SecureSave's secret weapon: Suze Orman

Equity

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This week, Mary Ann hopped on the mic with number one New York Times best selling author, producer, personal finance thought leader, and host of the Women & Money podcast, Suze Orman. We’re following up on Suze’s not-so-surprising-startup debut with SecureSave, what the company’s been up to and how Suze is thinking about protecting employees in today’s economy. Here’s what we got into: How little money many Americans have saved for emergencies and how SecureSave wants to change that How inflation may be making it harder for people to save when they have less money to do so We ended, as always, with a “lightning” round Q&A in which Suze revealed her secret weapon for success For the startup founders listening, today is your last chance to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023! Fill out those applications while you still can, and Mary Ann and Alex will be back Friday to close out your week with a special guest. For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack
0:15.9	the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
0:18.4	I'm Marianne Asavado.
0:19.7	This is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and
0:23.9	unpack the rest. Today I'm so excited we're talking to a number one New York Times
0:28.8	best-selling author, writer, producer, personal finance thought leader, and the host of Women and Money Podcast,
0:35.3	Susie Orman.
0:36.6	Sus, welcome to the show.
0:38.6	So happy to have you here.
0:40.2	Thanks, Mary Ann, let's rock this next 30 minutes or whatever it's going to be.
0:44.3	Yeah, I can't wait. I know the main reason for our listeners that we're having you on the show
0:49.2	is to talk about your debut in a startup world with a company called Secure Save. I love the mission behind this
0:55.1	company. I think it's awesome. Before we dig into those details though, I'd love to talk a little bit more,
1:01.1	first about your background, how you got into personal finance
1:04.4	I read about your story and what happened to you and my heart just kind of broke but
1:09.6	can you quickly share that with the listeners who may not have known how you got into this
1:13.7	world. Well you know first of all you have to understand when you just said that
1:19.6	your heart broke you should be so thrilled that what happened to me happened to me
1:26.3	because loss can absolutely lead to gain. If what happened to me hadn't
1:31.9	happened, I would not be here where I am today on any level,
1:37.0	but to make a very quick story here, which was, it was 1973, and I found myself in Berkeley, California working as a waitress at the
1:47.6	Buttercup Bakery making $400 a month.
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