1426: Stimulus Check to 7-Figures, How One Single Mom Turned Her Financial Life Around

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Ellie Diop is a NextUp Honoree, representing one of the new, influential voices in personal finance. After being laid off from her job, Ellie used her $1,200 stimulus check and years of experience in sales, marketing, and leadership to start the Ellievated Agency. In less than a year, she scaled the business to multiple 7-figures. Her mission is to educate women on how entrepreneurship and financial literacy can be used to create generational wealth. Ellie has been featured in various publications internationally, including Business Insider, Black Enterprise, Univision, Entrepreneur, The Sun, La Noticia, and more. You can find her on social media at @ellietalksmoney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The monopoly game is back at McDonald's, and guess what? It's still twice as nice, because
0:04.6	with double peel, you can peel on pack. Then peel a game on the McDonald's app, to when
0:08.8	prizes like, brand new mini-electrics, lovely McDonald's food, HBO and gaming laptops,
0:14.5	to be holiday vouchers, a thousand pounds in cash, plus tons of other incredible prizes.
0:19.3	18 plus UK only selected items, subjects of serving times and availability, and 17th
0:26.0	October. Game play and prize claims may require McDonald's app, seemingly rules.co.uk.
0:30.0	So money is brought to you by CNET, the site that shows how to navigate change all around
0:35.5	us. So money episode 1426 from stimulus check to seven figure business owner, Eliza Jo.
0:44.5	You're listening to So Money, with award-winning money guru,
0:47.6	Farnoosh Karabi, each day in a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top
0:53.2	business minds, authors, influencers, and from Farnoosh herself. Looking for ways to save on gas
1:00.4	or double your double coupons? Sorry, you're in the wrong place, seeking profound ways to live a
1:05.9	richer half your life. Welcome to So Money. It seemed to me that it was a sign, right? If you
1:13.6	applied to 53 jobs and nobody contacts you, I really was like, okay, God, you must be telling me
1:21.3	it's time to do something else, because I mean, you know, G's 53.
1:26.3	Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Farnoosh Karabi. As promised, we're going to be spotlighting
1:32.2	a few of this year's 25 next up honorees. These are, as my guest Adam Ariyema shared with us last
1:39.9	week. He was a guest on Wednesday, editor-in-chief of NextAdvisor. This is an inaugural list of 25
1:45.7	of the freshest, most diverse voices in personal finance today. Ellie Jope absolutely fits that bill.
1:51.9	She is a nationally recognized business coach and speaker after being laid off from her job,
1:57.6	going through a divorce, single-handedly raising four children. Ellie used her $1,200 stimulus
2:03.4	check in years of experience and sales and marketing to start the elevated agency. She has scaled
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