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May 5
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Zero to $1m in 10 years: How Queenie Tan...

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About this episode

In 10 years of investing, Queenie Tan grew her net wealth to over a million dollars. In this episode we chat with Queenie about how she’s done it. Queenie has built a platform teaching others how to invest, here, she shares her own story. 


We cover: 

  • The strategies she used to build a $1 million investment portfolio
  • How she sets financial goals.
  • What’s been a bigger generator of wealth; crypto, property or stocks? 
  • How to avoid the investing mistakes she still cringes at.
  • Plus Queenie shares some lessons from her upcoming book ‘the Fun Finance Formula’.
  • How to apply these lessons to your own financial journey.


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