Today on Dough Roller, we are talking with Harlan Landes! Harlan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Plutus Foundation, which provides resources and grant money to assist the independent financial media to create, develop, and administer programs that enhance financial literacy, education, and empowerment. He also ran one of the first personal finance blogs, Consumerism Commentary.

In this episode, we talk about Harlan’s financial journey from losing everything, to creating a foundation that deals in millions of dollars a year. We’ll also hear about Harlan’s saving and investing methods. 

 

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Timestamps:

 

00:00- Introducing Harlan Landes

01:52- Harlan’s first blog Consumerism Commentary

09:37- How Consumerism Commentary became a business

19:53- Harlan’s next move after selling Consumerism Commentary

32:21- How and why Harlan founded The Plutus Foundation

37:10- Harlan’s next projects

39:00- Where to keep up with Harlan

 

Mentioned in the Episode:

 

Plutus Foundation - https://plutusfoundation.org/ 

Harlan’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/harlanlandes