Posted On: July 12th 2026, 10:15 pm
A children's book walked into Dragon's Den and walked out with an investment.
@helloanitagrant , founder of
@hellohair_book , told me the shift happened before the pitch. She believed she deserved it first, and that single decision changed how she prepared, how she gathered her financials, and how she positioned a book as the seed of a much bigger world, dolls, programs, eventually animation. Her line stuck with me: where you are today is not where you'll be tomorrow, but you can create that story.
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