Tim Gray | Grit, Reinvention & Life After Exit

Welcome to The Spark, where we spotlight Nashville’s creative leaders and explore the stories behind their work.

In this episode, Tim Gray — serial entrepreneur and former agency owner — joins Mark Scrivner to share his remarkable journey from backyard concerts at six years old to building, scaling, and selling a thriving creative agency.

Tim opens up about pivotal moments that shaped his career: leaving a factory job, growing an agency from a card table to 27 employees, navigating a tornado and pandemic, and ultimately starting over in the Bahamas with a fresh sense of purpose.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, agency leader, or creative professional navigating your next chapter, Tim’s story is packed with inspiration and hard-won wisdom.

What You’ll Learn:

How a “red light” moment sparked Tim’s leap from factory worker to entrepreneur

Lessons on scaling an agency while staying sane and profitable

How crisis revealed what truly matters in business and life

Why reinvention is possible at any stage of your journey

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Booking his first concert at age six
09:00 – The “red light” moment and moving to Nashville
20:00 – Scaling an agency, leadership lessons, and burnout
33:00 – Tornado, COVID, and pivoting to a new life in the Bahamas
42:00 – Mentorship, profitability, and post-exit reflections
48:00 – Outro

Learn More & Connect:
Visit Creative Assembly: https://creativeassembly.agency/
Follow us on LinkedIn: /creative-assembly-agency

Connect with Tim Gray:
Website: https://www.i-mpact.biz/
LinkedIn: https://www.grayscalemarketing.com/about

Connect with Host – Mark Scrivner:
LinkedIn: /markscrivner
Company: https://www.snapshotinteractive.com
Organization: https://creativeassembly.agency/

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