Aussie Firebug

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Aussie Firebug episodes

August 31, 2016Episode 4. Stockspot
Summary

I invite the founder and CEO of the Australian robo-advising company Stockspot to chat about entrepreneurship, investing and how traditional fund managers are ripping you off!

Chris Brycki holds a Bachelor of Commerce, was the national winner of the ASX Schools Share Game three years in row, a highly experienced trader spending most of his career as a Portfolio Manager at UBS investing the banks’ capital and more recently an entrepreneur, founding his own company Stockspot.

Show Notes

What is a Robo-advisor?

Stockspot

Fat Cat Funds Report
58 min
May 22, 2016 Episode 3. Detrimental12
Summary Our guest today bought his first shares of News Corp at 12 years of age. Realising later in life that money through investing and business ventures would be his escape from conservative country living in rural NSW. Investment properties in Australia and the US along with his own company are propelling Detrimental12 to reach financial independence in his early 30's! With a net worth of over $800K he is well on his way. Show Notes Financial Independence Australia Subreddit Detrimental's Blog about US Real Estate for Aussie's When Koalas attack!
1 hr 7 min
May 17, 2016Episode 3. Detrimental12
Summary

Our guest today bought his first shares of News Corp at 12 years of age. Realising later in life that money through investing and business ventures would be his escape from conservative country living in rural NSW.

Investment properties in Australia and the US along with his own company are propelling Detrimental12 to reach financial independence in his early 30's! With a net worth of over $800K he is well on his way.

Show Notes

Financial Independence Australia Subreddit

Detrimental's Blog about US Real Estate for Aussie's

When Koalas attack!
1 hr 7 min
March 30, 2016 Episode 2. Mad Fientist
SummaryI have been following today's guest for a few years now. He is one of my favourite FI bloggers and has recently hit financial independence in his mid thirties.The Mad Fientist analyses the tax code and looks at personal finance through the lens of early financial independence, he develops strategies and tactics to help you retire even earlier.Most personal finance advice is geared towards people retiring in their 60s or later and doesn’t apply to those pursuing early financial independence. The Mad Fientist focuses on providing advice and innovative tax-avoidance methods specifically for people wanting to break away from full-time employment very early in life.You can check out his site here but be warned, a lot of the information is geared towards the US system. But not all is lost, there is also countless information that can be transferred to an Australian striving for FI so I would defiantly check it out.One of his best resources is his podcasts which can be found here. I have listened to all of them and they are fantastic! A big reason that I started to podcast was because of how much quality info I was able to get out of the Mad Fientist's podcasts.Show NotesWhat is negative gearing?www.madfientist.comMad Fientist PodcastsPickle with more fans than Nickleback (the Facebook group has since been deletec)
1 hr 7 min
March 22, 2016 Episode 1. Ben Everingham: The Stars Align In Paris...
In this episode I chat to Ben Everingham who was able to retire from full time work at the age of 29. Ben knew he was not wired the same as everyone else when he started working full time and quickly discovered that the 'normal' working life was never going to make him happy. After a Euro trip at 19 and finishing Uni, Ben was able to land a great job in Sydney earning over 6 figures. Most would think that they have it made with a great job straight out of Uni but after working a while Ben knew that this job was never going to satisfy him long term and whilst the money was great, he was miserable.After reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, Ben's eyes had been opened up to the possibility of investing and business ownership. Eager to get started, Ben was able to purchase 6 properties within 4 years and started his own business, thus achieving his goal of quitting full time work before the age of thirty...
44 min
January 31, 2016 Episode 1- Ben Everingham: The Stars Align In Paris...
In this episode I chat to Ben Everingham who was able to retire from full time work at the age of 29.
Ben knew he was not wired the same as everyone else when he started working full time and quickly discovered that the 'normal' working life was never going to make him happy. After a Euro trip at 19 and finishing Uni, Ben was able to land a great job in Sydney earning over 6 figures. Most would think that they have it made with a great job straight out of Uni but after working a while Ben knew that this job was never going to satisfy him long term and whilst the money was great, he was miserable.
After reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, Ben's eyes had been opened up to the possibility of investing and business ownership. Eager to get started, Ben was able to purchase 6 properties within 4 years and started his own business, thus achieving his goal of quitting full time work before the age of thirty...
45 min

About Aussie Firebug

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My name's Matt, I'm a country boy for regional Victoria who is on track to reach Financial Independence and Retire Early (FIRE) by my mid-thirties. I interview interesting people on topics relating to…