May 02, 2018
Ep #150: Launching a Firm with a Spouse Not On Board – The Career of Raquel Hinman
Most people know there are risks and sacrifices involved with entrepreneurship. Raquel Hinman shares her journey through different finance jobs, detailing how she ended up starting her own successful business and how she dealt with the downside of business ownership. She gets real wit …
April 04, 2018
Ep #146: Buying a Firm from Their Father - The Careers of Taylor Anderson & Kailie Abascal
XYPN members Taylor Anderson and Kailie Abascal join the podcast to share the non-traditional paths into financial planning that led to them buying their father’s practice. Sisters—and now business partners—Taylor and Kailie are going through a ton of change and evolution at their fir …
January 03, 2018
Ep #133: Investing for the Future Leveraging a Firm-Within-a-Firm Model - An Interview with Andy Brincefield and James Matthews
Today we have two guests on the show to talk about how they made their rarely practiced firm-within-a-firm service model a success. Andy Brincefield and James Matthews, CEO of Consolidated Planning and Managing Director of Consolidated Planning’s wholly owned subsidiary Blueprint, res …
September 06, 2017
Ep #116: Building a Business Under a Large Firm Umbrella - The Careers of Andrew Damcevski and Devon Klumb
Building a new business is always a lot of work. This didn’t deter Andrew Damcevski and Devon Klumb from starting their practice, quickly adjusting, and putting it in the perfect position to succeed. By becoming part of a bigger firm, their business has been able to see a large amount …
August 30, 2017
Ep #115: Managing 7 Offices and 7 Staff Members as an Hourly Advisor - The Career of Anna Sergunina
Anna Sergunina knows the difference between a business and a practice - which she's proved with her fantastic work helping to develop MainStreet Financial Planning into what it is today. On this episode, Anna shares the story of her career, from how she got started in the business to …
August 23, 2017
Ep #114: How to Track Your Key Performance Indicators as You Start Your RIA with Shawn Tydlaska
Sound business decisions are made when you have accurate and helpful data to back them up. Unfortunately, it seems that many advisors - especially those with smaller businesses - are not tracking their metrics and gathering this important data. Shawn Tydlaska joins us again to shed so …
Episode No. 110 | July 26, 2017
Alan & Kitces Unhinged - E&O Insurance, Serving Multiple Niches, & More!
We know our mailbag is overflowing, so we're back with another Alan & Kitces Unhinged episode to answer as many of your questions as possible! In this episode we're talking E&O insurance and when to get it; how to decide between two distinct niches you may be serving; and what …
July 05, 2017
Ep #107: Moving Your Firm Across the Country - The Career of Nannette Kamien
We meet so many interesting people and members through XYPN Radio, and today’s guest continues that trend. Nannette Kamien took a long and winding road to becoming an entrepreneur in the world of financial services, but her previous career continues to improve her offering as a financ …