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Getting Rich Together

Getting Rich Together

Syama Bunten 134 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

Women are projected to inherit over $30 trillion by 2030, yet financial literacy and confidence lag. Host Syama Bunten, after her divorce, sought conversations about money and discovered the power of wealth catalysts. This podcast features weekly interviews with women investors, founders, and leaders who redefine wealth on their own terms. It aims to expand listeners' financial vision and confidence, emphasizing that wealth is built together.

Episodes

Grace Belangia on Angel Investing, LP Funds, and Building Wealth Outside Silicon Valley
Grace Belangia on Angel Investing, LP Funds, and Building Wealth Outside Silicon Valley Aug 18, 2026 46:24 Grace Belangia didn't build her startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley. She built it in Augusta, Georgia, a city with medical, military, and energy communities but no established tech community. On Getting Rich Together, host Syama Bunten talks with the cofounder and executive board member of Make Startups about her path from writing angel checks on her own to becoming an LP in a VC fund. Grace trace
The Tombstone Story Behind Jenna Nicholas' Spirituality and Impact Investing Career
The Tombstone Story Behind Jenna Nicholas' Spirituality and Impact Investing Career Aug 11, 2026 48:21 Jenna Nicholas learned that work is a form of worship before she ever managed anyone's money. On this episode of Getting Rich Together, she joins host Syama Bunten to discuss how spirituality and impact investing became part of the same practice rather than two separate parts of her life.   Jenna is a leading impact investor, the founder of Impact Experience, runs a fund with Lightpost Capital, an
Retiring at 50 and Building Financial Literacy for Women of Color
Retiring at 50 and Building Financial Literacy for Women of Color Aug 4, 2026 53:04 No one explained a 401(k) to Anita Battle. She had to ask a coworker, copy what the coworker did, and hope it worked out. In this conversation with host Syama Bunten on Getting Rich Together, human-centered leadership expert and board director Anita Battle talks about financial literacy for women of color and what gets lost when families never talk about money. Anita grew up in Oakland wanting to
Angel Investing for Women, Building Wealth from Scratch, and Backing the Founders VC Overlooks With Lisha Bell
Angel Investing for Women, Building Wealth from Scratch, and Backing the Founders VC Overlooks With Lisha Bell Jul 28, 2026 54:08 Writing your first angel check is an act of conviction. For Lisha Bell it was also an act of defiance. She had spent 20 years as a Black woman in tech, rarely working alongside other Black people or women, watching founders who looked like her get passed over. VC wasn't going to fix it. So she decided to write her own checks. And she wants more women to do the same. Lisha grew up working the cash
She Raised Money Inside the 0.34%: Venture Capital Funding for Black Women Founders
She Raised Money Inside the 0.34%: Venture Capital Funding for Black Women Founders Jul 21, 2026 51:38 Only 0.34% of venture capital goes to Black women. Dr. Liz Clayborne, founder and CEO of NasaClip, raised money inside that number. On Getting Rich Together, she tells host Syama Bunten what venture capital funding for black women founders actually requires. This physician entrepreneur's startup story starts in the ER, where Liz kept seeing patients mismanage nosebleeds and come in with something
Nell 3D on How a Subtraction Mindset Builds Wealth That Lasts
Nell 3D on How a Subtraction Mindset Builds Wealth That Lasts Jul 14, 2026 01:02:20 Most people think wealth grows by adding more hustle, more assets, and more ambition. Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, known to many as Nell 3D, built her career on the opposite bet. A subtraction mindset for building wealth is the idea behind her Substack, Subtract to Succeed, and in this conversation with Syama Bunten, she explains why the approach works. Nell's money story began with a single child
How to Pay Yourself as a Business Owner, with Andrea Liebross
How to Pay Yourself as a Business Owner, with Andrea Liebross Jul 7, 2026 01:05:41 Andrea Liebross was the least-paid person in her own business for years. Then she got deliberate about changing that. In this conversation with host Syama Bunten, Andrea gets into how to pay yourself as a business owner and why so many women wait too long to start. She grew up watching her father run his own CPA firm, where money was a subject reserved for adults. He talked business with clients o
Women and Wealth Building: How Heather Kernahan Went From Dodging a Debt Collector to Buying a Business
Women and Wealth Building: How Heather Kernahan Went From Dodging a Debt Collector to Buying a Business Jun 30, 2026 01:05:30 Women and wealth building look different when you stop climbing the ladder and start buying the building. For Heather, it started with a paper route in small-town Nova Scotia, a mom who modeled resilience, and a belief that working hard was the only way out. Syama Bunten sits down with Heather Kernahan, CEO of the Content Bureau and author of Unstuckable, for a Getting Rich Together conversation a
How to Build Wealth as a Woman When You Are Starting From Zero With Alicia Umpierre
How to Build Wealth as a Woman When You Are Starting From Zero With Alicia Umpierre Jun 23, 2026 43:22 Women and money is a conversation most people only have in private, if at all. Alicia Umpierre is a patent attorney with a Ph.D. in chemistry. She built her career with no family blueprint and no financial network to draw from. On Getting Rich Together, host Syama Bunten draws out the story behind the credentials. What emerges is the women and money conversation you know but rarely hear spoken out
Impact Investing for Women Proves Values-Based Investing Is Not Charity | Lucy Rogers
Impact Investing for Women Proves Values-Based Investing Is Not Charity | Lucy Rogers Jun 16, 2026 53:07 Impact investing for women does not have to mean choosing between profit and purpose. Lucy Rogers built a global network connecting more than 3,000 family offices, investors, and founders by asking one simple question in every room she entered about what that person actually needed. On Getting Rich Together, host Syama Bunten sits down with Lucy to explore how that instinct became the foundation f
Trauma Recovery for High Achievers: What the Numbers Can't Fix | Annie Wright
Trauma Recovery for High Achievers: What the Numbers Can't Fix | Annie Wright Jun 9, 2026 50:12 Annie sold a multi-million-dollar therapy center at 43. On paper, that kind of success should make a person feel safe. But money does not automatically rewrite what the body learned first. Host Syama Bunten sits down with Annie Wright, a licensed psychotherapist and executive coach specializing in trauma recovery for high achievers, for a conversation about what financial success can and cannot fi
Alix Lebec on Impact Investing and How $1 Million in Philanthropy Can Unlock $50 Million in Private Capital
Alix Lebec on Impact Investing and How $1 Million in Philanthropy Can Unlock $50 Million in Private Capital Jun 2, 2026 01:02:35 What if your money could fund the future you actually want to live in? That is the question Alix Lebec has spent her career trying to answer. On Getting Rich Together, host Syama Bunten sits down with Alix, founder of Lebec, a firm built to mainstream innovative finance and put more capital to work on some of the world's biggest problems. Alix grew up between France, South Korea, and China before

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