As any parent can relate, Van Court knew that loving relatives and friends had other gifts in mind. How could she nurture her child’s thirst for financial education — not to mention a set of wheels?
“I knew there was a huge opportunity to teach young people about money, but also get those young people and their parents over their consumer addiction!” says Van Court, the Brooklyn mom to three children aged newborn to 10.
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In December Van Court launched iSow, a site that empowers these young people and their parents to set financial goals, share those goals with loved ones, and teach them about saving, investing, giving and fundraising along the way.
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