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Dec 2024
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The First 3 Things You Should Do To Achi...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
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ICYMI: This week we’re answering all of the money questions you have always wanted answered. What the heck is a Roth IRA? How should you approach spending money? What’s a high-yield savings account and should I have one? Internationally recognized money expert Tori Dunlap joins Jonathan to answer all these questions and more to teach us how we can all save our money.


Tori Dunlap is an internationally recognized money and career expert, and podcast host. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money. She has helped over three million women negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest.


You can find HerFirst100k on Instagram @herfirst100k and on their website, here. You can listen to Financial Feminist wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN.


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