264. Building Investment Skills Without the Risk!

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 264. Building Investment Skills Without the Risk! On this episode of CFO at Home, Vince·s guest is Deon Hargrove, founder of Smart Investors, an educational investing platform designed to help people learn, practice, and grow their skills in a risk-free simulation before using real money. Deon shares how starting his investing journey during the 2020 pandemic led to him building a one-stop shop that combines research tools, strategy-based asset recommendations, and virtual portfolios that use real-world market data. He discusses investor mindset shaped by market crashes, the importance of research over ·gambling,· and lessons from the dot-com bubble and today·s AI boom. For more info on the Smart Investors App, visit smartinvestorsapp.com Key Topics: 01:00 Meet Deon, Learn About his Mission 01:25 Origin Story Pandemic Investing 03:18 Early Wins and Doubts 05:09 Vince’s early investing disaster (PalmPilot!)&nbsp; 08:14 Millennial Investor Mindset 11:51 Dot Com Bubble and AI Parallels 17:36 Research Beats Gambling 19:28 Amazon From Books to Empire 21:17 How Smart Investors Works 23:22 Three Part Learning System 25:46 Fail Safely Before Brokerages 28:04 Financial Literacy Crisis Stats 31:07 401k and Fund Simulations 33:14 Smart Investor Tracks Case Studies 35:07 Getting Started and Pricing 37:20 Wrap Up and Links Key Links: &nbsp;https://smartinvestorsapp.com https://www.instagram.com/smartinvestors01/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/deon-hargrove/ Contact the Host -&nbsp;vince@thecfoathome.com Want to be a guest on CFO at Home? Send Vince a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1628643039567x840793309030672500 CFO at Home https://www.thecfoathome.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42969843/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/206477483