Financial Independence Europe Podcast

148 FI Meetups in Europe

Today Alvar is back with the Podcast after longer break. Together we discuss all FI Meetups we know in Europe. If you have more send us a message at financialindependenceeurope at gmail.com or DM on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @FiEurope. * 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: https://bit.ly/fieurope148 [https://bit.ly/fieurope148] * 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD [http://eepurl.com/dq6imD] (no BS guarantee) * 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb [http://bit.ly/fieuropefb] * 🐦 Twitter: https://bit.ly/fieuropetwitter [https://bit.ly/fieuropetwitter] * 🤳Instagram https://bit.ly/fieuropeinstagram [https://bit.ly/fieuropeinstagram] * 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup [http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup] * 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 [http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9] * ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage [http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage] Cheers, Mathias & Co

147 - How to give effectively | Luke Freeman & Rebecca Herbst

Today Mathias talks with Luke and Rebecca about donating and philanthropy. Luke works for the organisation Giving What we Can” and Rebecca is already retired from her corporate career at WeWork and other companies. She is now teaching people part time about  personal finance at Yield and Spread. Interestingly Rebecca is now giving what she earns in her side business to people in need. Today we want to find out why. Once you achieve a certain wealth, people often experience a strong desire to help others in need. Of course many of you are also giving before hitting that milestone right in your accumulation phase. Especially these days where millions are fleeing from war even in middle Europe. Something we really could not imagine some time ago. We already talked with Sebastian in episode 36 about effective altruism and want to extend the topic even further.  So today: You’ll learn about the motivation behind giving, how to screen for most effective projects, the history and evolution of philanthropy and how Europe and the US are different in here. Don’t forget to apply for the FI Europe Retreat [https://financial-independence.eu/events/financial-independence-retreat-europe-2022/] starting may where you can meet 25 ambitious and relaxed FI Europeans at the pool in the middle of the Spanish mountains. We talk about * Motivation behind giving * History of philanthropy in US and EU  * How Giving What We Can works * How Rebacca has retired and donates 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope147 ⛱️ FI Europe Retreat [https://financial-independence.eu/events/financial-independence-retreat-europe-2022/] 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD [http://eepurl.com/dq6imD] (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb [http://bit.ly/fieuropefb] 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup [http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup] 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 [http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9] ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage [http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage] Cheers, Mathias & Co

146 - Holding Crypto Securely | Nick Neumann

Hi FI Europeans, this is Mathias. In this episode I speak with Nick Neumann. He is the CEO of Casa a Startup from Denver in the US.  today talk about the different security aspects of holding crypto and here especially Bitcoin as one of the more conservative plays in that field.  The one important question you have to ask yourself when holding crypto is. Whom do you trust more: yourself or an exchange. So in the past your choice has been storing crypto on a hardware wallet and potentially losing the device or the password. Or you could have kept your holdings on an Exchange like Binance or Coinbase where you do not control the cryptographic key to the wallet.  Casa is helping to make hardware wallets and self custody more resistant to human failure improving user friendliness and resilience.  And by that it’s making crypto available for a broader audience and driving the evolution of the current wave of new financial services.   We talk about: * Evolution of self custody and wallets * Security measures at Cassa * BTC vs. other coins * Transitioning from Product Management to CEO * FI Community and crypto * Metaverse and crypto 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope146 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD [http://eepurl.com/dq6imD] (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb [http://bit.ly/fieuropefb] 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup [http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup] 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 [http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9] ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage [http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage] Cheers, Mathias & Co

145 - How a Croatian Basketball Player Transitions to IT in Sweden Toni Vitali

Hi Fi Europeans, this is Mathias and today I talk with Toni Vitali. He is a member of our community and a professional Basketball Player transitioning to his post-sports profession.  He was growing up in Croatia and recently moved to sweden. He is also blogging about Financial Independence towards his audience in croatia.   So I’m pretty curious how these sports careers work,  what people in Croatia think about financial independence and money in general and what his approach to build wealth is.  I also was slightly surprised when we talked about taxes in Croatia and Sweden. I hope you like this episode after a little break here with the Podcast in the last couple of months.  We talk about * Sports careers * Working full time and studying * Financial Independence in croatia * Taxes in croatia and sweden 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope145 🏖️ FI Europe Retreat 2022: https://bit.ly/fieuretreat22 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD [http://eepurl.com/dq6imD] (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb [http://bit.ly/fieuropefb] 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup [http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup] 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 [http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9] ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage [http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage] Cheers, Mathias & Co

144 - Bitcoin basics 2: Bitcoin basics and tools to get started | David

In the last episode, we covered the basics of the monetary system and history with David, a member of our community. Check out that episode if you haven’t already. Today in the second part we cover the basics of Bitcoin. Still many FI Europeans haven’t gotten their feet wet with crypto. If you like to start experimenting with it or you already started but haven’t thought about the basic concepts behind you might want to continue listening. If you’re already a pro you might want to skip the episode. We also suggest some simple steps and tools to start investing.  Nevertheless I want to emphasize that there is no need to necessarily invest in BTC or crypto if it’s not your cup of tea you’ll be still fine. No need to have fear of missing out although the returns of the past years have outperformed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Check out also the PDF in the show notes with some how-to guides. As usual, this episode is no official financial advice. Your capital might be at risk.  Links: ☝️ Get Davids beginner guide [https://bit.ly/BTCBeginnersGuide] mentioned in the episode We talk about * Basic principles of BTC * Store of value * Proof of work, P2P, Cryptocraphy, Blockchain, immutability * decentralization and importance of nodes * comparison of BTC to other currencies * Trilemma of blockchains * tools to get started 🤓 Full shownotes and mentioned links on our website: http://bit.ly/fieurope144 📰 Join our Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dq6imD [http://eepurl.com/dq6imD] (no BS guarantee) 👍 Follow us on Facebook and drop us a message: http://bit.ly/fieuropefb [http://bit.ly/fieuropefb] 👍 Join the Facebook group http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup [http://bit.ly/fieuropefbgroup] 😍 Please subscribe on iTunes, Android or Spotify and leave us a review. http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9 [http://bit.ly/2OwKKZ9] ☎️ Send your Questions: http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage [http://bit.ly/fieuropeVoiceMessage] Cheers, Mathias & Co