Aaron Grey is a wealth advisor and the Director of Planning Integration for Buckingham Strategic Wealth Advisors in Denver, CO. He joins the show today to share how he first learned about financial planning and what excited him about the profession—and why he initially chose to pursue an engineering career instead. He also discusses what it was like to join his father's firm, some of the major changes they made to pivot from a heavy investment management offering to a more financial ...
Ep #25: From Individual Contributor to Leader and Consultant with Colleen Hallinan
Colleen Hallinan is the founder of Qii Consulting in Sedona, AZ, and she has had quite a unique journey in the financial planning industry—actually entering the profession on Black Monday in 1987. She joins the show today to share her experience, including how she had success selling 401(k) plans and began coaching and consulting with financial advisors back in the '80s and '90s. She also opens up about how she found an RIA to work for, left to start her own firm, and then ended up rejoining the ...
Ep #15: Starting a Firm Because You Can’t Find a Fit with Betty Wang
Betty Wang is the Founder and Owner of BW Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado. She joins the show today to discuss why she pursued a career in financial planning, how she secured multiple internships while in school, and the reasons she chose not to join a financial planning firm after graduation (instead opting for the institutional side of the business). Listen as Betty shares the keys to succeeding in corporate environments, as well as why she left corporate America. You'll learn what ...