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Student debt has burdened millions of Americans. Going to a university used to represent success, but now it causes more stress, limiting a new generation from investing in their future. In this episode, Mesh talks to Kelly Peeler (founder of Money Mentor) on how we should be approaching loans and college, what mistakes we’re making, and what the future looks like in this space. Also, author Joel Best walks Mesh through how the student loan program originated and why this could be the next financial crisis. Money Mentor- https://www.money-mentor.com/ Commonbond- https://www.commonbond.co/ For more info, please visit thetalkmoney.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Westfield NJ native Kelly Peeler shares her incredible success as CEO of Money Mentors, working with students to help them with all of the ins and outs of financial aid.
Kelly Peeler, Founder and CEO of Money Mentor, dives into her decision to kick off her career with a traditional full-time job in finance before starting her own business. She talks about how a lot of companies have an "elevator problem," and how it inspired her to create her own company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On the latest episode we’ve got David Klein and Kelly Peeler from CommonBond, a company that positions itself as a place for simpler, smarter student loans for a brighter future. While taking out loans for business school, co-founder David found himself asking a lot of questions: Why is the process so confusing? Why is the customer service so bad? Why are the interest rates so high? Isn’t there a better way for people to borrow for school? Turns out he wasn’t alone as figures now show that students in the U.S. are struggling to pay down over $1.5 trillion in debt. CommonBond was founded in 2012 to help relieve that burden, and since then have funded over $2.5 billion in better student loans. Their approach is no big secret: lower rates, simpler options, and a world class experience, all built to support you throughout your student loan journey. Kelly and David firmly believe that student loans should be for fulfilling your dreams, not emptying your bank account. They’re helping you get there by lowering the cost of school and simplifying the process with no more stressful applications or being treated like an account number. Have a money question? Email me here. Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. Connect with me at these places for all my content: https://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money https://apple.co/2pmVi50 "Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com.
The average student graduates with $37,000 in debt. Kelly Peeler of NextGenVest has developed a text-based platform to educate Generation Z on the perils of student loans, before they become saddled by a crushing amount of debt.
We all know most students will graduate with a bunch of debt coming out of school, some way more than others. Did you know 30% of students who go to post secondary will end up dropping out because of financial trouble? Kelly Peeler is trying to break that statistic down. She and her team of smart, passionate people help students overcome the anxiety of money, break down the wording in their loans and even help them come up with a plan on how to pay the loans back as quickly as possible. She created NextGenVest which is an organization helping students understand their student loans in a big brother / sister way. Through texting, these students can reach out to Kelly and her team and have someone to speak to about money troubles and Kelly's team will offer a plan. How freaking cool is that? Check out this episode on how she started this journey and why she became passionate about it.
Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech
Learn more about the NextGenVest platform and Kelly Peeler’s experience helping young Iraqi entrepreneurs, as well as her views on the dangers posed by the student loan industry.
Appetite for Disruption: The Business and Regulation of FinTech
Kelly Peeler describes how NextGenVest helps high school and college student prepare for, and manage, their college financial aid, using a combination of human interaction and machine learning.
Financial aid expert Kelly Peeler helps us parse those maddeningly complex financial aid offers, and offers tips on how to negotiate for more. In Mailbag, how to start investing, med school debt, target date funds, and buying your first home.
One of the goals of the Better Off podcast is to make the daunting seem doable. And there is no more daunting topic than college. From saving for it, going through the selection process and the heavy lifting of paying for it (whether out of pocket or through financial aid and student loans), the whole subject produces anxiety for students and their families. But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to our guest Kelly Peeler, founder and CEO of NextGenVest, a free text message service to help students navigate the college selection and financial aid and student loan processes. It’s the busy time of year for Kelly and her team, as college acceptances are rolling in and families are trying to figure what to do with all the various forms. And those forms are KEY. Can you believe that more than $2.7 billion dollars, yes billion with a B, of unclaimed financial aid money is left on the table every single year primarily because people don’t fill out the FAFSA form. That blows my mind. By using NextGenVest, students and their families are connected with Money Mentors who will help coach them through the process and also provide key financial aid deadline reminders, form annotations, and on-demand help via text message to get more financial aid in high school and beyond. Mentors will also answer questions such as: -How do I find scholarships I can actually apply to? -Am I filling out the right FAFSA forms? -Am I allowed to negotiate my college tuition? -Is working during college a good idea? -Can I still get scholarships even if I don’t have great grades? Aside from discussing the dreaded but necessary forms, we also talked to Kelly about the student loan bubble and why she feels it could be the next financial crisis. If you enjoyed the episode please let us know by leaving a rating or review in iTunes. "Better Off" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. For a recap of every episode, visit https://www.betterment.com/resources/topics/inside-betterment/better-off-podcast/.
Kelly Peeler, CEO and founder of NextGenVest (a company that hooks incoming students up with money mentors) breaks down the process of applying for student aid, choosing a college and even the question of whether you can negotiate for more money from a school you really want to attend. We also talk FAFSA, and the best credit cards for students.
Kelly Peeler, founder/CEO of NextGenVest, is tackling the $2.9Bn problem of unclaimed financial aid in a trillion dollar student loan market one text message at a time. NextGenVest is a free, on-demand, text message service that helps students navigate the complex financial aid and student loan process, NextGenVest is quickly becoming a trusted college money mentor helping millennials become smarter about the first and most important financial decision of their lives. Notes Tulipomania by Mike Dash, iBooks #AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk, iBooks How Kat Cole Went From Hooters Girl to Running a Billion-Dollar Brand by Jessica Grose, Lenny Additional Reading The Biggest Mistakes in Paying for College by Kelly Peeler, LinkedIn Millennials, money and changing the world by Kelly Peeler, TEDx Johns Hopkins University Student Loan Debt Is Leaving Women Broke and Vulnerable by Jill Filipovic, Vice Student Debt Can Hurt Women More Than Men by Natalie Kitroeff, Jonathan Rodkin, Bloomberg NextGenVest CEO On What Fintech Startups Can Learn From Uber by Harry Stebbings, TechCrunch The U.S. education bubble is now upon us by Mohamed A. El-Erian, MarketWatch This one graph shows why the higher ed bubble may be close to bursting by Katie Hardiman, The College Fix What We're Buying With $1 Trillion in Student Loans by Megan McArdle, Bloomberg, 6 Steps to Becoming a Successful Student Entrepreneur (Infographic) by Kim Lachance Shandrow, Entrepreneur Student Startup: Why College Is the Perfect Time to Launch a Business by Jessica Ekstrom, Entrepreneur Find the Right College to Be an Entrepreneur by Delece Smith-Barrow, U.S. News & World Report The 3 Biggest Challenges of Being a Solo Founder by Aihui Ong, Entrepreneur How A Founder Who Sold His Company For $100 Million Survived The Brutal, Early Days Of A Startup Alone by Alyson Shontell, Business Insider The High School Guidance Counselor Shortage by Timothy Pratt, Time Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.
An evening with NYT bestselling author- Pamela Redmond Satran and Co-sounder of internationally acclaimed website- namenberry.com. Darren Star has turned Pamela's book Younger into the new hit TVLand show! And- Kelley Peeler- Founder and CEO of NextGenVest-free text message service to help students navigate the financial aid and student loan process This White House #StartTheSpark Ambassador and Ted Talk"er" has just been named one of the 100 Most Intriguiging Entrpeneurs.. I know you are intrigued..
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Kelly Peeler is the Founder and CEO of NextGenVest, the College Money Mentor for every student, helping students navigate the financial aid and student loan application process. While at Harvard, Kelly started Business Across Borders, a non profit that helps Iraqi students rebuild their own economy by starting their own companies and the International Women in Business Summit, bringing together top female college leaders. She was selected as one of the eight Kauffman Foundation Global Scholars, named by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and named a White House #StartTheSpark Ambassador. Her TED Talk is called "How to Change the World as a Millennial - Don't be Stupid with Money" and can be found here. A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data displayed in today's show and you can find out more about Mattermark here! In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Kelly made it into startups and what was the origin story for NextGenVest? 2.) How has the Fintech ecosystem evolved over the last 5 years? What does Kelly mean by Fintech 1.0 and the next phase of Fintech? 3.) How can emerging brands and in particular fintech brands build loyalty with the emerging millennial generation? What is the attention graph for millenials looking like? 4.) What does Kelly mean when she states a shift from financial organisation with Mint to financial efficiency today? 5.) What key determinants that have made Uber so successful can be used within Fintech startups to build the same trust and relationship? 6.) What is Kelly's view of startups taking a platform dependent approach? What are the benefits and what are the concerns? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Kelly's Fave Book: The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Kelly on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!