Show Notes
She was editing videos on the tube in the morning, going live every night after a 40-hour work week, and taking briefing calls in the staff toilets. Then she hit her first £10k month and took a bet on herself.In Episode 2 of Behind the Growth, host Laura Donadio sits down with Mia McGrath, founder of the Frugal Chic Movement, creator CEO with over 1 million followers, and the woman on a mission to make the whole of the UK financially literate.Mia's story is one of the most quietly radical ones we've heard. She wasn't chasing virality, she stumbled into it with a video called "5 things I did to get ahead financially in my 20s" that hit 50k views overnight. What followed was a year and a half of 60-hour weeks, a fashion showroom job she was quietly outgrowing, and a decision to walk away from a £10k pay rise because she could already see what was possible on the other side.She talks honestly about undercharging (£700 for a brand deal that should have been £5k), the identity trap of being "Frugal Chic" when you start earning real money, and why she made over £400k before she even felt like she'd properly started. Mia also gets into her £1 million FIRE goal, why she'd rather have her money in the stock market than a London house, and what it actually means to want to be known as a businesswoman, not just a creator.NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE IN CAPTIONIn this episode:* Going from fashion showroom assistant to 1M-follower creator CEO in under two years* Filming on the tube, going live every night, and working 60+ hours a week before quitting* Hitting a £10k month and nearly taking the £40k salary instead* Charging £700 for a brand deal worth £5k and what she learned about her own value* The identity pressure of being "Frugal Chic" when your income starts to grow* Making £400k+ and still feeling like she's only just at the start* Her £1M FIRE number, the 4% rule, and why she sees a house as a cost not an investment* Hiring her boyfriend, outsourcing her editing, and building a business that runs without her.Follow Mia McGrath:Instagram: @miarose_mcgrathTikTok: @miarosemcgrathLinked: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-mcgrath-6ab0911a1/Join The Growth Collective:The community for ambitious people doing the real work → thegrowthcollective.com Follow Behind the Growth:Instagram: @behindthegrowthpod
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