Mar 12 2025 47 mins 2
Today’s guest is Janine Firpo, an accomplished speaker, author, and entrepreneur who consistently challenges gendered norms in the finance world. She joins us to chat about impact investing and how aligning your investing with your values is key to feeling empowered on your money journey. We chat about the stigmas facing women as investors and ways to begin growing wealth that don’t sacrifice your ethics and your morals. This is such a timely episode for this current political climate so we couldn’t be more thrilled to share Janine with you all. Enjoy!
In this episode, we chat about:
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Impact investing
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The importance of money conversations
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Women and investing power
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Today’s guest is JANINE FIRPO an accomplished speaker, author, and social entrepreneur, with a long history of working at the intersection of women and their money. From the early years of Apple to senior positions with HP, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Janine has always found herself making an impact.
She is the author of Activate Your Money: Invest to Grow Your Wealth and Build a Better World and the co-founder of Invest for Better, a nonprofit that is catalyzing a movement in which millions of professional women are educated, enabled, and empowered to activate the power of their money for themselves and for the world.
In 2024, Forbes named Janine one of “50 Over 50” female leaders who continue to make an impact later in life.
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Listen in with Haley and Justin Brown-Woods, married millennials picking up the pieces from the financial fiasco they created as a young couple.
They want to normalize conversations about money and learn from others on the path towards financial empowerment. Whether you are just getting started on your debt-free journey, or if you are really starting to hit your stride, this podcast is for YOU!
Join weekly as they interview some others who have done it the right way, the wrong way, and every way in between. Avocado toast may cost a pretty penny, but that doesn't mean it can't be in your budget!
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