How many people in the US don't even know the name of their next door neighbor? Many people may go through life without ever experiencing a sense of community, like the residents of Alief, TX have.

 

 

 

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Did you know that you can get a bone density scan outside of the US for 28 dollars? Here in the US hospitals can bill close to 8,000 dollars for the very same procedure. What if your traveling and need to find a hospital that accepts your insurance.

 

On today's show we visited with Suzanne Garber. Entrepreneur, Board of Director Member, Filmmaker, Author, and Global Nomad Suzanne Garber is focused on a portfolio ...of corporate and philanthropic boards that provide complex services to millions of beneficiaries and users around the world. She finished filming, "Gauze: Unraveling Global Healthcare"--a documentary about the quality, affordability and accessibility in healthcare outside the United States and recently published, "The International Executive's Resource Guide--Stories of International Business Success Across Geographies, Industries, and Cultures." Currently CEO and Founder of Gauze, LLC, Suzanne connects tens of millions of patients with international hospitals using proprietary technology and information. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Networking Officer for the world's largest medical and security assistance firm based in Singapore ensuring a safe evacuation for those in need around the world. She began her career at FedEx, culminating in the role of Managing Director, South America, based in Brazil.

 

A dual US/EU citizen, Suzanne is an honors graduate from Rutgers University with a degree in foreign languages and a Master's degree recipient with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. Reared in Spain, Mexico, Algeria, Egypt, the Dominican Republic and various US states, she is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Her work has taken her to every continent and 80 countries.
 

 

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www.gauze.net

 

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Every hour another 20,000 baby boomers reach the age to qualify for social security benefits. This will be the case for the next 20 years. Todays guest is Nathan Garcia with Westbourne Investments . We discussed social security, retirement, healthcare as the greatest future expense, and how now more than ever estate planning is for everyone! Nathan is the author of “The 7 New Rules of Retirement” and creator of the Safe Harbor Financial plan. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM he helps clients by answering questions about the transition into retirement and by testing their financial strategies using custom built financial plans. To find out more visit: www.westbourneinv.com Personal Finance Cheat Sheet Article: http://www.cheatsheet.com/…/how-schools-can-improve-their-…/ You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or www.moneymatterspodcast.com ‪#‎KPFT‬ ‪#‎WestbourneInv‬

Many people have the motivation and the desire to get a college degree but or limited by financial means. What if you you could get a college degree for a small fraction of what traditonal schools charge?

Today we were joined by President and Founder of University of the People, Shai Reshef.

Shai Reshef is President & Founder of University of the People, also known as “UoPeople”- and has been widely recognized for his work with UoPeople, including being named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business; selected by OneWorld as one of its ‘People of 2009;' awarded an Ashoka fellowship; joined UN-GAID as a High-level Adviser; granted membership in the Clinton Global Initiative; awarded an RSA Fellowship; selected by The Huffington Post as the Ultimate Game Changer in Education; nominated as one of Wired Magazine’s 50 People Changing the World; and selected as a Top Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine.

 

An expert on the intersection of education and technology, Shai Reshef is an educational entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience in the international education market.  Shai has spoken internationally at numerous conferences including the Clinton Global Initiative; DLD: Digital, Life, Design; TED, World Economic Forum; EG5 Conference; Google’s Higher Education Summit. He has also lectured at Yale, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford, among others.

 

 

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TED TALK - An Ultra Low Cost College Degree

 

The University of the People Website

 

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Would you go to the gym more often if someone was paying you? What if your employer not only encouraged you to be healthy but reinforced that behaviour? Does a healthy employee actually reduce expenses for a company and raise the bottom line?

We were joined today by the Founder and CEO of KrowdFit, Jim Miller. We discussed the correlation between getting healthy and monetary incentives in the work place.

 

Jim is a serial entrepreneur companies and experienced CEO with 25 years experience leading early stage technology driven companies.  He is keenly focused on improving the human health condition and is passionate about performance sports and nutrition.  He currently is the founder and CEO of KrowdFit, a platform that financially incentivizes healthy choices.

 

He is an expert in loyalty marketing, incentive rewards program design and has successfully led several venture-funded companies through periods of rapid growth, holding key senior leadership roles & has successfully raised over $125 million to fund his start-ups.

 

Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of uTANGO the world's richest Visa® Rewards program, rewarding individual lifetime consumer loyalty with up to $1 Million in cash rewards.  Prior to leading uTANGO, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence with Ignition Partners and Frazier Technology Ventures where he participated in the investment process and provided interim executive leadership to portfolio companies.

 

He has been a guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship and Raising Venture Capital at Seattle University, Portland State University Schools of Business Administration and Northwest University.  Jim has been recognized in Kiplinger's Magazine How to get Other People's Money to Finance your Business and Success Magazine Get Venture Capital for Your Business.

Jim currently resides with his wife, Mimi, and daughters Alex and Bridget in Bend, OR. Interests include: cycling, skiing, golf, technology, wine and domain name speculation.  He studied Finance and Marketing at Linfield College, however never one to sit still, he became bored and dropped out during the last semester.

 

 

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WWW.KrowdFit.com

 

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Nearly two years after Houston City Council members gave their overwhelming support for the project, the FAA’s formal approval opens the door for plans that could see Ellington Airport become a focal point for aerospace operations, such as the launching of micro satellites, astronaut training, zero gravity experimentation, spacecraft manufacturing and a host of other potential activities.

We were joined today by the Director of Rice Space Institute and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sr. David Alexander. We discussed the implications to the local and greater Gulf Coast economy and workforce.

 

David Alexander is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, where his primary area of research is solar astrophysics.  As Director, Professor Alexander is responsible for the mission and direction required to develop and achieve the goals and objectives of the institute.

Professor Alexander is a member of the Rice Faculty Senate and author of “The Sun” part of the Greenwood Press “Guide to the Universe” Series. He received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2004 and was appointed a Kavli Frontiers Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences in 2006.  He is currently the Vice Chair of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomy Society, and  Chair of the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Users’ Committee.  He is also former Chair of the Solar Heliospheric Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) program.  Professor Alexander has served on many national and professional committees including the NASA Advisory Council’s Heliophysics Subcommittee, the NASA Solar Heliospheric Management and Operations Working Group (SH-MOWG), ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter Payload Committee and the Science Advisory Board of the High Altitude Observatory Coronal Solar Magnetism Observatory.

Professor Alexander joined the faculty at Rice in 2003, coming from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto, California where he was a Staff Physicist working on the development of advanced space missions for solar physics.  He received his Bachelor of Science in Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, and his doctorate on Relativistic Cosmological Models from the

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