Self-Employment Success Podcast

Episode 70: What Works Wednesday: The Effects Of The Fed Lowering Interest Rates

Welcome to What Works Wednesday! Today, we're covering the Fed's recent decision to lower interest rates by 50 basis points in September 2024. We'll quickly explain why rates change, how they impact borrowing and saving, and what this means for you. Let's dive in!

Episode 69: Rising Tides, Forcing Mechanisms, and Keys To Entrepreneurship W/ Aakash Shah

My guest on today’s podcast is Aakash Shah. He is the founder of Wyndly, an at home allergy testing and treatment company, designed to provide personalized immunotherapy treatment plans from real doctors delivered to your door. In this episode Aakash shares his journey which is truly remarkable. He shares about his struggle with allergies and realizing that much of the current healthcare system is not available to many people struggling with allergies, because it is hard to get into see an allergist. He and his cousin discovered a way to provide this treatment, and after fixing his own allergies realized that there is a huge need to be solved and began solving it. Aakash and his cousin used the application for Y Combinator, a startup accelerator that has worked with companies like facebook and google, as a way to think about their business, but then also got accepted and went through the process with Y Combinator. He shares about that experience and how being surrounded by other founders growing their businesses at instance rates created a rising tide that challenged him to rise with the tide and grow his business well too. Aakash has big dreams to cure allergies in America and then all across the world which is inspiring to hear. This episode is filled with incredible nuggets of wisdom for all entrepreneurs. So with that introduction, I hope you enjoy this episode of the Self-Employment Success Podcast with Aakash Shah.  wyndly.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraakashshah/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraakashshah/]

Episode 68: What Works Wednesday: How Elections Impact The Stock Market

In this episode of What Works Wednesday, Leland discusses how elections historically impact the stock market. Without diving into party politics, he explains the unpredictability of markets and shares insights on making informed investment decisions during election years, while emphasizing that no one can predict the future.

Episode 67- Goals that are big enough for everyone else’s goals w/ Briar Baughman

My guest on today’s podcast is Briar Baughman. Briar is the owner and founder of Off-Load Moving, a moving company based out of Hampton Roads, Virginia. What’s unique about Briar is the level of success he has achieved in such a short time, being only 24 at the time of this recording. In this episode Briar shares his story. He details how his family moved 19 times in the first 18 years of his life and how that deeply shaped him. He had developed a dread for moving and realized that this is typically a transition in one’s life that can be exciting but also very stressful. He explains how amidst growing his family, attending college, and being in the army national guard, he and his wife at the age of 19 decided to start Off Load Moving. In this episode we talk about the progression of business, from the early days of getting off the ground, to beginning to scale your business and how that can sometimes mean that as the business owner you have to take on less hats to prevent bottlenecking the business, which can in turn take you away from parts of the business you may have enjoyed or grown accustomed to. Briar is a family man, who loves investing in kids, and has a wisdom beyond his years. In this episode he talks about “being present where your feet are” when your life is filled with many hats, like being a husband, father, business owner, friend, and coach. He also talks about setting goals for the business that are bigger than yourself and are big enough to encompass the goals and lives of your team as well. And finally Briar shared his definition of success as not being money or achievements, but what you kids say about you when you are not in the room. So with that introduction, I hope you enjoy this episode of the Self-Employment Success Podcast with Briar Baughman.  https://offloadmoving.com/ [https://offloadmoving.com/]

Episode 66: What Works Wednesday- It’s Not About What You Make, But What You Keep

Welcome back to What Works Wednesday! I’m Leland Gross, and today we're covering an often overlooked but crucial investing strategy: tax location. While asset allocation (diversifying investments) is well-known, tax location ensures you're maximizing after-tax returns by placing investments in the right accounts. It’s not just about what you make, but what you keep. So make sure your portfolio is optimized for both asset allocation and tax location to grow and keep more of your wealth!