September 22, 2025 – Finance Expert Stefanie O’Connell, I Need A VA Brittany Bettini andEnlightened Entrepreneur Corey Poirier

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Stefanie O’Connell – Personal finance expert, featured on The Today Show, ABC World News, Bloomberg, CNBC, and more

My strategy is a time in the market is better than timing the market.

In a time when traditional savings accounts are offering less incentives to younger generations, new research shows that Bitcoin (BTC) is emerging as a frontrunner in how Millennials and Gen Z approach wealth building—and older generations may be missing out. To address this shifting landscape, Uphold is launching easyBitcoin, a seamless way to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin. Built for simplicity, transparency, and trust, it’s designed to bring crypto into the comfort zone for all, especially Gen Xers navigating a rapidly evolving financial future. According to recent research, many younger people are turning to Bitcoin instead of traditional savings. Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez is a nationally recognized personal finance expert, author, and speaker, known for empowering individuals—especially women and millennials—to achieve financial independence. She’s been featured on The Today Show, ABC World News, Bloomberg, and CNBC, and is widely respected for making complex financial topics relatable and actionable. She brings deep insight into the behavioral trends shaping modern money decisions.
Brittany Bettini – CEO of I Need A VA

My main focus and my life revolves around I Need a VA. It’s what really
gets me excited about life, and so I’ve decided to quit chasing shiny
objects and really just double down on what I know best

Brittany Bettini is an award-winning entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist from Asheville, North Carolina. She is the founder and CEO of I Need A VA, Bettini Financial, and Bettini Business Academy. Over the last six years, Brittany has been the On-Site Chief Of Operations for her family’s company, Clean Streak Incorporated. Her multiple businesses have been nominated for and received numerous awards, including four consecutive Henderson County NC Chamber of Commerce’s highest growth awards from 2018-2021. Brittany was named as one of Business North Carolina Magazine’s 2021 Small Business Trailblazers and received the 2021 Henderson County Athena Award nomination. Brittany is an esteemed member of the Forbes Business Council. She has written articles that have appeared in numerous publications, including Forbe’s magazine, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur magazine, MarketWatch, USA Today, and many others. Since escaping a decade-long domestic violence situation in 2017, Brittany has become a fierce advocate for battered women. In 2022 she helped raise over four hundred thousand dollars for the domestic violence shelter where she and her children were once visitors. Brittany currently spends her days coaching small business owners in the art of rapid growth using virtual staff, press, and all of the other tools she has picked up along her entrepreneurial journey.

Corey Poirier – Speaker, Podcaster and Author of The Enlightened Passenger

The question of how important is it to step outside your comfort zone? I
think it’s everything. I think it is one of those transformational game changers.

Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx Speaker and was recently announced as one of just 15 SUCCESS Magazine Emerging Entrepreneurs (a first-time award). He is also the host of the top-rated ‘Let’s Do Influencing’ Radio Show, founder of the growing bLU Talks brand, and has been featured in multiple television specials. He is a Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Apple Books, and Kobo Bestselling Author, Award Winning Author, and the co-author of the Wall Street Journal / USA Today Bestseller, Quitless. A columnist with Entrepreneur and Forbes magazine, he has interviewed over 6,500 of the world’s top leaders, including everyone from Ken Honda, Lisa Nichols, Dr. Shefali, Deepak Chopra, Tommy Chong, , Neale Donald Walsch, Marie Diamond, and Kristina Mänd-Lakniahi, and he has spoken on-site at Harvard, Columbia, MIT, UCLA, Stanford, and more recently to Microsoft team leaders and at Kyle Wilson’s Inner Circle retreat which has featured everyone from Brian Tracy to Mark Victor Hansen to Phil Collen (Def Leppard). Also appearing on the popular Evan Carmichael YouTube Channel, he is a New Media Summit Icon of Influence, was recently listed as the # 5 Influencer in Entrepreneurship by Thinkers 360, and listed on the 2021 Brainz CREA Global Awards as an honouree, and he is a Humanitarian Hero Award Nominee, Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee, Champion Award nominee, and to demonstrate his versatility, a Rock Recording of the Year Nominee who has performed stand-up comedy more than 700 times, including an appearance at the famed Second City.

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