Rule Breaker Investing Extra: Funding the Future with Gooding
Nov 22, 2025
Join an inspiring conversation about merging music with financial literacy. Gooding shares his mission to teach young people about money through engaging performances. He highlights creative ways to explain complex topics like compound interest. Discover how concerts create unforgettable teachable moments that resonate with students. Gooding also discusses the financial challenges faced by youth today and the importance of teaching them early about saving. Learn how his nonprofit scales to reach more schools and the powerful impact of his work.
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Music As A Memory Hook
- Gooding uses live music to create a teachable moment that makes financial literacy memorable for students.
- He believes confidence with money can change lives beyond finances by giving young people hope and stability.
Publishing Royalties As Lifeline
- Gooding describes how discovering publishing royalties provided recurring "mailbox money" that stabilized his life on the road.
- He leveraged those royalties and surrounding himself with smart people to pivot from survival to sustainable career choices.
Concert Then Curriculum Format
- Funding the Future runs a turnkey 75–90 minute program combining a high-energy concert and a 20-minute financial literacy talk with Q&A.
- The music wins attention first, then the speech delivers concrete topics like IRAs, credit, and predatory loans.
