We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Juwan Rohan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Juwan below.
Juwan, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
This innovative project aims to address the pressing need for increased financial literacy among individuals and communities worldwide. By combining the power of knowledge with the accessibility of financial literacy tools such as books, games, apps, and events, our initiative seeks to empower individuals with the skills and resources necessary to make informed financial decisions, ultimately fostering economic stability and prosperity. The Misguided Podcast initiative will have a profound and lasting impact on individuals, families, and communities around the world.
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?
Juwan Rohan is a progressive entrepreneur from the Bay Area. “Progressive” meaning he is continuing to grow his knowledge and build his businesses in stages. Juwan graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in Spanish. He was a student athlete who played four years on the basketball team for the Tigers.
After graduating, Juwan worked the traditional 9-5 and through immense studying, he realized common topics amongst the wealthy, was real estate and business. In order to get to those goals, Juwan started a few businesses. Some of those businesses never took off, barely stayed afloat, and some have done extremely well.
Some of his businesses include: a car rental company, short term rentals, Til’ Infinity Clothing, Vallejo Prime Mobile Notary, music, and The Misguided Podcast.
Juwan is also the author of Money Talks: The Beginner’s Guide To Investing For Kids which debuted #1 on Amazon upon his release. He is also a #1 Best Seller with his book; The Notary Guide: How To Build A Mobile Notary Business.
The goal is to educate others on what he has learned through business so that others can avoid the same mistakes he’s made.
How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?
In the last two years, I was let go from two different jobs because of the state of the economy. In 2020, I was released from my good job at Cola-Cola. Got a new job in 2021, and was let go in November of 2022 because of the pending recession. Because of this, I’ve learned that you always need a backup plan. You can’t be in control if you rely on money from others (employers). Find a way to make money on your own!
I learned this and it made me much more motivated to survive in my businesses and scale them to where they can make money on the back-burner.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
Many lessons I had to unlearn. One recent one is to never sign a lease without visiting the property first. I have had multiple short-term rentals across the country and recently went to set up another one but it was a complete nightmare. The place was absolutely disgusting and not worthy of renting out. We’ve spent thousands of dollars in furnishing and set up with no unit to set up because I ended up backing out of that lease and having to pay a lease break fee. So, my lesson learned is to be more careful. Normally, I’m extremely cautious in situations like this but the one time I decided to be risky, it did not end well. 
Contact Info:
- Website: https://themisguidedpodcast.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juwanrohanmusic/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juwan.j.rohan/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juwan-rohan-651210a4/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Juwanrohanmusic
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-QaphT2_Vc2xAWTdM-F_g
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