and diverse crowd. Thank you all for coming.
I have also done 2 corporate talks at a fintech a law firm and really enjoying meeting you there.
📅 Next week, if you’re in London, I have 2 events for you: our Intro to “ Introduction to Investing” workshop on Tuesday 22nd (2 tickets left) and a breakfast event for freelancers on Friday 25th (check our speakers omg). I hope to see you at one of these 💓.
🌟 In this week’s newsletter, we’ll look at the main money news of the week; followed by our interview of Gaelle (founder of Founder of Girls on Travel), our anonymous money story, book reviews and events.
Have a good day!
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⚡ Please Forward Me to A Friend! ⚡
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MoneyTalk With Gaelle
Founder of Girls on Travel
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What’s your relationship like with money and personal finance?
Being an entrepreneur means that my savings go into my business, so every penny needs to be carefully invested and monitored. I now have to be a lot more money minded than I was before. On the personal side this also means I cannot afford as much as before, but I am working towards it!
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💭 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO THIS WEEK 💭
Vestpod in the news:
📖 My comment about fixing your own rates has been included in this amazing piece about breaking the money taboo by Lydia Slater for Harper’s Bazaar.
📺 Missed our previous event about Housing: buy vs rent? You can read the summary on Vestpod.com and watch the replay on our Youtube channel.
📻 Freelancers - check out the money podcast An Honest Account. This week Rachael Revesz interviews our next guest speaker Anna Codrea-Rado and you can also hear me speak at the end and give a few tips.
On our minds this week:
💰Pensioners to get bumper 4% rise in state pension to £175.20 next spring. This Is Money
🌳 Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney. The Guardian
💥 Closing the ‘first promotion’ gender gap (For every 100 men promoted or hired into their first management position, only 72 women are given the opportunity to take the same step) would add 1 million women to management. Fortune
😱 Five years of tech diversity reports (when in 2014 Silicon Valley companies began disclosing the demographics of their workforces) - and little progress. Wired
📺 Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, MIT economists whose work has helped transform antipoverty research and relief efforts, have been named co-winners of the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, along with another co-winner, Harvard University economist Michael Kremer. MIT Youtube’s channel (52 minutes)
👀 The BBC has revealed its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019.
⭐ Good Samaritan tracks down owner of lost wallet by sending message through 1p online bank transfers. Evening Standard
🚀 How Emily Weiss’s Glossier grew from millennial catnip to billion-dollar juggernaut. Vanity Fair
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What On Earth
Are We Doing With Our Money?
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You may already know Refinery29’s Money Diaries… this is our own version of it! We’ve put together a few questions to understand what women are doing with their money. Let’s break the taboo and talk more about finances!
It’s short, snappy, fun and anonymous.
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Our 10 Easy & Sensible
Ways to Save Money
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They may seem small, but mini-hacks like these can add up to save a decent pot of money at the end of the year and perhaps even more importantly, engender in you the right saving mindset. So here are my favourite ones...
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📒 YOU'RE NOT BROKE
YOU'RE PRE-RICH 📒
Amazon customer on 16th October 2019:
You will fill it up with post its!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Every single page is filled with useful information told in a fun and engaging way. I can't stop taking notes. You'll learn about yourself and finance all in one shot. So worth the money!!
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