My day job

October 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

Yes, I admit it, my posting has been flakier than a fresh baked croissant the past few weeks. For those of you that have been following along, my day job is as the head of marketing for an Internet startup here in NYC. We’ve been busy building an online personal financial advisor to help people in their 20’s and 30’s overcome their financial woes and thrive.

People in this age group (people like me), have had the choice of dishing out hundreds of dollars to hire a financial advisor, or to use tools like Quicken to get their finances in order. The problem with the first option is that it’s not affordable for many people and the problem with the second is that you need to know a lot about finances before you can actually use these tools effectively.

We’ve been busy building something that will help anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed and confused by their finances. I’m happy to announce that we’ve officially launched Thrive, a free online personal financial advisory service. Thrive starts by organizing your finances in one place, next it assesses your financial health based on your situation, and then it will give you advice to help you improve your financial health. As your financial health improves, you can make plans and save for the future whether it’s for something small like a new KitchenAid, or for something big like retirement.

Thanks, for bearing with me through my lack of posting and my little pitch, but I honestly believe that what we’re building will help out a lot of people (which is why I haven’t left my day job yet for a career in food). Hopefully, now that we’ve launched, I’ll have a little more time to keep this blog up-to-date:-)

P.S. You can also read the financial musings of myself and my colleagues on our blog.

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3 Responses to “My day job”

  1. Christie@fig&cherry
    October 15th, 2008 @ 10:58 pm

    Ahhh, I wondered what happened! Thanks for the update. Looks really cool - best of luck with it.

  2. Susan at Sticky,Gooey,Creamy,Chewy
    October 16th, 2008 @ 12:21 am

    It sounds like a great program that will help a lot of people. Hope it really takes off!

  3. Manggy
    October 16th, 2008 @ 7:33 am

    Hey, building something to help other people is as good a reason as any to take a break from blogging :) I wish you luck in your endeavors!

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