Bloggers Talk Finance, Trends at FinCon17

• Meet blogger friends – so many truly interested in making a difference in financial lives (see below)
• Learn plenty – great tips, new tech and trends from expert workshop leaders and keynote speakers, and
• Get inspiration for new projects – and motivation to execute asap.

FinCon brings together content and bloggers

My 6 takeaways from FinCon17:

1. Podcasts and online courses are trending – and doable. Thanks for the inspiration, Ankur at Teachable and Steve Stewart.
2. Side hustles never go out of style. Had a chance to meet author Chris Guillebeau and realized I shouldn’t limit Entrepreneur Extraordinaire to just for kids.
3. Being small isn’t a drawback to building wealth. Savings apps are broadening scope – like Smarty Pig and blooom. New investing apps are courting smaller investors – Stash, Acorns, Stockpile, to name a few. Glad to know Stock Market Pie is relevant and can continue to help beginning investors.
4. Most of us are looking for new ways to get more done in a day and bring new products to market. Learned so much from pros like Darren Rowse Kylie Travers, Kine Corder, Liz Stapleton.
5. Creating good “hands-on” tools makes bigger impact when teaching about money –  NEFE’s exhibit with larger-than-life games was awesome.
6. Was thrilled to get a signed copy of The Automatic Millionaire from one of my favorite financial gurus, 9 times best-selling author David Bach (who resurrected his newsletter – 3 Minute Sunday – as we talked). I love his newsletter, by the way – quick tips, always applicable.

Photo Credit: David Bach

Fun FinCon moments:

• Investors – Found several colleagues who love to talk market ups/downs and buys/sells – Thanks for great discussions Jason, John and Sharon, Tara, Joe, Craig.
• FinCon Trivia Night – what a blast (our team won)! Thanks, Elevate, for the great prizes.
• Rap artist Dee-1 – over 1,500 bloggers jamming to Pay Sallie Mae Back.
• Walking Downtown Dallas – to discover great burgers with Chris and Anthony. (Interview on timeshares later!)
• Pecan Lodge BBQ – great chat over the best BBQ in Dallas with Talia and Simeon, but only after standing in line with a couple of other entrepreneurs from California for over 45 minutes (but who’s counting when it’s fantastic conversation?!)
• Seeing my younger-ish self – thanks caricature artist Bob O’Brian @ Student Loan Hero – you’re better than a plastic surgeon!

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