Episode 179: How to Retire Early and Manage Debt with YourRichBFF, Vivian Tu

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Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

“Everybody knows that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, but why can’t someone teach me how to do my taxes correctly?” We’ve all wished at some point in life that personal finance was taught in schools with as much emphasis as algebra and biology. Starting your first job and learning how to save, invest, and manage your money can be difficult without the help of an expert. Vivian Tu has made it her mission to make professional financial advice easily accessible. In 2021, she started posting videos as YourRichBFF to combat misleading information during the pandemic when many people were struggling to make ends meet. With her background on Wall Street at JP Morgan, her content helps the people who are “leftover” by the finance world - women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community and low-income groups - who otherwise would not have access to that information. In this episode, we asked her all our burning finance questions to get her insight on what you should know before buying a home, running a business, starting a family, and more. __________________________________________ Hosts: Melody Cheng, Janet Wang, Helen Wu Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang Editor: Michelle Hsieh __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • Green Chef: Use code abg135 for $135 off 5 boxes + free shipping at greenchef.com/abg135 • Tailor Brands Plans: Get 40% off at tailorbrands.com/abg *Not valid on LLC • Stitch Fix: Visit stitchfix.com/abg and get $20 off your first purchase • Everlywell: Get 20% off your first at-home lab test at everlywell.com/abg • WeBudding: Use promo code “boss” to get 50% off at en.webudding.com/boss __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Shoutouts: Give a shoutout on the podcast here • Email: hello@asianbossgirl.com __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to ABG, Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern-day Asian-American woman.
0:04.8	I'm Janet, I'm Helen, I'm Mel, and I'm Vivian, your rich VFF.
0:20.5	Hello, ABGs and ABVs!
0:23.2	Today's guest is a viral sensation who works to help democratize financial literacy
0:28.0	through her approachable, easy-to-digest videos on TikTok and Instagram,
0:32.1	and help people make informed decisions about their money, known as your rich VFF,
0:37.6	great branding, by the way. Vivian 2 is the internet's financially savvy,
0:41.9	straightforward, and trustworthy friend. After graduating from the University of Chicago,
0:47.2	Vivian spent two-and-a-half years on Wall Street trading equities at J.P. Morgan,
0:52.0	then she switched to tech media at BuzzFeed. One sport got around her financially savvy
0:57.2	background, the question started pouring in from colleagues and other seeking financial advice
1:01.8	they could trust. Vivian's first-year rich VFF video went up during the early pandemic days of 2021,
1:08.1	and she became an overnight, thin-fluencer sensation with her first video leading to 100,000
1:14.2	followers. Since then, she's posted new content almost every day. As of this interview,
1:19.2	Vivian's helpful advice has earned her 1.6 million followers on TikTok and 636-100,000 followers
1:26.4	on Instagram. Join us as we chat with this ex-wall streeter about the importance of financial
1:30.6	literacy, the challenges and benefits are growing a small business while also working in full-time
1:34.4	corporate jobs, and why personal finance is not one-size-fits-all. Welcome and thank you for joining us,
1:39.7	Vivian! Thanks guys, so excited to be here! Thanks so much for being here! I mean, Vivian, you
1:46.3	literally blew up over the past year, and you're still growing so much and so fast, and we'll get
1:53.8	into all of that in a bit, but before we do, we always like to learn a little bit more about our
1:57.4	guests that come onto this show. Even though we are all Asian here on the pod right now, each of us
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