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Christine | Club Money 💵

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Founder & CEO of the simplest money app. Word nerd in fintech. Chicago. joinclubmoney.com

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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 06/03/2026
I lie in job interviews. I tell the story of my career path as linear and intentional, when it has been anything but. At #sxsw I will finally have a chance to tell the truth: That I am still figuring it out. schedule.sxsw.com/2026/events/...
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Zig Zag: Having a Weird Career
SXSW 2026 Schedule | What happens when your career makes zero sense on paper—but gets you exactly where you need to be? Two women share their very non-linear journeys: from the Air Force to Harvard to...
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/06/2025
Great to be part of LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky’s newsletter/series. The full episode and post: www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanro...
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 10/05/2025
Following a rigid plan for your life/year/day will not make you successful, it will only make you boring. #lifeadvice
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 09/05/2025
Chicago flag says Habemus Papam
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 06/05/2025
We should actually do this tho 01001100 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01111010 01100101 00100000 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01101101 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 Tues #2solve
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 11/04/2025
I’ve been living without income for a whole year after quitting my corporate job to start my company. Saving money is more important to me now than ever. I just got my first prescription from @costplusdrugs.com for $25. Last time it cost me $85, with insurance. Works as advertised! 😇👍😀 TY!
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 01/04/2025
Vote for the colorful, swipeable, simple money app Brightfin for the Webby Award in apps and software: Productivity and Financial Services! 🧡🩷💚💙 #buildinpublic #startupfounder vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 01/04/2025
Scholars say discipline is a personality trait that only some people have and that’s why they’re better than the rest of us… As if! 😜 Don’t be fooled by anyone’s malarkey today. #personalfinance
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 26/03/2025
Many young *men* have too much in crypto relative to cash savings. Many young *women* have too much in cash savings relative to investments. We should be talking more about both of these problems.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 14/03/2025
“The simpler the better” for money and almost everything Thank you @sxsw.com
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 13/03/2025
Quiet moment in a busy place. Enjoyed the Museum of the Future at @sxsw.com
Chai and chocolate make a great little treat
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 07/03/2025
Confusing AI search is “Clippy but verbose.” Sound byte of the day from @meredithmeredith.bsky.social 🤣 #sxsw
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 26/02/2025
Who’s bad with money? Everyone! And no one. Because that’s ridiculous. #personalfinance
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 26/02/2025
Great interview on @vox.com about how diet culture has warped our thinking on budgeting. Respectfully, needing a budget and understanding your expenses are not the same thing. This is why we made a healthy spending app! www.vox.com/even-better/...
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What if a budget isn’t the answer?
Budgeting culture is on overdrive, but the latest trend probably isn’t the answer to your money woes.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 23/02/2025
A good omen for the week ahead: #2solve two days in a row! 01000110 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101011 01101001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01101100 01111001 #letterboxed #nytgames
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 22/02/2025
Saturday #2solve 01000011 01101100 01101001 01101101 01100001 01111000 01100101 01110011 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110010 01101110 … I hate it when that happens.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 21/02/2025
We’re listening to the wrong part of behavioral science when it comes to money. Big goals are either motivating or discouraging, depending on your perspective. Small goals get things done. Let’s break it down. #personalfinance #buildinpublic
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 13/02/2025
Step aside, numbers nerds. We the liberal arts folk are rising up to protest the monotony that has been foist upon us by budget spreadsheets. #personalfinance #buildinpublic #severance
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 02/02/2025
The avocados are outside. The avocados are outside!!! youtu.be/bTiZaHf6R_g?...
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Super Bowl LVIII (52) Commercial: Avocados From Mexico - GuacWorld (2018)
YouTube video by Superbowl Commercials
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 25/01/2025
You got a way to track your personal expenses while you #buildinpublic? We could use some more beta testers who know that “steps to reproduce” is not about continuing a species.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 24/01/2025
Pulling my younger self out of English class to explain that we’re working with software developers now and it’s all part of a plan of some sort. #liberalarts #buildinpublic
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a woman wearing a beanie and a jacket is asking that for me
Alt: a woman wearing a beanie and a jacket is asking, that for me?
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 23/01/2025
If you’re on FIRE (so to speak), what percent of your monthly income are you saving? We created a FIRE setting in our app with a 60% savings rate, but I’m curious what people out there are doing. Thanks! 🔥 #personalfinance #buildinpublic brightfin.io/503020calcul...
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Brightfin — 50 30 20 Calculator
See how different percentage budgets work for your monthly income. Choose 50 30 20 or a variation for paying off debt or saving for FIRE.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 23/01/2025
Big thank you to @93xrtchicago.bsky.social for playing **this song** on Nov. 6. I’ve had it on repeat ever since. If you haven’t heard “Right here right now” in 35 years (or at all), here’s your chance. #90smusic youtu.be/MznHdJReoeo?...
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Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now (Official Music Video)
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César @caesaroaks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Your employer can allow you to use your 401k funds to pay off your student loans. Yes, that is pre-tax money to help you out atop an employer match. Your employer has to manually signup with the IRS. Eventually it may be automatic. #PersonalFinance #StudentLoans #IRS
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IRS issues important interim guidance on employer matching contributions made to retirement plans related to employee student loan payments | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2024-217, Aug. 19, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service today issued interim guidance for sponsors of 401(k) and similar retirement plans that provide, or wish to provide, matching contributions bas...
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Your annual reminder that Dr. King believed in guaranteed universal basic income that gave all people a dignified life, guaranteed housing for all, guaranteed access to a high quality education, and said that “no one should be forced to live in poverty while others live in luxury.”
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 20/01/2025
Who do you trust? This is what data privacy issues are really about, from TikTok’s global presence to the apps we use every day. We do not sell our users’ data. #buildinpublic #personalfinance brightfin.io/data
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Brightfin — Data Privacy Promise
At Brightfin, we believe: Your data should work for you. Your data should be kept secure. Your data should not be sold. That's our promise.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 20/01/2025
As a tech CEO, I have no desire to live forever. As a woman, I think I’m in good company. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/w...
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 19/01/2025
Would really like to know how many thousands (millions?) of people pressed the buttons on either side of the phone at midnight last night. The revolution will be screenshotted. #tiktokban
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 13/01/2025
Emotional goodbyes are happening all over TikTok right now. It’s hard to imagine anything else, especially something called a “platform,” inspiring such a large and diverse population to collective mourning. #tiktok #socialmedia
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 08/01/2025
Wed #2solve 🫡 01000010 01101001 01110110 01101111 01110101 01100001 01100011 01110011 00100000 01110011 01100101 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 #nytgames #letterboxed
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 06/01/2025
A 30% splurge can be an important money goal to counteract the scarcity mindset. I hardly ever buy new clothes. But I did have my 40th birthday party on a boat. 😎 #personalfinance #spendsplurgesaveshare www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
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The One Day a Year I Spend a Lot of Money
I keep a tight rein on my spending throughout the year. But for my birthday, I focus on what I want, not just what I need.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 05/01/2025
So we can’t even agree on how to eat now?? Ordering delivery is convenient but expensive. Meal prep is arduous but cheap. I’ll take neither, tysm. Are there any other crazy people buying groceries and then just eating them?
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 03/01/2025
“It’s so FAST,” said my sister after using my simple budget app. She is 37. “It’s not hard, it’s easy. Kind of like a video game!” said my niece. She is 6. I should hire these people. #personalfinance #buildinpublic
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 03/01/2025
Fri #2solve Make up your own joke? 01000100 01110010 01101001 01101110 01101011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 #letterboxed
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 02/01/2025
It’s so weird that we think gyms are for people who are physically fit and budgets are for people whose finances are in shambles. How do people get healthy, physically or financially? Practice. Budgets are for everyone.
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Hanna Horvath, CFP® @yourbrainonmoney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The real question isn't 'Do I need this?' but 'Does this genuinely enrich my life?' Mindful spending is about honest answers, not rigid rules.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 30/12/2024
Thrift and underconsumption are trending, perhaps in reaction to the excesses Pres. Carter warned us about. Are people now more open to messages like this? “We’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/y...
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Jimmy Carter Was Right About Materialism but, Alas, Wrong About Us (Gift Article)
“Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption,” he said in his 1979 “Crisis of Confidence” speech. If only we had listened.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 27/12/2024
The 50 30 20 Rule is a balanced formula for monthly spending first proposed in a book titled “All Your Worth.” As the book turns 20, does its author @warren.senate.gov still think 50 30 20 is the right breakdown? If not, we have some alternatives. brightfin.io/bright-blog/...
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Percentage budget alternatives to 50 30 20 — Brightfin
A percentage-based budget is a simple way to track expenses. If the 50 30 20 Rule doesn't work for you, here are some different breakdowns that might fit your lifestyle.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 27/12/2024
Great Wordle on Christmas Day this year. #spendsplurgesaveSHARE
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 24/12/2024
TikTokers, I need a Christmas miracle. 🎄🎁 I need 104 more followers over there to get a link in my profile. Resolution season is in one week and we want people to be able to find our super simple budget app! TY 😇 #tiktok #entrepreneur www.tiktok.com/@brightfin.i...
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Christine from Brightfin 💵's Creator Profile
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 24/12/2024
The latest release of our *simple* budget app includes a glossary of common personal finance terms, with definitions aimed at 20-30 somethings. Spoiler: HSAs are for you. Annuities are not. The glossary is free. #personalfinance #buildinpublic
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 22/12/2024
What is this? 🌎 The world. What is Brightfin? The simplest budget app in that world. 🧡🩷💚💙 Fact check me, I dare you! 🫵 #personalfinance #spendsplurgesaveshare
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 20/12/2024
What does a fintech startup have in common with MacKenzie Scott? We’re both donating to @unduemeddebt.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/mack...
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MacKenzie Scott gives rare third gift to medical debt relief group
MacKenzie Scott continues to make medical debt relief a priority in her mysterious giving. This week, Undue Medical Debt, formerly RIP Medical Debt, announced it had received a rare third gift — $50 m...
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 19/12/2024
tracking every penny : money :: counting calories : food It’s the tedium for me. #spendsplurgesaveshare
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 18/12/2024
Restrictive budget : money :: crash diet : food That reminds me, I wanted a cookie.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 17/12/2024
I’ve been *trying* to follow the news on student loans over the last few years. Payments are on/off again, forgiveness is happening/not, the website breaks. Maddening! If this was Social Security and the post office wasn’t working, old people would be rioting in lawn chairs. Just saying.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 17/12/2024
Aha! First post to #2solve 01000100 01101111 01110111 01101110 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 00100000 01110100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101011 #letterboxed #nytgames
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 16/12/2024
no buy : money :: fasting : food Sustainability > Discipline #nobuy
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 15/12/2024
Petition to ban “reels al fresco.” That doesn’t mean dance tunes in 4/4 time played out of doors; it means scrolling the Gram without headphones on a city bus. Like to sign this petition.
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Christine | Club Money 💵 @brightfin.io · 12/12/2024
For too long, liberal arts grads have struggled with expense tracking tools designed for number crunchers. Everyone worries about money. Make it make cents. #spendsplurgesaveshare
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