On this episode of CFO at Home, Vince·s guest is Deon Hargrove, founder of Smart Investors, an educational investing platform designed to help people learn, practice, and grow their skills in a risk-free simulation before using real money. Deon shares how starting his investing journey during the 2020 pandemic led to him building a one-stop shop that combines research tools, strategy-based asset recommendations, and virtual portfolios that use real-world market data. He discusses investor mindset shaped by market crashes, the importance of research over ·gambling,· and lessons from the dot-com bubble and today·s AI boom. For more info on the Smart Investors App, visit smartinvestorsapp.com

Key Topics:

01:00 Meet Deon, Learn About his Mission

01:25 Origin Story Pandemic Investing

03:18 Early Wins and Doubts

05:09 Vince's early investing disaster (PalmPilot!)

08:14 Millennial Investor Mindset

11:51 Dot Com Bubble and AI Parallels

17:36 Research Beats Gambling

19:28 Amazon From Books to Empire

21:17 How Smart Investors Works

23:22 Three Part Learning System

25:46 Fail Safely Before Brokerages

28:04 Financial Literacy Crisis Stats

31:07 401k and Fund Simulations

33:14 Smart Investor Tracks Case Studies

35:07 Getting Started and Pricing

37:20 Wrap Up and Links

Key Links:

• https://smartinvestorsapp.com

• https://www.instagram.com/smartinvestors01/

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/deon-hargrove/

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