January 31, 2018
Ep #137: Husband and Wife Each Start Businesses with a Newborn - The Career of Scott Haley
From fee-only planning to tax planning, Scott Haley has found an interesting and successful business model for his firm. He joins us on the show to talk about how he got started in financial planning and what it was like getting a rough start initially and then finally finding the rig …
November 15, 2017
Ep #126: Using Tiered Services to Scale a Business – The Career of Bill Simonet
It’s easy to get stuck doing things the same way as everyone else but Bill Simonet shows us the value of doing things a bit differently. He joins us on this episode to share some wisdom and lessons he has learned on his path to becoming a successful practice owner. In just 15 months, …
Episode No. 87 | February 15, 2017
Building a Monthly Retainer Firm in Brazil - The Career of André Novaes
On today's episode we hear from André Novaes, founder and CEO of LifeFP. LifeFP is a monthly retainer firm in Brazil with about 3,000 clients, 45 advisors, and a grand vision. If André had his way, 95% (or more) of Brazil's population would have the opportunity to design their lives w …
February 08, 2017
Ep #86: Building a Virtual Paraplanning Business - The Career of Jennifer Pritchard
Jennifer Pritchard has one of the most unique and awesome jobs in financial planning. She's a financial planner who's been mentioned on the podcast before because she's built a virtual paraplanning business working with a number of XYPN members. Virtual paraplanning is probably the mo …
February 01, 2017
Ep #85: Surviving the Wirehouse Trap - The Career of Brian Face
When you join the free XYPN Radio VIP Community, you'll have an opportunity to interact with experts like today's guest, Brian Face. Brian offered advice in the VIP Community about how to transition clients into fee-only customers and now we get to pick his brain for an entire episode …
Episode No. 84 | January 25, 2017
Surviving Depression To Find Happiness & Success - The Career of Dave Grant
Today we're talking about a few topics that don't often get discussed in the financial planning space: how your mental health and business are related, and what happens when you struggle with them both. Dave Grant, now the head of Retirement Matters, shares his journey as a financial …