236. “How to have a bigger impact and increase your influence by rethinking your investment strategy” with venture capital investor Carrie Colbert, Curate Capital 

<p>TITLE: “How to have a bigger impact and increase your influence by rethinking your investment strategy” with venture capital investor Carrie Colbert, Curate Capital   </p> <p>EPISODE: 236</p> <p>THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: </p> <p>You’ve no doubt heard or received the advice to make sure your personal financial investment portfolio is diversified. But what about making sure that you are thinking about both influence and impact as you think about ways to diversify your financial strategy? </p> <p>As we build our careers and our businesses, it can be incredibly easy to put things like our investment strategies on the back burner. But in reality, a thoughtful and diversified approach to your financial investments can help give you additional options if/when you do decide to pivot from a job or try something completely new, including the possibility of turning your side hustle into your full time business. </p> <p>NOTE: Today’s conversation should not take the place of more personalized advice and review of your investment strategy, but it will give you lots to think about as you consider how your portfolio can help you build influence and impact in the process of saving for your future. </p> <p>If you find discussion of personal investing a bit too esoteric or frankly worry about putting your hard earned dollars at risk, this week’s guest will give you a different way of thinking about your investment strategy. And, she’ll make a hard sell on why women like you and me are actually the answer to increasing badly needed funding for women owned companies. </p> <p>HOW DOES THIS TOPIC RELATE TO HELPING YOU BUILD INFLUENCE?  Quite simply, financial independence gives us freedom and autonomy. It also can enable us to invest in areas that are personally as well as financially rewarding. </p> <p> </p> <p>THIS WEEK’S GUEST: </p> <p>This week’s conversation continues our collaboration series with <a href="https://thesouthernc.com/">The Southern Coterie</a>, my guest this week is Carrie Colbert. Carrie is the founder and CEO of Houst