Beyond Six Figures

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How do you scale a business without drowning in funnels, ads, or endless busywork? In this episode of Beyond Six Figures, I sit down with Celi Arias – founder of the GAB (Grown Ass Business) framework, strategist, and former fashion entrepreneur turned startup and corporate leader.

Celi shares how she built $250K in her first year without a landing page, branding, or even a website, proving that clarity and relationships matter more than flashy marketing. From her early days running a fashion brand in Argentina, to coaching founders and executives at scale, Celi has learned what truly makes businesses grow and why so many CEOs get scaling wrong.

If you’ve ever felt like you “need more” before you can succeed, Celi’s story will flip that belief upside down.

Episode Highlights:
  • How running (and selling) her fashion line became Celi’s real MBA in business.
  • The six growth systems every business needs without hiring a C-suite team.
  • Why relationships and authentic outreach fueled her biggest launches.
  • How Celi teaches clients to embrace rejection and win by collecting “no’s.”
  • Why copying others doesn’t work, and how to leverage your unique strengths.
  • The myth of constant new ideas and the real job of holding a clear vision.
  • Why sharing her bigger mission openly was scary but powerful.
  • About Celi Arias:

    Celi Arias is a top-tier Scale Strategist and the founder of The Grown Ass Business® Method. She specializes in helping established companies break through complex growth plateaus by auditing and triaging their operations. Unlike conventional coaches who give you someone else’s blueprint or consultants who specialize in only one area of business, Celi leverages her proprietary Key Growth Systems Methodology to identify the root causes of stalled growth, leading to immediate and sustainable results. 

    Her real-world experience as a former COO and her unique combination of an MBA and Masters of Divinity provide her with a rare ability to blend academic rigor with the hands-on strategies needed to close multi-million dollar deals and scale 7, 8- and 9-figure businesses.

    Links and resources mentioned:

    Stages of Growth freebie: https://go.celiarias.com/the-GAB-Stages-of-Growth

    Social Links:
    https://www.instagram.com/celigrowsbusiness
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/celiarias/

    Website: https://grownassbusiness.com/

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    Beyond Six FiguresBy Ziv Raviv