Denise Labuda

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Kids & Family, Saving, Budgeting, Giving Back, Family Money & Life Events, Budgeting & Saving

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San Rafael , California

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University of Michigan, BS Univerisity of San Francisco, MA

Bio

I have spent more than two decades working in positions of leadership at Fortune 500 companies such as Intuit Inc., Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. developing tools and services to help individuals and families learn fundamental money management and investing skills. I founded the Economic Independence Group, LLC (EIG) in order to support families, businesses, teachers and non-profit organizations in their efforts to provide children with a strong financial education. We believe it is important to teach young kids about money so they can build the skills necessary to make informed financial decisions throughout their lives. We provide workshops and educational programs that inspire and empower families and individuals to acquire the fundamental skills to manage money wisely. Our flagship product, Money Wizdom, helps parents teach their kids age-appropriate budgeting skills and habits starting as young as the age of 5. I look forward to helping the LifeTuner community, especially those of you who have young children, to develop good fundamental money skills and habits!

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In the News: Wealth & Inequality

By jswesey | April 14 2010 | Saving, Kids & family | 811 Views | 2 Comments | 0

I just recently checked out this slideshow, " 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth and Inequality in America " over at BusinessInsider.com. The slideshow pulls up some facts and figures about who has money, who's been gaining...

Will future generations still be collectors?

By Gregory Ostrowski | March 17 2010 | Investment accounts, Kids & family | 835 Views | 4 Comments | 1

Like a lot of kids, I grew up collecting baseball cards.  I spent many an afternoon tearing through packs of new cards in search of the hottest rookie card or a rare misprint.  Friends and I would regularly ride...

In the News: Education Only for the Rich or Lucky?

By jswesey | March 09 2010 | Career, Education/college planning | 999 Views | 3 Comments | 0

Student protests in California over more proposed budget cuts and tuition hikes at state universities have a lot of people wondering whether higher education will eventually become something of a luxury available only to...

Spreadsheet Budgeting

By Keith Morris | February 25 2010 | Budgeting | 1016 Views | 2 Comments | 0

Kevin from No Debt Plan created an awesome  video showing a technique he uses to set up a budget spreadsheet. I was wondering if any other LifeTuner members or experts use spreadsheets for their budgets, and if the...

In the News: Friends, FaceBook, Google Buzz & Trust

By Keith Morris | February 10 2010 | Kids & family | 1011 Views | 3 Comments | 0

Interesting survey results from Edelman's Trust Barometer survey this week, only 25% of folks trust their friends as credible sources of information. That is down from 45% in 2008. "The events of the last 18 months...

Keeping up with the Joneses

By Keith Morris | February 08 2010 | Budgeting | 1653 Views | 6 Comments | 0

Suburban Dollar has an interesting piece up highlighting a recent USA Today article describing a report that some people are receiving that details the energy consumption of their neighbors.  It turns out that...

Eating on a budget

By PioneerPets | January 12 2010 | Budgeting | 1074 Views | 7 Comments | 0

After my mortgage the largest line item in my budget is food. We spend about $400 a month on it. If we go out to eat sometimes that number is even higher. I feel like I have tried it all. Chasing sales, planning meals a week...

In the News: "Move Your Money" this year?

By jswesey | January 04 2010 | Saving | 1415 Views | 13 Comments | 1

Everybody's talking about the new "Move Your Money" campaign started by Arianna Huffington. The campaign encourages people to move their money from big banks, which it depicts as detached from the community and squanderers...

Help Me Keep My New Year Resolution

By Keith Morris | December 28 2009 | Budgeting | 1022 Views | 10 Comments | 1

Everyone is talking about New Year resolutions. One of the best ways to keep them is to announce your goals publicly. This way, there is an audience to encourage you and hold you accountable. Even if your audience has no...

Hero: Pointing One Out This Holiday Season

By Denise LaBuda | December 12 2009 | Giving back, Kids & family | 1075 Views | 1 Comment | 0

Most of us can name a number of famously wealthy people like John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, or Andrew Carnegie. Men, who spent much of their lives making a fortune, and in old age, choose to give most of their money to...

 
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