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"The economics of your business are really what's gonna make you successful or not."  - Lisa Mattam

Suppose you’ve been listening to $HMONEY Radio lately, specifically the #FoundingFemme series. In that case, you know we’re passionate about showcasing women entrepreneurs, particularly those who are open and transparent about their journeys to success. We’ve learned from their experiences how tricky business can be, and today’s podcast guest, Lisa Mattam, knows this firsthand.

You may recognize Lisa’s name if you’re familiar with Sahajan Skincare, her evidence-based Canadian skincare brand that’s based on the ancient science of Ayurveda. Today, Lisa’s entrepreneurial spirit is also the driving force behind a new endeavour: AccelerateHER.

AccelerateHER is an early-stage accelerator for Canadian female founders to gain guidance, support and insight to grow their business. It offers one-on-one mentorship, networking and workshops about venture capital, operations, digital marketing and more.

On today’s episode of $HMONEY Radio, we discuss filling white space in the beauty market, securing funding for your business, switching careers, entrepreneurship as a working mom, the key to success when building a brand, pricing products accessibly, and more.

To shop Sahajan Skincare, tap or click HERE.

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For more information about AccelerateHER, tap or click HERE. 

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Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

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"...Get introspective and ask yourself meaningful questions about the concepts and the information in each book."

Welcome back to the Hone Your Habits series! This weekly supplement to $HMONEY's regularly scheduled episodes is inspired by David Bach's The Latte Factor, an ode to millennial money habits (like your daily latte). 

Tune into bite-sized episodes every Monday morning (10 minutes or less!) for tips, tricks, and mindset shifts that will help improve your financial literacy and money habits to live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

On today's episode, get the skinny on $HMONEY’s official 2022 Summer Reading List.


For more details on the  2022 Summer Reading List, tap or click HERE.

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"...Cut down on your grocery bill every week without sacrificing the foods that you love or the quality of the foods that you love, because you don't need to."

Welcome back to the Hone Your Habits series! This weekly supplement to $HMONEY's regularly scheduled episodes is inspired by David Bach's The Latte Factor, an ode to millennial money habits (like your daily latte). 

Tune into bite-sized episodes every Monday morning (10 minutes or less!) for tips, tricks, and mindset shifts that will help improve your financial literacy and money habits to live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

On today's episode, pick up 5 money-saving tips for grocery shopping on a budget.

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music), No Fear by Makaih Beats (ad music) 

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio)

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

“If you talk about how you’re stressed, you’re probably stressed about money but saying you’re just stressed in general. If you’re stressed about your career, it’s because it relates to money. It really does touch everything and we aren’t always explicit about it.”  - Alicia Adamczyk

Alicia Adamczyk is a University of Michigan grad and New York City-based senior writer at Fortune Magazine, covering money and careers. Before her role at Fortune, Alicia worked as a senior money reporter at CNBC and held reporting roles at MONEY Magazine and Lifehacker.

Before becoming a journalist, Alicia always desired to help people. She also enjoyed leafing through her Dad’s MONEY subscription as a kid (things really do come full circle!). As it turns out, her way of helping people became reporting on all things personal finance, ultimately fusing two of her prime interests.

Today’s episode covers several different money topics: how it affects all areas of our lives, how to approach conversations about it, what needs to change about personal finance advice, how to host a “money salon,” and so much more.


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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music), No Fear by Makaih Beats (ad music) 

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio)

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

"Progress is not perfection and vice versa."

Welcome back to the Hone Your Habits series! This weekly supplement to $HMONEY's regularly scheduled episodes is inspired by David Bach's The Latte Factor, an ode to millennial money habits (like your daily latte). 

Tune into bite-sized episodes every Monday morning (10 minutes or less!) for tips, tricks, and mindset shifts that will help improve your financial literacy and money habits to live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

On today's episode, learn how to override a lack-based "time is money" mindset and productivity burnout.


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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music), No Fear by Makaih Beats (ad music) 

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio)

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

"Credit is not something to avoid or be scared of."

Welcome back to the Hone Your Habits series! This weekly supplement to $HMONEY's regularly scheduled episodes is inspired by David Bach's The Latte Factor, an ode to millennial money habits (like your daily latte). 

Tune into bite-sized episodes every Monday morning (10 minutes or less!) for tips, tricks, and mindset shifts that will help improve your financial literacy and money habits to live a healthier, happier lifestyle.

On today's episode, learn how to get good on your credit in four simple steps.


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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio)

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“I firmly believe that financial literacy is what’s going to make you wealthy. Having the knowledge to manage even very little money very well is going to help you become wealthy.”  - Cindy Marques

Certified Financial Planner Cindy Marques specializes in making money make sense. As the co-founder and CEO of MakeCents, she helps Canadian millennials overcome money stress, ditch debt, grow their wealth and achieve financial freedom— because it looks good on everyone.

Cindy understands what it’s like to grow up with parents who immigrated to Canada with very little money, striving to achieve their version of the “Canadian Dream.” In that era, Baby Boomers got married, bought a house, a car, and likely had at least two children by the age of 30. This ideal is no longer realistic for our generation.

MakeCents aims to bridge the financial literacy gap for millennials and come up with a personal financial plan that won’t force you to sacrifice your avocado toast. It’s getting harder to get ahead, so money shouldn't be overwhelming, complicated, or intimidating.

In today’s episode we discuss uprooting your money belief system, ridding shame & anxiety, escaping the debt spiral, creating generational wealth, and other millennial problems. One of our favourite episodes yet. 

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio)

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

“We thought about the startup costs, we didn’t think about the maintenance.”  - Erika Chambers

When many small business owners decided to pause operations, close their doors, or delay launches due to Covid, brother-sister duo William Jones and Erika Chambers unintentionally entered the world of entrepreneurialism at just the right time. 

They founded a puzzle business in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, with a very specific mission: to create interactive art that featured black people in a space where they were not represented. Little did they know that puzzling would become an international pastime during the lockdown, and their passion project would inspire people across the world. 

William and Erika did puzzles with their family throughout their childhood and enjoyed the challenge they presented, not to mention the long hours they spent together. But in doing so, they noticed two distinct problems: 

1. the imagery often did not represent who they were and 
2. when they liked a puzzle, they couldn’t find a frame that would fit it.

Puzzles of Color strives to promote tech-free entertainment for people of all ages. Their puzzles feature the work of artists of color, and they hope to create experiences and memories to last a lifetime. 

Featured on CBS This morning, Byrdie Beauty, The Drew Barrymore Show, and recognized by the likes of Color Vision, there’s no stopping William and Erika on their journey now.

About the series: If you want a BTS, insider look at how superwomen across industries came to live their dreams by doing their jobs - on their own terms - #FoundingFemme is for you. Learn just what it takes to start, grow, and sustain a company more than just financially. Tap or click HERE for more info.

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

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Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

“Athletes and education… people tend not to mix them. And I think they do a disadvantage to athletes in the process.”  - Pardeep Cattry

Today's episode of $HMONEY Radio introduces a new topic to the show: women in sports, more specifically, financial literacy levels amongst athletes and their overall knowledge of personal finance.

Women's basketball, hockey, and soccer leagues have seen the most money they ever have in sponsorships, and viewership numbers are on the rise. Yet, we continue to hear horror stories about athletes filing for bankruptcy just a few years after retiring from their careers or female athletes having to work more than one job or play in more than one league to pay the bills.

The thing is, it's common for "life things" like personal finances to be considered a distraction to an athlete's performance, hence why former pros end up being severely underprepared for life after retirement.

If you're a sports fan or casual observer, you might've noticed (or been enraged by) the gender pay gap for women in sports, not to mention the financial literacy gap. Pardeep Cattry, sports journalist and author of The Gist Sports Biz, weighs in on all this and more on this week's pod.


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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

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“There’s a time and a place to hire a lawyer.”  - Darielle Teitelbaum

Have you ever wondered why working with a lawyer is so damn pricey? Have you ever been in a pinch to hire legal help but couldn’t afford it? If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, or freelancer, put your worries to rest— AWE Contracts is here for you.

Founded by Toronto-based millennial business lawyer and 2x entrepreneur Darielle Teitelbaum, AWE Contracts aims to democratize the legal process by providing downloadable and reliable legal contract templates for Canadian entrepreneurs. Catering specifically to athletes, artists, wellness professionals, and entrepreneurs, every AWE contract is lawyer-drafted according to recent Canadian law.

If you want to get the basics covered for your biz, learn more about why legal protection is so expensive, or hear about why entrepreneurialism isn’t for everyone, listen to this episode.

About the series: If you want a BTS, insider look at how superwomen across industries came to live their dreams by doing their jobs - on their own terms - #FoundingFemme is for you. Learn just what it takes to start, grow, and sustain a company more than just financially. Tap or click here for more info.


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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).

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Sound credits: Levels by Yung Kartz ($HMONEY theme song - intro/outro music)

Edited and produced by Anastasia Barbuzzi, founder and creative director of $HMONEY ($HMONEY Radio).