Luke Landes, AKA Flexo from Consumerism Commentary, joins us in the basement to give us the lowdown on the financial blogger awards. We talk about how he started the awards, past winners, what to expect from this year’s awards (there are some new categories!) and how to nominate your favorite blog or (ahem….) podcast.
Dominique Brown from Your Finances Simplified leads our roundtable discussion this week, explaining how Sean Diddy Combs taught him some key life, finance and professional skills.
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The Makin’ Sense Babe explains how you can learn from Tucker Max (the same guy who wrote I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell).
As always, better show notes will materialize here throughout the day on Monday.
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<> Joe & OG
“Device Fatigue” – How Apple Can Overcome Smartphone Fatigue
The iPhone parody video can be found here: The New iPhones, Which Is For You?
<> Luke Landes — The Plutus Awards
Luke’s website: Consumerism Commentary
The nomination page for the Plutus Awards can be found at PlutusAwards.com/Vote
Hoping to vote for Stacking Benjamins?
If you’d like to nominate us under the multimedia category, do it easily here.
If you’d like to nominate us for the humor award, do it easily here.
(You are allowed to nominate us for both, if you wish! Thank you!)
<> Makin’ Sense Babe – How to Invest Like Tucker Max
The Makin’ Sense Babe was interviewed by our friend Carrie Smith (and former cast member!) at Careful Cents. Here’s the interview about how she works as an entrepreneur.
Also, on the Makin’ Sense Babe site: The Twitter IPO: What the Investment Banker Your Dating Won’t Tell You
<> Shortwave Roundtable: Lessons Learned from P. Diddy
The article we discuss on the show from Your Finances Simplified.
New on Your Finances Simplified:
On Afford Anything (Paula Pant’s Plutus Award winning site!):The Zen of Investing
On Len Penzo dot Com (Len’s Plutus Award winning blog!): Take a Look at Tiger Woods’ Home Carrying Costs (Compared to Mine)
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Do you know the voice in our segment? Enter this month’s drawing for Natalie Sisson’s Book: The Suitcase Entrepreneur Here.
<> End Show: Movies
– OG – Pain and Gain
– Joe – Mortal Instruments – City of Bones
Today’s Workout: 5 Miles Easy
Number of Days I’ve Run In a Row: 356
On My iPod: Marketing Over Coffee Podcast: Now With More Twerking! episode
Damn, 356 days straight, that’s bad ass.
John! Thanks, man. The guy in first place has been running for 36 years, so I have lots of running to go…..