Episodes

  • A Wealth of Well Being - Interview with Prof. Meir Statman
    Aug 25 2025

    Discover how money, meaning and happiness intersect our financial lives and decisions.

    This Podcast challenges how you think about wealth - and what it means to truly live well!

    Join the host, Arvind Ven, CEO of Capital V Group and guest Prof. Meir Statman, Finance Professor at Santa Clara University, discuss this fascinating topic from his recent book: "A Wealth of Well Being".

    We hope that you will enjoy this fast paced discussion laced with personal anecdotes, as much as we did.

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    42 mins
  • Strategies For Investing in Your Health
    May 22 2025

    We often dedicate significant time to crafting and implementing financial investment plans. Yet, planning for one's most valuable asset—health—often remains inadequate. The encouraging news is that strategies for health investments can mirror the approaches utilized by financial experts. In this episode, Ashish Mathur (Director, South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital) discus this topic in detail as well as strategies for investing in your heart health.

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    31 mins
  • Is Your Financial Data Safe?
    May 30 2023

    Is your Financial Services firm safeguarding your data?
    Are YOU taking steps to keep your financial data safe?
    In this episode, Podcast host Arvind Ven, interviews Michael Terry, Senior Information Security Analyst at LPL Financial.
    Tune into the Podcast and get some tips from an expert on keeping your data safe.

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    23 mins
  • S1 E12: There's a Shift in the Housing Market. What's Next?
    Sep 13 2022

    Interest rates are at high levels not seen in decades. Housing values were inflated in part by the Fed's 'money printing' or Quantitative Easing (QE). Now, with rapidly rising mortgage interest rates and the Fed's start of Quantitative Tightening (QT), what's next for the housing market?
    Listen to the Podcast host, Arvind Ven, and expert guest, Bryan Russell, Mortgage Banker, discuss what's happening in the economy and what could be next in the cards for the housing market..

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    25 mins
  • S1 E11: What Business Owners and Employees need to know
    Aug 2 2022

    Tune in to this latest episode of 'Fifteen Minutes to Financial Freedom' and learn about
    - Defined Contribution vs. Defied Benefit plans
    - 'Mega Backdoor Roth'
    - Calsavers plan deadlines and penalties


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    24 mins
  • S1 E10: Donor Advised Funds (DAF) - Tax benefits for being charitable
    Jul 12 2022
    In this episode, we discuss Donor Advised Funds (DAF) and how it is possible to receive tax benefits while being philanthropic and doing good.

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    20 mins
  • S1 E9: What's next for startups and venture capital
    May 12 2022

    Tune in to this fast paced podcast on what ideas make the cut, and the types of entrepreneurs that take home venture funding. Our guest this time is Karthee Madasamy, Managing Partner of MFV Partners, a Silicon Valley based early stage investment firm focusing on AI, Deep Tech and Machine Learning.

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    25 mins
  • S1 E8: Real Estate Myths and Mistakes
    Apr 12 2022

    Tune in to our host Arvind Ven, and our guest, Pat Kapowich, Silicon Valley Real Estate expert and specialist discuss:
    - Are financial metrics and proper procedures followed in this overheated market?
    - Effect of Increasing Interest Rates on Real Estate
    - New Laws to be aware of

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    25 mins