95: Jesse Mecham, Founder of YouNeedABudget.com
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
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🗓️ 16 April 2015
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
If your budgeting is not where you want it to be… and you are wondering what else you can do, today’s guest might be able to help. He is the founder and CEO of YouNeedABudget.com or YNAB, Jesse Mecham. Fueled by the desire to survive as a 20-something newlywed and a full-time student, Jesse developed a budgeting system to help him track expenses. What was a simple expense recorder evolved into something quite useful, which allowed him and his family not only to survive but also save a substantial portion for a rainy day.Fast-forward to 2015, YNAB is a full-blown software enterprise, driven by a small, passionate team, helping tens of thousands of people all over the world pay down their debt, save more money, and break the paycheck to paycheck cycle. When Jesse is not fine-tuning software, doing his own budgeting or helping others get a hold of their finances, he is gardening, playing the piano and honing his golf swing… as well as hanging out with 5 amazing children.
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| 0:00.0 | So Money |
| 0:02.8 | Yika. You're listening to So Money with award-winning money guru Farnu Shkorabi. |
| 0:07.8 | Each day get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top |
| 0:12.1 | business minds, authors, influencers, and from |
| 0:15.3 | Farnuus yourself. |
| 0:17.3 | Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:21.2 | Sorry, you're in the wrong place. Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier |
| 0:25.8 | life. Welcome to So Money. |
| 0:30.8 | Hey everyone, welcome back to So Money. I'm your host, |
| 0:33.8 | Farnoosh Tarabi. If your budgeting is not where you want it to be and you're |
| 0:38.9 | wondering what else you can do, today's guest might be able to help. He is the founder and CEO of you |
| 0:45.1 | need a budget.com or why nap Jesse Meekum fueled by the desire to survive as a |
| 0:50.8 | 20-something newlywed and a full-time student, Jesse developed a budgeting |
| 0:55.0 | system to help him track his expenses. What was a simple expense recorder evolved into something |
| 1:00.9 | quite useful and pretty big, which allowed him and his family to not only |
| 1:04.9 | survive but also save a substantial portion for a rainy day. |
| 1:08.7 | Fast forward now to 2015 Wienab is a full-blown software enterprise. |
| 1:13.6 | It's driven by a small passionate team led by Jesse helping tens of thousands of people |
| 1:18.8 | all over the world pay down their debt, save more money and break the paycheck to paycheck cycle. |
| 1:24.4 | When Jesse is not fine-tuning a software or doing his own budget or helping others get a |
| 1:28.7 | hold of their finances, he is gardening. |
| 1:31.7 | He likes playing the piano and honing his golf swing as well as hanging out with his wife and five amazing children. |
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