Priceless Podcast with Taylor Price

Find out how one of a popular social media finance star juggles both fame and a desk job while building a career with entrepreneurship at its core. Hear how she got her start on TikTok, advice for those looking to build their own personal brand, as well as what it's like working in corporate while blowing up on social media and how to balance both worlds. Michela @breakyourbudget has been a personal finance junkie for as long as she can remember, and she created Break Your Budget as a platform to help other young women in their 20's navigate their finances. After graduating college with a Finance Degree and working in the industry, she realized how fortunate she was to have a formal financial education and actually understand what to do with my money.

If you've ever wondered what it's really like being a finance influencer, check out this week's episode. We chat with Seth Godwin, Russel Faigen, and Mark Setlock, financial experts and creators who has built up a following by giving straightforward, valuable finance insight in exciting ways on TikTok. TikTok has completely blown up, but its most popular creators are not necessarily the ones with the biggest followings. In fact, some of the hottest TikTok stars right now focus on finance. Listen in to hear about her daily life as an influencer, and why someone might become a finfluencer - even if they don't necessarily have a traditional finance background!

In this episode, you'll learn how astrology and witchcraft mix together to form one magical subject. Andrea Mora, viral TikTok marketer, provides insight into the basics of astrology, and important facts about witchcraft. Andrea is a digital marketing and branding expert born in Venezuela, raised in 5 countries, and currently based in Los Angeles. Throughout her career, Andrea has had the opportunity to help companies like Tencent, Adobe Systems, TikTok, YouTube, The Female Quotient, PTTOW!, WORLDZ, and more, reach larger audiences and tell authentic stories through social media strategies, content production, and curation. Her multicultural and young approach breathes new life into global brands and successfully targets Millennial and Gen Z audiences with her strategies.

Financially unsatisfied? Frustrated with your finances? Good news, Brittney Castro, a registered CFP, shares her top tips in this interview that will help you learn build wealth, pay off your debt faster, and maybe even inspire you to open your own practice. Brittney Castro is a leading speaker, host and brand ambassador with over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her passion for financial literacy has led her to create opportunities for those who need additional education on their financial decisions. At the age of 22, Brittney began her career as a financial advisor and at 28 launched her own Registered Investment Advisory, Financially Wise Inc. Over those 15 years, she worked with thousands of clients on their financial journeys. In 2020, she sold her private practice to focus all her time on speaking, content creation, and brand partnerships.

Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It requires a certain level of passion and perseverance that most people don't have. There are many challenges that come with this path, including working with business partners, managing employees and exploring the unknown. This episode features the Priceless stories of Viren Tellis who shares his experiences on overcoming the obstacles and finding success. From a starting a Quiznos franchise in his early 20s during the worst financial crisis of the century, to building the charity-focused technology company Hedado many years later - meet Viren Tellis. Viren Tellis is the founder and CEO of Hedado, a tech company for donors to manage their philanthropy. Tellis graduated from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and started working at Cornerstone Research. During 2005, Tellis also pursued his own business venture with friends: opening a Quiznos franchise. After dissolving the franchise in 2008 due to the Recession, Tellis decided to start Hedado years later because he wanted to work on something that combined his passion for technology with his entrepreneurial spirit.

In this episode, you'll hear from social media influencers including Owen Holt, JT Casey, and friends 19 to 22 talk about their lives back home in Florida to making that transition in LA. They talk about the difficulties, the benefits, and how they've been establishing themselves as working professionals in Los Angeles. You'll learn invaluable advice from young people who are building their careers on new media. Today, 75% of children ages 6 to 17 want to become social media influencers: 1 in 3 aspire to be a YouTuber (34.2%), 1 in 5 desire to be a blogger or vlogger (18.1%), 1 in 6 would like to be a pop or movie star (16% and 15.7% respectively). Being an influencer has opened up a way for Gen Z to make a living and kids are making hundreds of thousands out in LA posting content online. Watch this episode if you want to hear a glimpse of what this dream lifestyle is like.

Being an entrepreneur can be stressful. Well, at least the day-to-day running of your business can. The hours, the growth, even the cash flow. But what if you could benefit from the experience of others? What if following the lead of someone who has done just that could help you? If it helped thousands to get themselves off the ground and make their dreams a reality? That's where this episode comes in. Here you'll listen to key pieces of entrepreneur advice from successful businessman Kevin Khalili. Born in Iran to owning a large hospitality business in LA, Kevin Khalil transformed entrepreneurship into his craft. He managed to create his highly successful company, Alliance Hospitality Group, despite an arduous and challenging journey.

You'll learn about the normalization of pivoting your career to exploring your passions with Kayla Kilbride - even if it means quitting your job and living off your savings accounts. Leaving her job, traveling to Nepal, and living off her savings account, to now investing, creating content online, and co-founding The Drop NFT, meet Kayla Kilbride. She got tired of working in a job that she hated so Kayla stared supporting herself by creating content online. Explore the entrepreneurial journey of the millennial year old stock market options trader.

Blockchain technology represents a paradigm shift because it doesn't rely on a central authority to authenticate transactions, unlike the financial systems in place today. We discuss what's in store for crypto & the metaverse from Taylor Mitchell and Angela Zhang. They're giving women a platform to talk about crypto and the metaverse on social media during a time where these fields are highly male-dominated. Cryptocurrencies aren't a simple concept to grasp. Unless you're part of the 1% of women who work in these industries, you must wonder what it would be like to be one of the few female pioneers that's in this space, having their voice amplified beyond token representation. It takes a knowledgeable person to explain why this revolutionary technology works and how it's different from alternatives. That's what Taylor Mitchell and Angela Zhang share their knowledge on.

In this episode, you'll hear from Mikey Taylor, pro-skateboarder and president of Commune Capital. We discuss the importance of hard work, the effect that college has on your future, and how to develop a strong network. Mikey also shares some choice business advice and the story behind his foundry. Mikey Taylor is the current President and Managing principal of Commune Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm. A serial entrepreneur at heart, he first found success with nearly two decades of professional skateboarding. Throughout his career, Mr. Taylor held lucrative sponsorship contracts with DC Shoe Co., GoPro Cameras and Alien Workshop. Over his tenure, he had over 100 signature skateboard decks, 7 pro model shoes and was one of the most recognizable pro skateboarders on the planet. Not one to rest on his laurels, early in his career, Mr. Taylor was already thinking about life after skateboarding. What's next was co-founding and eventual launch of Saint Archer Brewing Company. This San Diego based craft beer company and its first of its kind business model, led to quick success and multi-million dollar purchase by MillerCoors Company in 2015. Since then, Mr. Taylor has been busy, co-founding Sovrn Skateboards, Avni Intelligence (an entrepreneur education platform and podcast) and most importantly Commune Capital. Armed with only a high school education, but more than a lifetime of real world experience, Mr. Taylor is committed to assisting the next generation define the new American dream. Born and raised in Southern California, Mr. Taylor resides in Thousand Oaks, with his wife Jen and their two young daughters.