Joseph S. Moore joins The Intentional Investor to discuss his journey from working class South Carolina to historian, professor, entrepreneur, and author of How to Get Rich in American History. In this conversation, Matt Zeigler and Joseph explore the personal stories behind money, ambition, education, rejection, faith, family, risk taking, and the long path from a 2008 financial wake-up call to a national bestselling book.

Taylor Schulte joins The Intentional Investor to talk about the life experiences that shaped his path from skateboarding and punk rock to financial planning, entrepreneurship, marketing and building a business on his own terms. This conversation explores the people, setbacks and lessons that helped Taylor develop confidence, competitiveness, resilience and a lifelong drive to keep getting better at things that can never be fully mastered.

In this episode of The Intentional Investor, Matt Zeigler sits down with Mat Cashman to explore the path from classical saxophone to options trading, market making, education, and career reinvention. The conversation covers music, perfectionism, teaching, the CBOE trading floor, risk, failure, identity, and what it means to keep learning after life forces you to change direction.

Once upon a time, companies went public to raise money. You’d go on a road show to pitch your story and drum up interest, you'd float a big pile of stock, and then you’re off to the races to go build your company. Turns out, that’s not really the case anymore.