Daniel Bowen graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2007 with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship. In school he co-founded two start-ups, co-wrote an award winning business plan, competed in business plan competitions nationwide, and was an inaugural member of the Entrepreneur Mentor Society.
Upon graduation Daniel moved back to Texas and married Mary, his high school sweetheart. Shortly after getting his first job as an analyst in the Treasury department of a Fortune 500 company, he founded Young and Frugal, a blog dedicated to business and personal finance for millennials. With his blog he hopes to educate millennials on smart personal finance, entrepreneurship, and making life easier.
Daniel Bowen's blog is Young and Frugal.
Did you know that there are companies whose whole foundation is based on taking your money while giving you nothing in return? These companies exist, they are very real, and most people continue on paying them for nothing, you probably are right now. The primary example of this that comes to mind is your Gym membership.
I’m fine with being worked to death, but pure boredom is another thing all together. The girl who had my job before me watched Grey’s Anatomy and anything else she could online, and the guy before her brought in DVD’s to watch at work.
It’s no wonder that many boomers and gen-xers think we are the worst generation. We’ve had our helicopter parents swoop in and save us when we’ve gotten into rough situations, we’ve been told our whole lives that we should dream big and that we have the power to change the world (and we believe it!), and most of us have never seen our parents struggle so we “don’t know what it takes.” […]
In 8 short days I will make the biggest purchase I am ever likely to make, I will be purchasing a new house. And the closer we come to closing, the harder it is for me to practice what I preach–fiscal responsibility.
The bottom line is that we don’t possess our good ideas, they possess us. Once you are possessed you have true passion to keep trying, when you are knocked down, you get up you take your passion to someone else to try again […]
A business professor taught me something that is impossible to forget: If you’re scared you’re going to get screwed, you’re never going to get laid.
As much as budgeting is important, no one likes sticking to a strict budget, so my wife and I look towards the future at what we will be making and what we can spend (or save) then.
Even if you’ve been trying to cut down your gas use because going to the pump feels like a blood-letting, I’ll bet there’s at least one new idea here you haven’t thought of yet.
“He get’s bitchy sometimes. Just understand that it has nothing to do with you, it’s just his personality.” The words of wisdom from a co-worker on my fourth day in the office, and subsequently his last, rang through my head today as I entered my bosses office and realized he was in one of his “moods.” […]
To build off my last post on how haggling builds confidence, I’ve decided to get you started on the right track by including 10 pointers for haggling. The more you buy, the more of a discount you can get. Mary and I went shopping for a new TV for her parents at Best Buy, and I […]
