My (Fabulous) Date with Suze Orman

Mint’s CEO Aaron Patzer recently sat down with the larger-than-life personal finance guru Suze Orman to talk about all things money-related.You probably recognize her from CNBC, from Oprah, or because you’ve read one of her best selling books. Here’s what he learned.

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Mint.com Takes the Silver, Obama Takes the Gold

In late February, we learned that Mint.com was up for a 2009 Thomas Edison Award in the category of Lifestyle and Social Change for the work we’ve done helping over 1 million users manage their finances and save money. We were up against some heavy hitters - the iTunes App Store and the Obama Online Team. As it turned out, Mint.com took second place, losing to Obama. He’s the President so I guess I’m okay with that.

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Mint Goes to the White House

Last week, I was invited by the Obama administration to the White House. With me were Evan Williams of Twitter, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, the founders of Method, Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen, Jessica Jackley of Kiva.org, and many more young business leaders.

See the previous post, “Obama Administration Seeks Economic Advice From Young Entrepreneurs” for the recommendations I made to the Obama administration. Here’s some more on what was discussed on Friday.

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How You Can Survive the Financial Crisis

The financial markets are reeling from the news about Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and AIG. When such seemingly solvent financial institutions get shaken to their foundations, it leaves a lot of rubble. How can you survive the fallout?

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12 Steps to Financial Fitness

With all of the recent doom and gloom in the financial markets, it’s easy to get discouraged about your own financial situation. But here’s some good news for a change. While personal finance may seem complicated, it really boils down to 4 good habits that can make the difference between going broke or building up your net worth each month.

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College Grads: Sticking to a Personal Budget Doesn’t Mean Sticking to Ramen

Even though money is tight when you’re young, it shouldn’t be the focus of your entire life. You can avoid money stress and surprises by using smart budgeting and money management tools.

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The National Need For Better Personal Finance Management

Mint.com’s founder and CEO, Aaron Patzer, says that we are drowning in debt because we’re not taking our personal expenses management seriously. It’s time we take a hard look at our personal finance management obligations to see where we can make improvements.

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Bad Financial Management and The Mortgage Meltdown

Who is to blame for the subprime lending mess? Is it the borrowers who have been remiss with their financial management responsibilities? The lenders who should know better than to give consumers who haven’t been disciplined about their financial tracking — the rope to hang themselves with? Could there be something or someone else at fault?

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The Motley Fool and Mint.com Partnering to Make Personal Finance Easier

I’m very pleased to announce the launch of our partnership with The Motley Fool today. Our relationship with them means we’ll be able to offer great Motley Fool personal finance and investing advice to you here, on the Mint.com Content Network.

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Protecting Your Financial Data: Mint’s Approach to Security

We understand that managing your financial information online requires a great deal of trust. At Mint.com, our number #1 priority is ensuring your information is secure and confidential.

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