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Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

017: Zero to $4M/year with an Excel Spreadsheet? The YNAB Story via Jesse ‘Happy Face‘ Mecham.

Entrepreneur Stories 4⃣ Inspiration

Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

Careers, Business, Business:careers

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Mecham is a recovering CPA that started a company called "You Need A Budget" (aka YNAB) while in college. His company teaches people their unique Four-Rule Method that completely transforms how they view and manage their money. When people follow the YNAB Method, they break the paycheck to paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, & Resources Mentioned on this episode with Jesse Mecham, visit here. ***

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0:00.0

Yo yo yo yo!

0:06.7

What's up millionaire interview listener?

0:08.9

Obviously you're a smart guy or gal because you'll listen to this podcast.

0:12.4

But do yourself a favor and go ahead and listen to episode 1.

0:15.3

It's a 5 minute long mix of our first 50 interviews.

0:19.3

So go ahead, press pause right now and we'll be waiting here for you when you get back.

0:23.6

5 minutes.

0:32.4

Slide your back.

0:33.8

Now let's get on to the show.

0:51.5

Why don't you focus and make an impact here in a big way.

0:56.6

Entrepreneurs habitually underpriced their own offers.

1:01.0

So I'd waste like 90 to 100 grand.

1:06.3

And we had nothing to show for it.

1:08.3

Yeah, absolutely.

1:24.7

So I'm the CEO of Wine App.

1:26.2

It's for you need a budget.

1:27.8

We teach people four rules to help them manage their money a lot better.

1:32.4

They're focused on getting out of debt, saving more money, just getting rid of a lot of the

1:36.4

money stress while still not living a life of austerity.

1:39.8

But one where you feel like you can live the life you really want, but hate your financial

1:43.6

goals.

1:44.6

So we do a lot of teaching and then we've built some software that we're really proud

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