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Nov 12, 2015

Money, Music, Marriage and Making It All Work

Cash and Earle are a married couple who have a joint relationship with music. We talk to the happy couple about the ins and outs of...

Nov 11, 2015

4 Tips for Choosing a Retirement Plan Provider to Manage Your IRA

Getting the most out of your IRA plan can be a tough deal indeed. After all, there are so many plans out there and all of them seem to...

Oct 21, 2015

5 Things You Should Learn From Oprah's Investment in Weight Watchers

This piece orginally appeared on Blavity.com. On Monday, news broke that media titan Oprah Winfrey purchased a 10 percent stake in Weight...

Oct 16, 2015

Becoming a Wolf on Main Street: Keys to Investing in Your Future

Ben Carter offers pointers on getting started in your journey to becoming a competent and capable investor. #wealth #moneypros

Oct 15, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence Suggests Women Treat Salary Negotiations More Like The Hunger Games

Ben Carter recaps a recent Money.com piece by Alicia Adamczyk recounting an open letter from actor Jennifer Lawrence admitting her...

Oct 11, 2015

Passing the Plate: Ben Carter Shares Key Insights on Making Charitable Gifts

Ben Carter talks about the different ways faith based organizationas collect offering and shares insight on how to go about making...

Oct 5, 2015

MYDM Side Hustles: Laura Layton's Tin Lizzy Mobile Boutique

What is the Tin Lizzy Mobile Boutique? What inspired you to start this as a business? Tin Lizzy Mobile Boutique is my little boutique on...

Oct 4, 2015

Ben Carter Joins Priest Willis on the "Missions & Marketplace" Podcast

MYDM Host Ben Carter joins AffliateMission.com's Priest Willis on "Missions & Marketplace" Podcast to talk about the evolution of...

Oct 2, 2015

Money Music Night Video Recap

We hosted our first Money Music Night in September 2015, and it was awesome. #MoneyMusicNight

Sep 29, 2015

Travel Diary: The Unique & Unfamiliar Economy of the United Arab Emirates

Last Christmas, myself and hundreds of millennials snagged incredibly cheap flights to Abu Dhabi, an “emirate” (or city) of the United...

Sep 19, 2015

Ben Carter Explains How to Travel on a Budget

Manage Your Damn Money host Ben Carter gives us 60 seconds filled with tips on how to travel on a budget. #artsepreneurship #smallbusiness

Sep 15, 2015

BE Modern Man Ben Carter Offers Clarity on Dealing with Student Loans

It’s back to school season and Ben Carter of Manage Your Damn Money brings you 60 seconds of financial empowerment tips on how to manage...

Sep 9, 2015

Soapbox Rant: We've Been Hoodwinked and Bamboozled by "Empire State of Mind"

Last night I joined American sports fans in watching the wonderfully well-known rivalry between racket wielding sisters Serena and Venus...

Sep 5, 2015

BE Modern Man Ben Carter Explains Small Business Budgeting

Ben Carter of Manage Your Damn Money brings you 60 seconds of financial empowerment delivered the only way he knows how – with humor and...

Aug 30, 2015

What?! You Want to Pay For My Art???

Visual artists Michelle Izquierdo sits down with Ben Carter to talk about how she changed her passion for creating art from a hobby to...

Aug 29, 2015

Hamiltonian Gallery and MYDM To Host "Money Music Night" September 1st on U Street

-- For Immediate Release -- August 28, 2015 Contact: info@manageyourdamnmoney.com Washington, DC – Manage Your Damn Money, LLC and...

Aug 25, 2015

Top Seven Reasons Why Drake Is My Role Model (Even Though I Can’t Afford It)

Me and my friends have a group text thread. It’s six of us in it. The “group chat” as my wife calls it, is where we learn of the latest...

Aug 13, 2015

The Lesson Ciara, Russell Wilson (and One Other Person) Have To Teach About Money

This piece originally appeared on districtmen202.com. The NFL Season is here. Drenched in leftover conversation about deflated balls,...

Aug 4, 2015

MYDM Host Publishes First Book, Fictitious Financial Fairytale

-- For Immediate Release -- August 4, 2015 Contact: info@manageyourdamnmoney.com Washington, DC – Manage Your Damn Money, LLC is proud to...

Aug 3, 2015

Ben Carter to Close Millennial on a Mission #SummerSocial Networking Series

-- For Immediate Release -- August 3, 2015 Contact: info@manageyourdamnmoney.com Washington, DC – Manage Your Damn Money host and Co-CEO...