Gracy's Personal Portfolio and Payments

Gracy Chen went from a divorced single mom to CEO of Bitget, a top 5 crypto exchange doing $20B in daily volume with 25 million users. 

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0:00 Introduction

1:34 Please Subscribe

2:00 The Only Bad Experience With When Shift Happens

3:47 Gracy’s T-Shirt & Where It Came From

4:37 How Do We Motivate More Women To Join The Crypto Space

6:13 Bitget’s Overall Work Environment Explained

7:06 How Gracy Manages 2,200 Remote Workers

10:09 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @KASTxyz

10:50 Who Is Gracy Chen?

13:04 Where Does Gracy’s Fire In The Belly Come From?

15:01 Why Is It Necessary To Go To The Best Schools 

22:23 Why Gracy Left Acumulus?

23:45 The Hardest Part About Building A Business

28:52 Partnerships: @Ethena @sumsub

41:36 What Is Bitget, Explained Simply?

43:55 Gracy’s Breakdown Of Bitget’s Numbers

45:09 How Bitget Got Over 40% Of Its Management Team To Be Female

46:48 Where Women Excel In Terms Of Business Management Practice

50:45 Where Do Men Excel In Business Management Practice

52:20 Partnerships: @Trezor @BitwiseInvest @SuiNetwork

53:17 What Are Gracy’s KPIs As The CEO Of Bitget?

56:45 How Bitget Is Growing The Pie To Continue Expanding

1:03:40 What’s The Endgame For Bitget?

1:05:49 Why Can Anyone Become A CEO?

1:09:28 Running A 2,200 Employee Company While Taking Care Of A Kid, How?

1:11:22 How Has Bitget Evolved Since Gracy Joined In 2022

1:17:12 What The Voice In Gracy’s Head Tells Her In The Morning & Evening

1:20:05 One Thing Gracy’s Learned That You Can Take With You 

1:24:31 Closing Thoughts