Courtney Reum on Shay Mitchell's $210M BÉIS Exit, How to Invest Your Money, & Talking Money in Relationships
episodePreviously titled “Courtney Reum $210M BÉIS Exit, Canva's Employee Frustrations, Oura IPO & Talking Money in Relationships” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 9, 2026
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What is the Shay Mitchell $210M BÉIS acquisition and why does it matter?
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I'm going to say something that could trigger a lot of people. I think women are better investors because we are witches. But actually we do more diligence because every single move is being watched, so much more to lose.
Exactly. And the only thing people need to understand about investing is
Today I brought on my husband who has started and invested in multiple billion dollar companies to help us navigate the biggest stories in business and consumer today. Canva told investors it was reducing its 2026 revenue forecast by 20%. I wanna dig into what we think is going on.
Well.
I promise if you listen to this episode, you will not only become hotter, smarter, richer, but you will go from passive consumer to business savvy and understand how to make the world around you work for you. The influencer investor is becoming mainstream. Like Alex Earl invests in Symbiotica. I like Symbiotica. I don't think it's a great investment today. Why do you think that is? So let's get into it. Courtney Ream, are you ready to get Hot Smart Rich?
No one I'd rather get Hot Smart Rich with. Let's get into it. Okay,
so we're gonna have a little family office meeting today, but we just spent so much time working remotely, traveling Europe. However, I did not post. About anywhere but Saint Tropez, I think, which was very interesting. I don't think it was super intentional, but then once I started not posting, I was like, Well, I'm already not posting, so I might as well not. But did you have a favorite part of our trip?
Just got back from Italy. That was amazing. Be in Lake Como together, your first time. place my parents loved and since your parents and my parents all got married August twenty eighth, it was such a nice way to honor them. So I'd like to collab on that post. I've been waiting for the invitation. We thought I missed her.
says the person who doesn't go on social media.
I would have I would think I would have seen that one on my home screen, but maybe not. Yeah.
I feel like we did such a great job doing a differentiated experience this year. But I think it's interesting for people because we are working like an eight hour day, maybe even nine or ten hours some days, just at very different times. Like last night, even when we were flying here to London, we're working on the plane at nine fifty at night until eleven.
I was working in the black cab at eleven something as I'm falling asleep. But yeah.
That was new for me before I started dating you, where it's like you work from anywhere at any single hour of the day so you can enjoy your life. But I can honestly say that I think my fear or hesitation from posting away was like I don't think that there is that nuance on social media right now where people can see you living your life, enjoying And think that you're running a company that is growing and hiring people and doing the work that I actually am doing behind the scenes. So I think I just kind of fell out of of posting and it felt after a while a little bit nice. And then we just spent 10 days in Italy, which was incredible. I did post from there, which was good. I thought you did. Yeah, I posted from Villadeste, um, where we spent our one year anniversary and it's crazy.
We've been married for a year.
Happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary. Thank you for coming on and doing this with me. I don't think I did the best job of what I wanted to do this summer, which was to be Dua Lipa, because I am Dua Lipa. Like if I look at her life online and she's obviously one of the most celebrated and decorated music artists right now, she obviously works so much, but her life looks so much like play. That is what my life actually does look like.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the Shay Mitchell $210M BÉIS acquisition and why does it matter?
0:00–7:34
2
How should investors think about the Canva valuation controversy and employee equity?
7:34–15:04
3
Why is control so important when a celebrity incubator sells a brand?
15:04–24:11
4
What are Courtney’s core principles for investing in creator‑led businesses?
24:11–32:19
5
How can couples talk about money differences without conflict?
32:19–38:47
6
What does the Oura Ring IPO signal for health‑tech investors?
38:47–47:40
7
When is the right moment to quit a startup and start a new venture?
47:40–55:43
8
What are the top audience questions and rapid‑fire answers from this episode?
55:43–1:09:17
Speakers
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