The Financial Independence Show Creators & Guests

Steve Yacovelli is the Owner of TopDog Learning Group.

J.D. Roth is a professional nerd, accidental personal-finance expert, and the founder & editor at Get Rich Slowly.

Riggs Eckelberry doesn’t look like a bomb-thrower. And yet, he’s driving the disruption of a trillion-dollar industry that has fallen behind the times and is affecting the health of millions. That industry is Big Water. Simply, those billion-dollar centralized water systems aren’t coping with demand, and water quality is getting worse. The answer? Instant InfrastructureTM. Businesses are doing their own water treatment, using modular, prefabricated systems that are trucked right on site. They get better water quality, lower rates through recycling, and even improved environmental grades! Ten years after launching public company OriginClear, Riggs and his team are offering those truck-in-place modular systems in the USA, while licensees are building products internationally using OriginClear’s low-energy, chemical-free innovation.Riggs Eckelberry is uniquely qualified to ride the huge wave of do-it-yourself water treatment that is transforming an industry, having learned management in the nonprofit space, captained oceangoing ships, and achieved several tech successes during the dot-com boom.

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner is the founder of Making Sense of Cents.

Chris Mamula is a blogger and co-author of Choose FI.

Forensic accountant and creator of the Divorce Money Guide

Chris Hutchins is an avid life hacker, financial optimizer, and host of the top ranked podcast All the Hacks, where he shares his quest to upgrade life without having to spend a fortune. These passions have led him to accumulate over 10 million points and miles and travel the world for free.He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and CNBC. He's was also featured in the financial independence documentary Playing with Fire.