You’re in your 30s or 40s (and heyyyy all of you inching over the line into your 50s). You have what sounds like a lot of money. But when you think about the fact that you might live for another 50 or 60 years? It starts to sound like maybe not that much money.
Continue readingLiving Off Your IPO Wealth Starting in Your 30s or 40s. Key Word? Flexibility.
I was recently talking with a couple who had significant wealth from a successful IPO a few years ago. (Ahhhh, those were the days.)
Continue readingYou Should Aim to Be Financially Independent…Enough.
Though the fervor around “financial independence” has abated a bit in recent years, I still see quite a bit of it. (Perils of the job, doncha know.) In fact, I most often see this “I want to retire now!” from women who are burned. the f*ck. out. by their career in tech.
Continue readingHow Much Money Do You Need?
Our clients are in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. They’re all well paid. Many have gone through big liquidity events (read: IPO) that have dumped a big Bucket O’Money™ in their laps. (That’s what we specialize in after all.)
Continue readingWhat should women in tech take away from the FIRE movement?
A woman in the audience at Grace Hopper a few weeks ago asked me and my fellow panelists what we thought about FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). A sea of murmurs and nodding heads showed this was a really popular question.