Managing Director of Innovation DuPage Dan Facchini joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to talk about how Innovation DuPage is helping businesses and entrepreneurs succeed. 

Segment 1: Renetta Gunn-Stevens, CEO of Sophisticated Press, joins Jon to discuss helping CEOs tell their stories through a book. She shares how book publishing can be empowering and how Innovation DuPage has helped her grow as a business owner.

Segment 2: Former Bulls player and five-time NBA Champion Bill Cartwright joins to share the journey of writing his book Living Life At The Center. The book is shaped around the story of his family and shares lessons he’s learned throughout his life and how his parents were visionaries.

You can find Bill Cartwright’s book here: bill-cartwright.com & learn more about Sophisticated Press here: www.sophisticatedpress.com

Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to discuss how companies incorporate AI and robotics into their work models. For more information on the Association for Advancing Automation, visit www.automate.org.

Jeff Nydegger is the co-founder and innovator behind Kendall Partners and JeffBuysYourHouse.com. Jeff joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to discuss accommodating closing dates for sellers. For more information, call or text 630-576-9468.

Tim Stearns, owner and president of TJ Stearns Financial Planning & Benefits, joins Jon Hansen to discuss taxes, healthcare, and inflation in retirement. Tim and Jon also talk about what a “lost decade” could mean for your retirement and how to prepare just in case.

For more information, call 800-640-2256

The ConsumerMan, Herb Weisbaum, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters. The two chat about Elon Musk’s DOGE targeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They also discuss the CFPB’s job and what a possible elimination means for consumers.

He is currently a contributing editor at Checkbook.org, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers get good service and low prices. He also hosts their Consumerpedia podcast.

Allison Schrager, author and Bloomberg Opinion columnist, joins Jon Hansen to discuss the effects of single people on the economy. Allison discusses why there is a decline in marriages and talks about her book: An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk.

Every Monday, Jon Hansen is joined by a specialist from Mesirow to discuss a different topic surrounding finances. In this episode, Tiffany Irving, Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Mesirow, joins Your Money Matters to talk about financial goals and the importance of having conversations with friends and family about them. 

For more information, visit www.mesirow.com or call 877 Mesirow.

Check it out before you throw it out with Americash! Brian Hoogeveen, The Cash Man from Americash Jewelry & Coin Buyers, joins Jon Hansen to talk about items that could be worth money. The two discuss what happens if we eliminate the penny, the value of a 1930s quarter, and dart sets.

If you think you have items you’d like to have appraised, visit topcashbuyer.com or call (630) 969-9600

Jon Hansen chats with former WGN agri-business broadcaster Max Armstrong about the latest news on farmers. Max takes a deep dive into farm income, crop production, and the importance of the Panama Canal. You can find Max’s book More Stories from the Heartland here: More-Stories-Heartland-Americas-Broadcasters.

Craig Bolanos, Founder and Wealth Advisor at VestGen Wealth Partners, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters to discuss post-election small business optimism fading, the jobs data from the last few months, and more! For more information, go to GetRetiredStayRetired.com.