101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book
—From the Foreword by Tavis Smiley
"If you have no money in the bank, you think your paycheck is too small, and you're determined to change your life, READ THIS BOOK!"
—Melvin B. Miller, Director of the Boston Bank of Commerce; Author, How to Get Rich When You Ain't Got Nothing
"Mr. Brown does an excellent job of guiding readers through the financial pitfalls to attainable wealth and financial security. THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE."
—Will Horton, Publisher and CEO, NASABA Magazine
"Need help setting financial goals, funding a college education, planning a retirement? Then turn to financial expert Jesse Brown."
—Library Journal
Let Jesse Brown put you and your family on the road to success. This easy-to-follow personal finance book gives you the answers to all your questions about how to get out of debt and stay out of debt-and how to make money work for you instead of against you. As Jesse Brown and Tavis Smiley say, "Things just don't happen. You've got to claim your destiny. Educate yourself. Get a plan. And take charge of your financial life." From stories of other people's mistakes, you can learn:
- How to stop spending money you don't have
- How to stop paying more than everybody else
- How to stop being a day late and a dollar short
- How to stop relying on get-rich-quick schemes and the lottery and start believing in yourself, your spirituality, and your determination to change your life
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Book details
- Author
- Jesse B. Brown
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 206
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Business & Economics › Personal Finance
- Topics
- personal finance · financial literacy · building wealth · getting out of debt · investing · Black financial empowerment · generational wealth
- ISBN-13
- 9780471206743 (Paperback)9781620458297 (Hardcover)
About the author
JESSE B. BROWN is the President and CEO of Krystal Investment Management, a national money management firm, and the author of several books on personal finance for African Americans. His books include 101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book, Pay Yourself First: The African American Guide to Financial Success and Security, and Investing in the Dream, a Blackboard #1 bestseller.
Brown holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, where the Kellogg Black Management Association named him Alumnus of the Year.
When not writing, Brown works as a Chicago-based investment advisor, nationally syndicated personal finance columnist, and financial expert contributor to Tavis Smiley’s website. His books draw directly on that expertise to address financial success and security for African American readers.
Jesse lives in Chicago.
