Stock Trading and Vending Machine Businesses — Worth The Risk or Nah? [BA QA]

Brown Ambition

iHeartPodcasts

Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this BA Q&A, Mandi kicks off a brand‑new listener clinic for the Summer Money Reboot series and answers a letter from a listener she calls “Erin,” who is juggling Walmart shifts, side hustles, vending machine dreams, and plans to become a single mom by choice.

Mandi shares why she’s finally ready to try stock trading after attending Teri Ijeoma’s New York City book launch and breaks down the real numbers behind vending machines as a business—so you’re not accidentally living life on hard mode in your financial safety season.

Listener letter: Erin’s story
Erin is 36, divorced, and living in a small town in Texas. She’s transferred to Walmart full‑time, applied to jobs with almost no luck, put a successful vintage booth on pause, and is now working toward her notary license while researching vending machines and planning for single motherhood.

Join the Summer Money Reboot!
This BA Q&A is part of Mandi’s six‑week Summer Money Reboot series, designed to help you name your financial season, rebuild financial safety, and then move toward growth and alignment.

Download the workbooks for weeks 1:
https://mandimoney.myflodesk.com/summermoneyreboot

and week 2
https://mandimoney.myflodesk.com/vr4mxs90xk

Other Resources and mentions
• Teri Ijeoma – The Risk Worth Taking
• Thinkorswim practice trading account (paper trading for beginners)
• SCORE small‑business mentorship

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:09.5	Hey, hey, VA, fam.
0:11.5	Y'all know what time it is.
0:13.2	It's time for the B-AQA.
0:16.2	A, the B-AQA.
0:18.0	What you say?
0:18.7	The B-AQA with Manday.
0:24.6	The B-AQA. say the B a QA with man day the B a QA the B a QA the B a QA the B a QA A B A fam welcome to Brown Ambition happy Friday happy first official brand new B a
0:32.4	QA in a hot minute it's been such a long time I thought I would give y'all a treat
0:36.5	and actually sing the old
0:37.7	jingle that me and Tiff used to do for the BAQA. I always felt so self-conscious singing it, you know, by myself. So y'all got to show me some love. I'm in an empty room right now. I'm just picturing y'all are in your car, like bopping along, ready to have some fun, listening to someone's problems, taking ourselves out of our own problems,
0:56.4	and thinking about someone else for a hot second.
0:58.8	We're just in this all together and we're all doing our damn bestest.
1:02.0	And I just support and love y'all so, so much.
1:04.8	Before I get into the question of the day, I want to talk about one exciting thing this week that happened.
1:09.7	I got to attend the book launch for New York City of Terry EGioma's brand new book.
1:15.8	It's right behind me if you're watching on YouTube.
1:17.5	It's called The Risk Worth Taking.
1:19.3	It's one of the most unique personal finance business books I've ever read in my entire career.
1:25.3	I think it's so interesting.
1:26.8	So Terry has been on the show.
	...

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