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Warren Hogarth is the Co-Founder and CEO of Empower, an app that helps you stay on top of your finances, get objective and personalized recommendations to make your money go further, and discover and save hundreds (to thousands) of dollars per year. Voted one of the best 25 apps of 2017 by Time Magazine, Empower is more than just a budgeting app – it’s an independent, trusted financial advocate working for you 24/7.

Prior to launching Empower in 2016, Warren spent eight years as a Partner at the #1 VC firm in the world, Sequoia Capital, where he saw first-hand how modern FinTech startups were helping change the way people approached managing money, payments, and investing. During his time at Sequoia, they invested in companies like Square, Uber, WhatsApp, Stripe, and AirBnB. Warren was the lead investor and Board member helping many entrepreneurs build companies from zero to over $1 billion.
In this episode we talk about Warren’s background and his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, financial differences between Australia and the U.S., investing advice that anyone can implement, importance of diversification, misconceptions of robo-advising, and what led him to creating Empower.

After the recording Warren and I chatted about two levels of robo-advising. For people that have $5-$10 per week to invest, apps like Acorns or Stash work really well, but for those who want to invest $5,000 or less, Betterment or Wealthfront are great options.

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