Alexa Von Tobel

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Alexa Von Tobel

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Alexa Von Tobel is CEO of LearnVest, which aims to supply affordable, accessible financial guidance to people who are too busy for or cannot afford an expensive meeting with a traditional financial planner. She is also the author of Financially Fearless: The LearnVest Program for Taking Control of Your Money.

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LearnVest’s Alexa von Tobel wants to boost NYC’s VC scene with new fund

Von Tobel has teamed up with former U.S. secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker to start Inspired Capital, which could be one of the largest women-led funds.

LearnVest’s Alexa von Tobel wants to boost NYC’s VC scene with new fund

The Financial Planner: Alexa von Tobel On Mobile Tech Startups

The Ivy League dropout shares the lessons she learned as she built LearnVest’s first mobile app.

The Financial Planner: Alexa von Tobel On Mobile Tech Startups

Alexa Von Tobel Wants To Fix Your Money Problems

Or, more precisely, she wants to provide the tools for you to fix them yourself. Fast Company talks to the LearnVest CEO about her tower-toppling plans for personal finance.

Alexa Von Tobel Wants To Fix Your Money Problems

Change Generation: Alexa von Tobel and LearnVest Take on Personal Finance

Fast Company Magazine

LearnVest Connects Financial Literacy to a New Generation of Women

The LearnVest team is adopting ideas from the likes of Weight Watchers and DailyCandy to help young women improve their fiscal fitness.

LearnVest Connects Financial Literacy to a New Generation of Women

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