Melissa Browne is not only an accountant, ex-financial advisor and entrepreneur, but also a financial wellness advocate, financial coach and occasional therapist, alongside finding work as an educator, speaker, advisor and an owner of multiple businesses.

She's been a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur: as co-founder of The Money Barre, a financial planning firm for Gen X and Y; the co-founder & Director of Business at Thinkers.inq, an innovative long day Preschool based on creative and critical thinking; and until 2019 (when Melissa sold the business to an ASX listed accounting firm), she was CEO of A&TA, an award winning Accounting Firm.

Today she joins Alec and Bryce to talk about investing, financial advisors, key tips and lessons, and ask Melissa to talk about the memories and lessons of her first investment, her approach to 'financial adulting', and where to start when you finally decided to sort your money out.

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