166- Four Simple Rules For Successful Budgeting, Why You Need A Budget & Entrepreneurship Lessons w/ Jesse Mecham
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
What started out as a budgeting spreadsheet has grown into a budgeting app used by thousands of families who have committed to giving every dollar a purpose. This week on the Journey to Launch Podcast we are continuing our celebration of the third anniversary of the show with an interview with Jesse Mecham.
Jesse, the creator of You Need A Budget (YNAB), shares his financial journey and tips for entrepreneurs. In this episode he describes how he dived into entrepreneurship at 22, and then successfully grew YNAB into a company with over 100 employees. Today, his budgeting app helps thousands across the globe improve their finances. Tune in to hear more about his path to success and the four rules for successful budgeting.
In this episode you will learn:
- How to give every dollar a job
- Ways to embrace your true expenses
- When to give yourself permission to change your budget
- Why a budget is not restraining
- How to get 30 days or more ahead on your bills, and more
Special thanks to YNAB for sponsoring the podcast in its 3 year anniversary month. Get your free 34 trial of YNAB today (no credit card required to sign up) by going to youneedabudget.com/journey
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
- Jesse and I both talk about the power of Profit First when you are an entrepreneur. Check out Mike Michalowicz's book for yourself and see how it can help you in your business.
- Check out the other tools that help me with my finances and business here.
- Check out the Journey To Launch Podcast index here which categorizes all of the Journey To Launch podcast episodes by subject. Now you can binge on your favorite topics or type of episode.
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- Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
- Watch me on News12 Watch my latest segments on News12
- YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Journey to Launch Podcast. Budgeting changed my life and |
| 0:05.8 | finances so on this episode we're gonna be talking about the four simple rules |
| 0:09.7 | for successful budgeting and why you even need a budget with Jesse Meekham. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast with your host, |
| 0:23.3 | who wants her talk. |
| 0:24.7 | She helps brave journeys like you, |
| 0:27.0 | get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:31.9 | Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in five, four, three, two, one. Hey, hey journiers. Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast. I'm super |
| 0:49.2 | excited to have you here as I always am. Now if you're all caught up on the podcast on the episodes |
| 0:54.9 | then you know it is July 2020 if you're listening to this in real time. We are |
| 0:59.6 | celebrating the three-year anniversary this month because I launched the |
| 1:03.4 | podcast three years ago in July and so I've been celebrating all month and it's been |
| 1:08.1 | an exciting month we just closed doors to the Money Launch Club so if you are a |
| 1:12.3 | new member that's the online community |
| 1:14.5 | I created to help journeys like yourself, |
| 1:17.4 | people who wanted more than just the podcast, |
| 1:19.5 | who wanted more help, more resources, more tools, |
| 1:22.8 | and the community. |
| 1:23.9 | So I created the Money Launch Club to do that, |
| 1:25.6 | and we closed doors last week, |
| 1:27.9 | and I'm so excited for all the new members that joined. |
| 1:30.5 | We won't be opening up doors again until probably 2021. So I'm going to be focusing on the |
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