Fayl Tales
Behind every startup success story is a trail of mistakes, pivots, broken plans and brilliant comebacks.
Fayl Tales is the podcast where entrepreneurs, founders, investors and early employees share the real side of building something new - the failures that shaped them, the lessons they learned the hard way, and the resilience it takes to keep going.
Hosted by Loveth, each episode dives into the raw, funny and honest moments most business stories leave out - so you can learn faster, fail smarter, and feel less alone on your own journey.
Follow the show for weekly conversations that prove: failure isn’t the end, it’s part of the story.
Fayl Tales
Raising VC Too Early? Taryn Williams on Airtree, Singapore Expansion & Boardroom Pressure
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Australian founder Taryn Williams built Wink Models at 21, then launched marketplace startup theright.fit, raised venture capital from Airtree, expanded into Asia and exited to international acquirers – all while surviving hyper-growth, chaos, and burnout.
In this episode of Fayl Tales, we dive into how she rebuilt a broken modelling industry, the real economics of the creator and influencer space, what she got wrong about raising VC so early, and why international expansion to Singapore nearly broke her.
Taryn also shares why she’s now all in on AI, how she helps companies design real AI strategies (not just cost-cutting), and what the future of creative work, modelling and influencer marketing might actually look like.
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