Alexa Von Tobel
Alexa Von Tobel
Alexa von Tobelis the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, a personal finance website. Von Tobel is the author of the New York Times bestseller Financially Fearless, which debuted on December 31, 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
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I started LearnVest with a tiny savings account where I paid designers, technologists, and even bartered... Because I started with paying for things myself with my own savings, it sharpened my focus of how to spend money.
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We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.
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When you have a lot of money, there's so many places you can go to manage your money. But when you don't have money, mathematically you actually need a financial plan more. You can't really afford to make mistakes. So why is this such a luxury product?
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The time to save for the future is now. Thanks to compounding interest, the earlier you start putting money away for the future, the more you will save.
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The financial advice market presents an impossible conundrum: in order to work with a financial planner, you must have enough money to be of interest. In order to amass enough money, it is critical to work with a financial planner. Most financial plans come with a $1,500-$3,000 price tag - numbers that are simply out of reach for most Americans.
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It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.
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The fact is, women don't like to talk about money, let alone deal with it. Though we're killing it at work, earning more than ever, running our households, and making big-ticket decisions, too many women still worry they'll be judged by what they earn and how they spend it.
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At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.
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Before you take the leap, before you jump, really make sure it's going to be something you want to get out of bed [to do] everyday, because it is so hard. So you want to make sure that you're really committed.
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You should go to work every day a little bit nervous.
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Money shouldn't be worshiped and it shouldn't be ignored.
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Flowers make me irrationally happy.
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I go to bed at 2 a.m. and get up at 7 a.m. - I've never been a sleeper. But I definitely get sick every month-and-a-half.
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Even if you feel like your debt is just never going to go away, think long and hard before declaring bankruptcy. Declaring bankruptcy means that getting a loan for anything will be next to impossible for the next 10 years.