In the third quarter of 2018, the central banks of Russia, Turkey, India and other countries went on a splurge of gold buying. Collectively, five major countries including India, Russia and China demanded 33% of all of the gold mined out of the

151: My #WalkAway story

Oct 21st, 2018 24m 43s

In this episode of the show I am sharing my #WalkAway story. There is not intro or outro music because I basically took the audio from the video I published but I wanted to share this as an episode for you to view. Do you have a #Walk Away stor

150: The #WalkAway Movement and its importance to aspiring entrepreneurs

Oct 21st, 2018 38m 24s

On this episode of the show I am sharing what the #WalkAway movement is all about and why I think it is important to aspiring entrepreneurs everywhere. Buy my eBook: De-CLASS-ified: The fall of the middle class and rise of the internet entre

149: Student Loans: The problem that won't go away

Sep 24th, 2018 52m 43s

On this episode we are talking about the student loan debt problem that is facing America and the long term impacts that this is going to have not just on individuals but on the economy as a whole. Get my eBook: De-CLASS-ified: The fall of the

148: 3 Ways to Pay-off Credit Card Debt Faster

Sep 4th, 2018 45m 56s

Imagine you are taking a walk through your neighborhood. It's a unusually breezy, but warm summer evening and you happen to run into a neighbor. You stop to chat for a bit and during the discussion you start talking about finances. You're neig

147: Treat yourself like a Business - 7 KPI Series, Pt.3

Aug 28th, 2018 45m 47s

As promised, this week we are bringing the "7 Wealth KPI" series to an end. But the fact of the matter is, that we are jut getting started. If you've been listening to this series, then you know exactly what I mean. Over the last 2 episodes of

146: Is your host on a Podcasting rut?

Aug 27th, 2018 29m 57s

Well, it only took me another 4 months to produce another podcast episode. Yup.. I know. Pretty shameful! Especially when you consider that over the lat couple of years my podcast output has been decreasing year after year? In fact, at this poi

145: Treat yourself like a Business - 7 KPI Series, Pt.2

Apr 16th, 2018 1h 9m

So. I know, I know - I've been away from the show for a while (again) but let's put that aside for a sec because I have been hard at work and I have something pretty rad and important to give to you at the end of this episode -- but first, let

144: Treat yourself like a Business - 7 KPI Series

Jan 22nd, 2018 41m 20s

Hey, you! Thanks for listening to another episode of the New Class Rising podcast! I hope that this episode gets you on a great start to your week. I am certainly excited for the show today and the series that we are getting ready to go on ove

143: The show must go on

Jan 15th, 2018 1h 1m

"If you cannot fly, then run. If you cannot run, then walk. If you cannot walk, then crawl but whatever you do. you must keep moving forward." - MLK As we celebrate Martin Luther King here in the United States, this quote from MLK could not be

142: The Holographic Mind and Visualization for Success in your Life

Aug 21st, 2017 1h 15m

http://NewClassRising.com/142 - On today's episode I am talking about something that I have never really touched on before but that supports the idea that many successful entrepreneurs have espoused - the idea that you can visualize yourself to

141: Millennials Lead the Way with Home Equity Lines of Credit

Aug 14th, 2017 54m 17s

http://NewClassRising.com/141 - Millennials today are leading the way in Home Equity Lines of Credit. According to TD Bank, millennials are tapping into home equity line of credit 2 times faster than Gen X'ers and more than 9 times as fast as b

140: The "New Normal" in Interest Rates

Jul 24th, 2017 55m 58s

http://NewClassRising.com/140 - I feel like I find myself saying this quite a bit these days, BUT, I am back in the office and am (not live) recording from my new studio in Houston Texas. The month of June was a crazy and stressful to say the l

139: 7 Technological Disruptors for All Industries and Techies

Jun 9th, 2017 52m 31s

I am back in the New Class Rising studio after my trip to Phoenix, AZ attending the 2017 Gartner Executive Supply Chain Conference. The conference was a blast with tons of sessions on some of the biggest trends and disruptors in the field of S

138: Swim in Your Own Lane

May 22nd, 2017 35m 26s

I am on my way to Phoenix, AZ for a conference, but before I left for the week I wanted to make sure that I sat in and shared this topic which I've had on the mind for the last couple of weeks. During the 2016 summer Olympics, there was a big

137: 3 Reasons Customer Success Management (CSM) is Important in SaaS and Career

May 15th, 2017 56m 55s

The explosion of Membership and Subscription based businesses, driven by customer shopping preferences and advances in technology, over the last five years have begun to redefine how some companies interact with their customer base. Unlike old

136: 4 Factors the Led to the Membership Economy

Apr 24th, 2017 46m 55s

Unless you've been living under a rock or spending most of your time in a cave (which wouldn't make sense because how else would you have found this podcast) you've likely noticed that today's consumer economy is largely thriving off of Members

135: Venezuela in Crisis: Socialism ALWAYS leads to Communism

Apr 11th, 2017 55m 45s

Democratic Socialist Venezuela is getting worse by the day, the government took an unprecedented and historic move, that actually was't so unprecedented to those of us who understand what the ultimate goal of socialist societies is. In this ep

134: The New Class is Back on the Rise!

Mar 27th, 2017 1h 6m

It has been 7 months since I released an episode on the New Class Rising podcast, but so much has been going on with myself personally, in the economy, and we obviously now have a new president that I couldn't resist the urge to get back on the

133: The Moral Hazard of the Welfare State

Aug 15th, 2016 1h 21m

Last week on the show I looked at why the poor are poor in the United States. If you listened to the episode then you know it had nothing to do with their willingness to work, but everything hat the perverse incentives the welfare state offers.

132: The Poor are Poor Because They Don't Work

Aug 12th, 2016 59m 59s

This is definitely not a politically correct thing to say, but the reasons the poor who don't work are poor, is a lot different than what you may be thinking. In this episode I explain: What is the biggest threat to the American Dream. Why the

131: Idea Extraction with a Paying Customer - Pt.2

Aug 3rd, 2016 1h 4m

On today's show I am sharing the second part to my discussion with my first customer that paid me to build a SaaS for his school menus business. In the last part of the episode I share my thoughts around the conversation, the process to delive

130: Idea Extraction with a Paying Customer - Pt.1

Aug 1st, 2016 37m 52s

[TweetsAreLove] Some never take action because they everything perfect. In episode130 @Hector_Avellan shares his very imperfect idea extraction call If you've been a loyal listener of the show, you know that my goal over the last year and a hal

129: Roger Whitney - The Retirement AnswerMan, Pt.2

Jul 25th, 2016 39m 16s

[Click to Tweet] Roger Whitney sits down with @Hector_Avellan to talk about what millennial really need to invest in to build wealth in their generation. On this episode, Roger and I pick up where we left off last week. Much of the advice that

128: Roger Whitney - The Retirement AnswerMan, Pt.1

Jul 19th, 2016

Millennials may not be thinking about retirement right now, but the truth is that they should be. Why? Because the way we think about retirement today will be very different than the retirement you're parents and grandparents will have. In this