CJ Grimes

Everything CJ Grimes said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MASTERS OF SCALE Insight

Grimes: Most people's core problem is an income deficit, not mismanagement

“Most people, the problem they have is that they don't have enough money. It's not, it is that, I just want to say that plainly.”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 10:06 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Insight

Grimes: Rapid scaling required breaking startup rules to offer broad financial help

“What became really clear is that being able to scale fast meant how quickly could we talk to anyone and figure out what kind of money help they needed, and then deliver the best version of that. So we kind of broke some of the startup-y rules, where we didn't …”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 20:55 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported

Grimes: WorkMoney operates as a non-profit with nine million members

“It is a nonprofit. We've got nine million members, and we help people figure out how to earn more and save more and spend less, and we do that through programs and services and coupons and discounts, kind of like the AARP.”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 1:09 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Insight

Grimes: Believing you are bad at money drives self-defeating financial habits

“When I thought I was bad at money, then I behaved like somebody who was bad at money, and I kept behaving like somebody who was bad at money.”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 8:41 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated

Grimes: WorkMoney user signups accelerated after the COVID-19 pandemic ended

“When the pandemic ended and our signups be went just as fast, if not faster. And right now we're seeing a lot of signups because middle-class families are stretched.”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 17:46 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated

Grimes: Money Finder saves users an average of $400 per bill

“And so you go to it and upload a bill, we analyze it, and then our negotiators get to work and we've saved, so far, an average of 400 bucks a pop.”

CJ Grimes May 29, 2026 ▶ 26:30 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

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Statements about CJ Grimes, by other people (1)

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported

Berman: WorkMoney scaled to nine million SMS members in five years

“Zero to nine million in, in five years basically is a pretty impressive number, and these are people who have a text relationship, an SMS relationship with not just people like nine million visitors to a website or, you know, an Instagram or something”

Jeff Berman May 29, 2026 ▶ 3:19 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens CJ's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MASTERS OF SCALELEDGER	Founder & CEO, WorkMoney	1	6	100% 1/1	full record on Masters of Scale →