Dinner with Grace Beverley: Building An Empire Before 30

Owning a business is no easy task. But imagine running four successful businesses before the age of 30. Grace Beverley is the 28-year old entrepreneur, podcaster and social media star behind a multi-million pound empire. Since building fitness app Shreddy as a student at Oxford, Grace has gone on to launch and scale activewear brand TALA - raising more than £5mn in funding in the process. Basically, she knows what it takes to build brands that actually matter! Now she’s shaking up the creator economy with Retrograde, an AI-powered talent agent that’s revolutionising brand deals. Join us for an intimate dinner with Grace in Lisbon as we dive into: ✅ Balancing career ambition with a busy personal life ✅ The fight to close the gender funding gap, and why it matters ✅ Why she’s pulled back from being an influencer despite her huge reach ✅ And her social content strategy for upcoming creators ___ Timestamps: 00:00 Trailer 01:15 Intro 04:55 Building Retrograde: The AI Talent Agent 11:56 Balancing Life With Four Businesses 16:05 VC Funding: The Motherhood Penalty 18:24 Gender Funding Gap: How Do We Fix It 22:47 VC Blind Spot: Female Entrepreneurs Outperform Men 31:35 The Media Gap: Female Entrepreneurs Are Overlooked 34:54 Why Grace Pulled Back From Being An Influencer 41:23 Social Following Doesn't Equal More Revenue ___ Check out the HappyStack website: https://www.happystack.com/ We connect the world's best DTC brands with the software they need to scale efficiently. ___ Follow us across our socials: - Twitter: https://x.com/happystackhq - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/happystackhq/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happystackhq Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.