Summary
Today it’s my pleasure to welcome Kurt to the show.
Kurt is the co-founder of the online brokerage company Pearler. We talk about Kurt’s relationship with money, how and why Pearler was started and what it takes to get a fintech startup off the ground.
Some of the topics in today’s episode include:
- Kurt’s upbringing in an entrepreneurial family. His relationship with money/investing and his personal investing goal & strategy.
- The inspiration behind the creation of Pearler.
- The psychology of money & investing. Meaningful work and the ultimate benefits of financial independence.
- What sets Pearler apart from the pack.
- What’s involved in starting and building a company like Pearler?
- Where does the money come from?
- Angel investing, founder accelerator programs & building out a fintech team.
Show Notes
- Pearler
- Book – The Barefoot Investor
- Book – The Psychology of Money
- AngelList
Transcript:
Heads up grammar police, the following transcription is half human half machine and not 100% perfect so expect a few typos and errors…
Coming soon
Another great pod AFB!
Really interesting to hear about Kurt’s journey and the beginnings of Pearler. As somebody who’s involved in the Australian tech start-up scene myself, it was a particularly enjoyable pod for me to listen to, combining two of my interests – financial independence and tech start-ups!
I loved hearing about Kurt’s upbringing, and especially the family travels around the world that shaped him. Hopefully in the next few years, financial independence will allow my wife and I the opportunity to bring my young kids around-the-world in a similar multi-month trip that will have a positive impact and lasting influence on them as well. Thanks for sharing your story Kurt.
AFB, keep up the great content mate! Looking forward to that debt recycling post/pod. Teased again here! 🍻🙌
Thanks you!
Those are two of my loves too. Tech and FI! What a combo right? I think a lot of people tend to gravitate to FIRE because it’s basically optimising your life. And tech workers love efficiency 🤓
I am debt recycling my PPOR loan. so far ive lump sump invested the funds and created new loan splits everytime I DR’d.
If I wanna invest using pearler’s auto invest and still debt reycle (thru a seperate, dedicated home loan split for DR purposes), do i just have to just provide pearler my split loan’s account number, and once nominated $ is in the loan redraw (which i presume pearler can detect?), pearler can just autowithdraw to invest?
The only reason for me not moving to pearler is the above reason.
Hmmm not sure mate. Maybe flick them a message?