Meet Trixy Castro, a powerhouse entrepreneur who built and sold two companies before her mid-30s - one to Goldman Sachs, the other to Fidelity.
In this episode, Trixy shares her journey from bootstrapping a lending company with high school employees all the way to exit.
As a child of immigrant parents and a woman in a male-dominated industry, Trixy's story is one of grit, resilience, and unwavering self-belief. She reveals how she:
- Bootstrapped her first company and grew it to $150 million in monthly demand
- Secured $250 million in funding from Oaktree Capital
- Navigated the challenges of being a young, female entrepreneur in finance
- Approached business sales with a growth mindset, seeing them as learning opportunities
- Reframed obstacles and criticism into fuel for success
Trixy also shares counterintuitive advice on:
- Why being \"too extra\" can be your secret weapon in business
- The importance of staying humble and always being eager to learn
- How to triage feedback and use it to your advantage
- Why setting big goals and working backwards is crucial for success
Trixy is a badass, and shows that with the right mindset, you can overcome any obstacle and achieve extraordinary success.
8 & 9 Figure Mentors is the podcast that gets inside of the minds of the people who have started, run and exited 8, 9 and 10- figure businesses. Learn about their stories, work ethic, struggles and failures, as well as their big wins, so you can apply their lessons to your own journey.
If you don't have a multi-billion dollar network, use this podcast instead! Simple :D
Tim Cameron-Kitchen is the founder of Digital Marketing agency Exposure Ninja, and is building a group of digital marketing agencies at Shinobi Capital Group.
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