Kartik and Gautam's non-profit, Financing the Future, has a powerful mission: To foster a community of self-reliant, independent, fiscally responsible individuals. In the podcast, Kartik and Gautam share how they learned about personal finance (including their favorite books), their entrepreneurial journey, and why they believe that ALL students should learn finance in high school. Inspiring stuff! 

Details:

• 0:00~1:04 Introduction
• 1:04~3:03 The two students’ backgrounds
• 3:03~4:21 How remote learning has been 
• 4:21~6:27 Source of passion for personal finance
• 6:27~7:08 Thoughts on index funds
• 7:08~8:18 What is an ETF?
• 8:18~9:53 Starting an organization
• 9:53~10:34 Becoming friends
• 10:34~12:50 Recommended books
• 12:50~15:54 What a club meeting is like
• 15:54~16:12 A word from NGPF
• 16:12~17:57 What students are interested in
• 17:57~22:39 Teaching at elementary schools
• 22:39~25:40 Using NGPF
• 25:40~28:28 Memories of success 
• 28:28~30:33 Why personal finance should be taught 
• 30:33~32:01 Conclusion

Resources:

• The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner: A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
• The Total Money Makeover
• Broke Millennial
• FinViz

Quotes:

• “We just need to ingrain the idea to children that money is not something that your parents argue about or something that’s a burden or something that’s always going to be there in a form of a loan or something that’s going to hold you back.” -Kartik

• “I feel like we can change the next generation of learners and educators themselves will be able to say ‘yes, I played a part in that’ because as I mentioned before, there isn’t much financial teaching in high school.” - Gautam

About the Authors

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

Ren Makino

Ren started interning at NGPF in 2014, and worked part-time through high school and college. With his knowledge growing alongside NGPF, he joined the team to work full-time after graduating from college in 2020. He is also the producer of the NGPF podcast. During his free time, he likes to try out coffees from different roasters across the world.