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New Episode: Things We Can't Stand About the Personal Finance Landscape 😠

Aug 19, 2019

New Episode: Things We Can't Stand About the Personal Finance Landscape 😠

Every now and then, it's healthy to stand on a soapbox and let people know how you feel, even if you sound like a curmudgeonly old person shouting at the kids in the neighborhood to "get off my lawn." In this episode of #MYDM, Ben & Malcolm are throwing their inhibitions to the wind and risking it all to provide a comprehensive, comedic and completely unsolicited list of ALL the things they can't stand about the personal finance landscape. Hosts: @mydm1 and @malcolmonmoney M

The Emergence of the Fin-Tech Industry📱and How It's Helping Consumers

Oct 15, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence Suggests Women Treat Salary Negotiations More Like The Hunger Games

Ben Carter recaps a recent Money.com piece by Alicia Adamczyk recounting an open letter from actor Jennifer Lawrence admitting her failure to earnestly negotiate for a higher salary and explains how women can avoid getting the short end of the stick when making the case for higher pay. #wealth #moneypros

Jul 14, 2015

Jen Miller Is A Bad @ss Business Woman

Singer/Songwriter Jen Miller joins MYDM to talk about the business of constructing an independent music career as a millennial, social media's impact on the business of her music and how the person who created BING must feel about using the phrase "Google it". To learn more about Jen Miller and her music, visit jenmillermusic.com. Follow her on Twitter @jenerallyspeaks and on Instagram and be sure to listen to her most recent single, "Bullshit". Preview and purchase Jen Mille

Apr 6, 2015

"The Real" Host Jeannie Mai Shares Incredible and Candid Thoughts About Money

Written by Ben Carter This month Manage Your Damn Money is celebrating its one year anniversary with it's #ThoughtsAboutMoney campaign on Twitter and Instagram and on a recent episode of "The Real", talk show host Jeannie Mai shared some incredibly candid thoughts about her fears and money on the show. Often times, adults carry personality traits formed by experiences of their childhood. The way individuals form spending, saving and money habits is usually very much the same.

From Homeownership, To Hotel Management

Feb 26, 2015

From Homeownership, To Hotel Management

Written by Ben Carter Damon Lawrence is a 27-year-old Southern California native who is chasing dreams of hotel, real-estate and boutique hotel management. Damon purchased a home nearby his college town of Baltimore, Maryland at the youthful age of 22. At 26, Damon moved back home to California and began renting out his home, becoming a manager of what became his first investment property. Having worked in the hotel management business for over five years, Damon is turning hi

J. Money on Going Broke in the Big Apple

Sep 4, 2014

J. Money on Going Broke in the Big Apple

In the final portion of his three-part interview, J. Money explains how his financial challenges center around trying to make a living doing things he loves and avoiding work he hates, and his experience of going broke in the Big Apple. What is an area where J Money can personally improve on his finances? Tell us about it. The biggest problem I’m having right now is not wanting to do something I hate for money. Even though I need more money because I keep popping out kids and

J. Money Explains Why Money is Only as Good as What it Can Do for You

Aug 27, 2014

J. Money Explains Why Money is Only as Good as What it Can Do for You

We don't know how "J. Money" picked his fake name. It's actually a question we should have asked him... But the above picture may provide some insight into a man who exposes every bit of his financial life on a blog called budgetsaresexy.com. At the very least, we know he likes doodling on U.S. currency, (which may or may not be a federal offense). In this second installment of this three-part interview, J. tells us what he thinks about money, the millennial generation and ho

J. Money Wants You to Know, Budgets Are Sexy

Aug 22, 2014

J. Money Wants You to Know, Budgets Are Sexy

#MYDM is on a mission to make money cool. That's why when we came across budgetsaresexy.com, we thought it was worth exploring. Budgetsaresexy.com is the website of a gentleman who goes by the name of "J. Money". He responds to "J" and possibly "Money". No. It's not his real name, but it is the alias he uses to share his entire financial life, real numbers and all, online. We asked J. Money a number of questions about his work and what he's learned about money in his six and