I'm thrilled to have the sensational Kate Watts on the show today. Kate is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful business exits under her belt. Today, we delve into her journey from growing up in an entrepreneurial household to her dominating the business world. 

Kate shares intimate stories about her childhood, early exposure to entrepreneurial roles, and the impactful money messages she received at home. We also explore her experiences in high school and college, which shaped her work ethic and financial understanding, leading to her successful career start in New York City. 

Kate opens up about the ups and downs of founding her businesses, her approach to financial education, and the incredible journey of building and selling her company to The Atlantic. We discuss the importance of negotiating salaries, the significance of self-advocacy, and the criticality of having financial safety nets when branching off on your own business ventures.

She also shares her plans for future businesses, investments, and her perspective on leaving a legacy. This episode provides valuable insights on balancing ambition and financial responsibility, offering wisdom to both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs. 

As a testament to her many successes in starting and selling businesses, since this episode recording, her agency, Long Dash, was also sold and acquired by 50,000feet. Talk about a full-circle moment!  

Key Topics:

1. Kate's early exposure to and love for entrepreneurship and its influence on her career path
2. What it was like growing up with two entrepreneurial parents
3. Being raised to think success was sexy and pushing for constant achievement
4. Going to college and leaning into the social experience of it all
5. Establishing herself in NYC and learning quickly that she had no concept of money
6. Struggling to make ends meet but thriving in that struggle
7. Learning to save and be more frugal with her money
8. The different types of salary negotiations and how Kate learned to navigate them throughout her career
9. Taking the leap to start her own business
10. Putting emotional and financial safety nets into place as an entrepreneur
11. Selling her first company to The Atlantic
12. Investing in real estate and in starting other businesses
13. Establishing the first half of her career vs. the second half
14. Helping women get opportunities and creating things that generate growth

Connect with Janell online:

Website: https://www.belleviemedical.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janell-ocampo-dnp-fnp-bc-42533313/

Instagram: @janellocampodnp, @belleviemedical

YouTube: @janellocampo

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Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

On today's episode, I had the incredible pleasure of welcoming the remarkable Janell Ocampo. From the ground up, Janell has built a life and career that is nothing short of inspirational. From overcoming a challenging childhood, navigating an unstable environment, and enduring personal hardships, Janelle managed to carve out an incredible path for herself. 

Building and successfully exiting a thriving business, she shares the trials, tribulations, and triumphs that brought her to where she is, standing strong today. Janelle opens up about her early struggles, growing up with neglect and abuse, and the impactful decision to go back to school to change her future. She delves into her passionate journey into the nursing field, the step-by-step development of her business, and the significant personal and professional milestones along the way. 

She also talks about navigating through a toxic marriage, dealing with a damaging business partnership, and the relentless pursuit of her goals despite these setbacks. Perhaps what's most inspiring about Janell's story is her unwavering resilience and dedication not just to her business, but to uplifting her community and ultimately, thriving against all odds. 

Janell emphasizes the importance of financial education and how having trusted advisors has been in steering her business toward success. This is more than just an entrepreneurial success story; it's a testament to pushing through obstacles and rising above them with grace and perseverance.

Key Topics:

1. Navigating a childhood of abuse and neglect and channeling it into a desire to help others
2. The wake-up call moment that convinced Janell she had to take charge of changing her future for the better
3. Discovering for herself how to fund her education and make it on her own
4. Working multiple jobs to make ends meet and support her kid
5. Falling in love with the world of Botox
6. Early lessons in business and learning from failures
7. Navigating early entrepreneurship amidst an abusive relationship
8. How a difficult diagnosis propelled Janell’s career farther than she could have ever imagined
9. Building a mini-empire fueled by her desire to be successful despite her illness 
10. Challenges with getting a divorce while growing her business
11. When Janell realized exiting her business was possible and what propelled her to do it
12. Looking to the next chapter after her kids are out of the house
13. Doing better for her younger kids using the lessons she learned earlier in life
14. The importance of having trusted advisors to help with finances and wealth management

Connect with Janell online:

Website: https://www.belleviemedical.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janell-ocampo-dnp-fnp-bc-42533313/

Instagram: @janellocampodnp, @belleviemedical

YouTube: @janellocampo

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I had the incredible pleasure of sitting down with the remarkable Shang Saavedra on this week’s episode. Shang’s inspiring story, from navigating early financial struggles to becoming financially independent, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. She shared her experiences growing up in challenging circumstances moving around a lot as a young girl, and a strong emphasis on education that shaped her future life goals. 

Through diligent saving, smart financial planning, and a lot of hard work, Shang managed to graduate from Harvard with a degree in economics and no student debt — a testament to her family's frugality and her own tenacity to be financially independent as early as possible. We explored her journey into management consulting, her strategic approach to building wealth, and how she discovered the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement, which ultimately led her to retire early and focus on educating others about personal finance. 

Shangs’s story is a powerful reminder that with the right mindset and strategies, financial freedom is achievable. During our conversation, you'll learn about the lessons she learned along the way to financial freedom, the importance of frugality, and how she and her husband managed to live on one income while raising their young kids. 

Tune in to get inspired to take control of your financial freedom and learn how Shang is inspiring others to do the same with Save My Cents.

Key Topics:

1. A nomadic childhood with a strong emphasis on education
2. Watching her parents establish themselves in the US as an immigrant family
3. Working hard in high school to go to Harvard — debt-free
4. Setting her sights on management consulting as an early career path
5. Taking on an early interest in saving and investing that set her up for success
6. Dreaming of being a rich CEO after business school
7. Staying frugal in the face of temptation
8. Shang’s first introduction to the FIRE concept
9. The dominoes that fell that led Shang to leave corporate for good
10. Living on one income and saving and investing the other
11. Ensuring her wealth lasts beyond 3 generations
12. The start of Save My Cents
13. Wealth isn’t about numbers, it’s about healing from childhood trauma and early money stories
14. Using her wealth to invest in nurturing her personal relationships

Connect with Shang online:

Website: https://savemycents.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shangsaavedra/

Instagram: @savemycents

YouTube: Save My Cents

Buy the book: Wealth is a Mindset

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I had the incredible pleasure of sitting down with the remarkable KK Hart. From the moment I met KK, I was captivated by her light and the mastery she demonstrates in entrepreneurship through business acquisition. KK's journey, beginning with her family's move from Trinidad to the U.S. and transitioning from a single-parent household, is both inspiring and enlightening. 

From the very beginning, KK learned to have a pragmatic view of work and money and used that to launch herself forward very early on in life. She is an open book about her childhood experiences, the lessons learned from her mother's resilience, and the dual life she led growing up in a less affluent neighborhood while attending schools with wealthier peers. 

All of these experiences and lessons led her to an impressive path through college, where she graduated early and was able to buy a house by the time she left school with all the money she had already saved up. 

From there, she shares her bold career start in big pharma and the pivotal moments that led her to leave corporate America and bet on herself by launching her consultancy and acquiring businesses. KK's story is a testament to the power of self-belief, strategic financial planning, and the willingness to take risks. 

Join me to take it all in and dive into the power that comes with constantly betting on yourself — and winning. 

Key Topics:

1. Learning to balance what you’re passionate about and what puts food on the table as a child
2. Living a dual life in Florida growing up in an affluent neighborhood and not quite fitting in
3. High school was KK’s time to learn that nobody was going to create success for her
4. Graduating college a year early with an eagerness to get out in the world
5. Buying her first home at 20 with multiple six-figures in the bank
6. Thinking about saving as building wealth, not as having money
7. Entering the pharma industry with a confidence that forced others to take notice
8. Overcoming imposter syndrome in corporate
9. Moving from corporate “security” to entrepreneurship
10. Not letting capped earnings in pharma hold her back from achieving more
11. Finding a niche in the wellness industry for her acquisitions business
12. Doing business in a way that feels ethical and responsible
13. Teaching her kids to feel confident in their ambitions
14. How wealth and success taught KK how few material things she needs to be happy

Connect with KK online:

Website: https://kkhart.com/, https://hartincorporated.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartinc/

Instagram: @the.mindbodyguide

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I am thrilled to share with you my conversation with the remarkable Nikki Stoddart, a true powerhouse in the realm of real estate and a fervent advocate for women's financial empowerment. 

Nikki's journey from a challenging childhood in McLean, Virginia to becoming a leader in real estate investment is nothing short of inspiring. She reflects on her early years, the hardships she faced after losing her dad at 8 years old, and how those shaped her hunger for success. We explore her initial steps into the working world, her unexpected pivot from aspiring to be a doctor to mastering real estate, and her significant successes and strategies along the way. 

We dig into the importance of educating women on financial independence, recounting how she overcame personal and professional challenges, and the pivotal role networking played in her journey. We also discuss her vision for the future, her recent YOLO purchase of a horse as a symbol of her hard-earned freedom, and how she balances her passion for real estate with maintaining a rich, fulfilling personal life. 

Join me in getting inspired by Nikki's journey and discovering how her money lessons can guide you in your own path to financial empowerment.

Key Topics:

1. Gaining a hunger to achieve and succeed through hardships as a young girl
2. Learning that money affords a certain sense of freedom with her first jobs in high school
3. Graduating early and moving to Spain
4. Wanting to be a doctor after university, but life had other plans
5. Gaining the confidence to go all-in on real estate
6. Starting to navigate the ups and downs of entrepreneurship
7. Hoping her kids will have the same hunger and drive for success that she had
8. Realizing she can’t have it all in real estate
9. Nikki’s first angel investment
10. When she started aligning her values with her real estate business
11. How Nikki’s real estate investments have evolved over time
12. Building a bench of trusted advisors and mentors
13. Teaching her kids to get the most value out of every dollar you spend on college
14. Nikki's YOLO adventures in her 40s
15. Scaling up the business to scale up her freedom
16. Make an impulse purchase on a horse
17. Expanding the business internationally

Connect with Nikki online:

Website: https://www.nushunetwork.asia/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-stoddart-6a01074/

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I had the incredible pleasure of sitting down with the beautiful and brilliant Dominique Broadway in this week’s episode. Dominique is a powerhouse in the financial world, known best for her ability to educate and empower people to change their financial futures and build wealth from the ground up. 

From a young age, Dominique had a knack for entrepreneurship and leadership, starting with a bracelet business as young as 5 years old. We also talk about her high school years, where she juggled multiple jobs and ventures, including an impressive stint as a teenage COO, all while maintaining her interest in the stock market and going to school. 

Her early successes eventually led Dominique to work for USB, which fueled her passion for helping others and learning as much as she could about how successful people start and grow their wealth. Her work laid the groundwork for her current entrepreneurial venture at Finances Demystified, where she now educates and mentors countless individuals on personal finance. 

Join me to hear Dominique’s inspiring story, her innovative investing strategies, and her vision for creating a lasting impact in the realm of financial education. Dominique is a testament to how curiosity and a constant pursuit of personal education and growth does pay off. 

Key Topics:

1. How talking too much became Dominque’s superpower
2. Learning that there are spenders and savers and becoming the latter
3. Becoming a 15-year-old COO 
4. Getting curious about how wealthy people make their money
5. Starting a stock portfolio at 16
6. The internship that launched her career
7. Learning from her clients about how to build wealth
8. Where Dominque got her financial education from to build her wealth independently
9. What led Dominique to go out on her own in entrepreneurship
10. Facing broke-ness head on to address her own money problems
11. Helping others find the confidence and resources to get out of debt
12. Making a nest egg for her daughters and Dominque’s other current investments
13. Reducing the learning and success curve around financial literacy

Connect with Dominique online:

Websites: https://financesdemystified.com/

https://dominiquebroadway.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquebroadway/

Instagram: @dominiquebroadway

Book: The Wealth Decision

Podcast: True Wealth Conversations

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

In this episode, I had the incredible pleasure of sitting down with the bright, enthusiastic, and brilliant Jen Marples. Jen is a shining light for many women, helping them step into their greatness and realize that they’re not too f**king old to do anything they desire. 

We dive deep into her life, from her childhood in Hawaii as the oldest of four children to becoming a successful entrepreneur and the force behind The Jen Marples Show: You’re Not Too F**king Old. Jen shares moving stories of her early life, the financial struggles of her family, and the heavy responsibilities she shouldered from an early age, which helped to shape her into the powerhouse she is today. 

We explore her impressive career in public relations, her accidental yet empowering leap into entrepreneurship, and how she continually reinvents herself while empowering others, especially women in their midlife. Tune in to hear Jen’s inspiring outlook on overcoming fears, the importance of financial independence, and her unwavering belief that you are never too old to step into the spotlight and live your best life. 

Key Topics:

1. Taking on the CEO role of her 3 younger siblings as a kid
2. The universe gives you the exact parents you need to do the work you’re meant to do later on
3. Ending up in PR almost by accident
4. Making things work for her through the effort and grit she learned at a young age
5. Realizing she could make more money working for herself
6. Figuring out finances as an accidental entrepreneur
7. Making a commitment to have more honest conversations in the family
8. Going on a mission to debunk midlife myths
9. Raising children in a family with 2 entrepreneurs
10. Modeling financial stability for the kids
11. Investing in more female-founded women’s health ventures

Connect with Jen online:

Website: https://jenmarples.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenmarples/

Instagram: @jenmarples

The Jen Marples Show Podcast: https://jenmarples.com/podcast/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaa29Fkcd6_QyyyQJLZpEgW5c_mal2NRj6lR6T_GARTowRk34HOapgoo5uY_aem_NHp-nBf9xBxre_YnSMYJfA

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jenmarples

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jenmarples

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I am thrilled to be joined by the brilliant and generous-hearted Samantha Karlin. Known for her work in helping leaders, especially women, find their voices and manage leadership challenges, Samantha shares her incredible journey with us. 

From her childhood watching her sister fight the odds against a rare disease to her dynamic career helping others amplify their messages, Samantha's story is one of resilience and passion for social good. 

Throughout our conversation, Samantha details how her early experiences with fundraising for her sister's treatment shaped her money mindset and championed her leadership skills. She candidly discusses her pivot from a struggling actress in New York to a powerhouse in women's leadership training and international relations. 

We dig into Samantha's unique approach to feminist leadership, emphasizing the importance of community, social change, and ethical practices in leadership. You’ll learn about the integration of feminist principles into leadership training and how Samantha's background in the arts has enriched her current work. 

Her insights into transforming traditional leadership training, leveraging emotional and experiential methods, and her plans for future projects, including a keynote and books on feminist leadership, provide valuable lessons for anyone on a mission to catalyze change. 

Key Topics:

1. Taking the initiative to be part of the solution for saving her sister’s life
2. Learning at a young age to make good things happen for yourself
3. Early wake-up calls with finances and learning how money works
4. Deciding between pursuing music or following in her sister’s footsteps
5. The difficult life as a struggling actor in New York
6. The wake-up call that pushed her to do more at 27
7. Learning that everything won’t always just fall into place if you follow your passion
8. Integrating her life skills so far into new ventures
9. The path that led her to start her own firm
10. Combining what you’re good at, what you can make money doing, what the world needs, and your passions into one business
11. Creating the Women’s Leadership Challenge
12.  Using money to hire people to fill in the spaces where you don’t excel
13. Striving to be a psychologically safe employer
14. Going beyond just happiness in the workplace

Connect with Samantha online:

Website: https://www.empowerglobal.net/

Women’s Funding Network: https://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/member/samantha-karlin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthakarlinspeaker/

Instagram: @samanthropolitics

Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/samanthropolitics

Register for the Feminist Leadership Formula:

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

I sat down with the remarkable Barbara Pierce to explore her incredible journey of empowering women through financial literacy and wealth management. Barbara is renowned for her work in evangelizing women, wealth, and the powerful ways women can exercise their wealth in alignment with their values.

You'll get a fascinating glimpse into her early years and discover how money conversations at home and her industrious nature shaped her future. From figuring out her early career to making significant philanthropic moves, Barbara shares how she navigated the financial world with grit and determination. 

Barbara opens up about the important milestones in her life, including her career as a fundraiser for large-scale philanthropies and how she ultimately took control of her investments. We delve into the motivation behind founding Women With Capital, a non-pitch community aimed at educating and supporting women in managing their wealth. She shares the personal stories that influenced this mission and how she’s helping women unlock their financial potential. 

As we discuss both the joys and challenges of managing wealth, Barbara provides valuable insights on risk tolerance, family financial dynamics, and the importance of community. 

Key Topics:

1. Growing up “in the poor house”
2. Realizing at a young age that passions don’t always result in money
3. Seeing the real-time power of personal networks in university
4. Entering the world of fundraising
5. Learning the value of money to make legacy decisions
6. Discovering the strategy behind asking donors for large amounts of money
7. First savings, investment, and retirement moves
8. Getting interested in aligning wealth with things that actually make a difference
9. Making the investment decisions in the family
10. A tough lesson in risk tolerance
11. Navigating different approaches to money in marriage and family
12. Becoming a founder to bring women together over money
13. Barbara’s money conversations with her son about investing and spending
14. 50 women moving $150 million in 5 years
15. Enabling women to build their missions and legacies

Connect with Barbara online:

Website: https://www.womenwithcapital.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/womenwithcapital/

Email: [email protected]

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com

This week, I had the immense pleasure of talking with the exceptional Cindy Gallop the self-proclaimed Michael Bay of business. Cindy’s name is synonymous with trailblazing initiatives in advertising, TED talks, and championing women entrepreneurs through Make Love Not Porn. 

In our deep dive, we traverse Cindy’s childhood memories in Asia, where frugality was the norm due to her family's circumstances, and how these early experiences shaped her views on money and investment and were critical to her journey toward financial independence. 

Cindy shares the magic of how everything in her life was unplanned, yet it’s led her to be the powerhouse she is today. We explore her unexpected foray into advertising, thanks to a chance encounter, and how mastering the art of negotiation has never led her astray. 

She candidly discusses the challenges she faced as an older female entrepreneur in a male-dominated tech world, detailing her relentless (and continuous) fight to secure funding for Make Love Not Porn amidst widespread discrimination. 

As we explore Cindy's trajectory, you’ll hear valuable insights into her tenacity, resilience, and the critical importance of creating and maintaining safe online spaces for women and minorities. Tune in for an inspiring look at how Cindy's groundbreaking work and ceaseless advocacy for financial empowerment continue to leave a lasting impact on society.

Key Topics:

1. Cindy’s early money lessons in frugality and property investment
2. Breaking into the advertising industry in 1985
3. Cindy’s first property purchase for $41k at 27
4. Advice for anyone looking to purchase their first property
5. Discovering entrepreneurship as a path to greater wealth creation
6. Becoming a ferocious negotiator during her corporate ad career
7. “Do interesting things, and interesting things will happen”
8. Leaving corporate and branching out on her own
9. Noticing the massive gap of women in tech and startups
10. The creation of Make Love Not Porn
11. Using business prowess to change people’s sexual attitudes and behavior for the better
12. What’s at stake when women don’t get funding for their businesses
13. Women need to make money to fund other women

Connect with Cindy online:

Help fund Make Love Not Porn: https://wefunder.com/makelovenotporn

Website: https://makelovenotporn.tv/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/

Instagram: @cindygallop

Find more from Syama Bunten:

Instagram: @syama.co, @gettingrichpod

Website: https://syamabunten.com/

Download Syama's Guide to Getting Rich: www.syamabunten.com 

Women & Wealth Catalyst Summit: https://women.win/

Big Delta Capital: www.bigdeltacapital.com