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Articles are written by Joshua Escalante Troesh, a Tenured Professor of Business who has spent nearly 20 years educating students on personal finance and entrepreneurship. Joshua has been quoted in Forbes, US News & World Report, Investopedia, The Street, and many other publications.
As a former credit union Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, he successfully used unbiased education to showcase the benefits of his credit union and help bring the credit union to one of the top 50 fastest growing credit unions for member growth and loan growth in 2007.
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