We recently connected with Greg & Jerry Money Vikings and have shared our conversation below.
Greg & Jerry, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What’s been one of the most interesting investments you’ve made – and did you win or lose? (Note, these responses are only intended as entertainment and shouldn’t be construed as investment advice)
As an introduction, we are The Money Vikings (Greg & Jerry). Since 2017 we have actively created blog content (trueiwealth.moneyvikings.com), YouTube videos and written a book about building wealth and personal finance. As young adults we came to the realization that investing and personal finance education in the US is pretty awful or non-existent. Therefore, many of us are thrust into the world with no sense of how to build wealth, health or invest.
We set out to blogging as a way to educate about investing in a fun and concise manner. Hence the whole “viking” theme. We did not want investing and personal finance to be all stuffy and boring. We thought it could be fun, engaging and help people develop the skills to build wealth and be financial secure.
Best investment we made has been in educating ourselves and our following/community. When people thrive this is contagious and more people are able to live to a life of what we call True Wealth (a blend of wealth building, health and relationships).
Worst investing experience was trying to follow some of the meme stock and penny stock madness of the Pandemic Era. Fortunately we were saavy and educated enough to keep our wits about us and not put too much into risky investments. Many from our community have done just fine since the stock market route since they were on solid footing to begin with.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Our Mission
The Money Vikings are Greg, Jerry and Bob and our great following of True Wealth Warriors. Our blog and YouTube channel are a source of inspiration and ideas where we “conquer financial freedom!”
https://www.youtube.com/@MoneyVikings
https://truewealth.moneyvikings.com
https://substack.moneyvikings.com
https://medium.moneyvikings.com
We are regular dudes with families, doing what we can each day to build wealth and conquer our financial freedom. Conquering financial freedom looks different for every individual, but there are dozens of ways to find one’s own path to True Wealth (combination of strong finances, health, family and friends). We believe that most people can achieve this if they put their mind to it and take steps to move forward.
This site is a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration! We believe that people with moderate incomes and middle class lives can build wealth through sound practices and habits. We are all human and we are not perfect, but we can pick ourselves up and move forward to improve. So what if we make some mistakes along the way, it does not mean we cannot achieve a solid net worth and enjoy a rich life. There are hundreds of ideas one can deploy to make a substantial gain in their net worth and build wealth. We are part of the FIRE (Financial Independence) movement and achieved this in our 40s and 50s!
Our Core Values
First and foremost, we want this to be fun for everyone that gets a glimpse in to our world of ideas. We saw a need to share our ideas and successes with the world. But most importantly, our failures too. It’s important to understand where the shortfalls are in life and investing, and how to avoid them. Greg, Jerry, and Bob, all have their fair share of stories and experiences that have helped them get to their goals.
True Wealth is living life on your own terms with a balance between money, family, freedom, etc.
We understand that everyone’s voyage in life will have it’s own unique obstacles and challenges along the way.
Be resourceful, bring ideas and people together to achieve a wealthy and rich life.
Just like the Vikings did, we never gave up. It will take time but we hope that our inclusive community and shared knowledge will help everyone down their path to wealth building.
We explore and analyze many ways to build passive income through stocks, side hustles, dividends, real estate, bonds, and more! Because we know all too well, you can’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Why “Money Vikings”?
Because Vikings were awesome and strong! Would you have remembered us if we were “The Money Adventurers”, “The Wealth Guys”, “Financial Fung Shui”? Or, will you remember the Money Vikings crushing debt with the battle axe of wealth! Here to pillage all that has set eyes upon the great lands that we have claimed. Under the financial strategies Odin has laid forth WE WILL CONQUER FINANCIAL FREEDO…ok ok, I got little carried away, but you get the point, it sounds WAY better.
The truth is, Vikings were warriors and very resourceful with what they had. Like the Vikings, fighting for freedom, we will help you fight the battles for Financial Freedom. In their time, they battled the expanse of Kingdoms in to their Nordic homelands. Now of days, we have the rapid growth of personal debt and rampant consumerism to beat. That’s why we’re here. Plus, let’s be honest here, Vikings were pretty badass
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
Our Blog and YouTube channel about personal finance are inherently creative journeys. In fact, Money Viking Greg will regularly share cartoons or artistic collectibles. We create all the content, design our logos and helpful charts that can assist others in building wealth.
Creativity is simply a key aspect of life. We believe that even investing and wealth building is an exercise in creative thinking. Creating a future where we are all wealthier, healthier and stronger together.
Our main mission is to be a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration for anyone to build wealth, help their family, be healthier and develop strong relationships. We truly believe that thriving is a communal and contagious thing.
Have you ever had to pivot?
We have come to realize that our small business, The Money Vikings personal finance content, is always evolving. We started out blogging about your basic nuts and bolts of personal finance. We then built a membership program where we personally coached members in our discord group. We then branched into health, technology, options trades, real estate and collectibles. All things we are passionate about and want to share with others. And our most recent focus is building our YouTube channel or what we currently call Money Viking TV. And we are proud that in 2023 we launched our first book: Conquer Financial Freedom, Living a Life of True Wealth.
The Money Viking Book:
So in summary, we are pivoting in some way each year to build our brand and reach a wider audience then ever before. We are quite excited about the future and strive to be a major force in the personal finance content and education field.
Contact Info:
- Website: truewealth.moneyvikings.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneyvikings
- Twitter: @moneyvikings
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneyVikings
- Other: Thank you for this opportunity, we are grateful!