{"podcast":{"title":"New Planner Podcast","slug":"new-planner-podcast-1382818","podcast_index_feed_id":1382818,"rss_url":"https://newplannerrecruiting.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://newplannerrecruiting.com/category/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/f/8/a/af8ae0bf0a19405f/NPPFinalArtwork.jpg","author":"Caleb Brown","episode_count":305,"summary":"Join Caleb Brown, CFP and Co-founder of New Planner Recruiting to learn how to enter the profession and find your right fit. Whether you're a CFP program student or transitioning from another career, this podcast is designed to help new Planners gain a solid understanding of the profession, the career options available, and how to accelerate their success in the long term. Tune in weekly for new episodes! Find more tools and resources for Planners and get the free Financial Planner Career Roadmap at NewPlannerRecruiting.com/Roadmap.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T20:18:56.408401+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-planner-podcast-1382818"},"episode":{"title":"Ep #263: Starting a Firm After a Successful Career as an Engineer with Travis Hibbard","slug":"ep-263-starting-a-firm-after-a-successful-career-as-an-engineer-with-travis-hibbard","published_at":"2026-01-16T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-planner-podcast-1382818/ep-263-starting-a-firm-after-a-successful-career-as-an-engineer-with-travis-hibbard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-planner-podcast-1382818","url":"https://newplannerrecruiting.libsyn.com/ep-263-starting-a-firm-after-a-successful-career-as-an-engineer-with-travis-hibbard","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/newplannerrecruiting/NPP263.mp3?dest-id=2275502","summary":"Travis Hibbard is a financial advisor at Fiduciary Financial Advisors, and he joins the show to share his transition from engineer to financial advisor after 18 years in a large manufacturing company. If you're interested in making a mid-career transition, leveraging financial independence to create flexibility, or understanding the real-world decisions involved in starting a firm, this episode is for you. Listen in as Travis shares how guidance from his mother, a financial planner, set him on a path toward financial independence and made his transition into the profession smoother. He also walks through the key decisions involved in launching his own firm—including choosing the right channel and operating structure—along with the pros and cons of his setup, how he found clients, and key lessons he learned along the way. You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://bit.ly/4qh3MVv","meta_description":"Travis Hibbard is a financial advisor at Fiduciary Financial Advisors, and he joins the show to share his transition from engineer to financial advisor af…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1598,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-planner-podcast-1382818/episodes/ep-263-starting-a-firm-after-a-successful-career-as-an-engineer-with-travis-hibbard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-planner-podcast-1382818/ep-263-starting-a-firm-after-a-successful-career-as-an-engineer-with-travis-hibbard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}