Level Up 2026

This is not just another business conference. The 2026 Business Level Up Seminar is a powerful, immersive experience designed for owners, founders, and leaders ready to fundamentally shift their approach to growth and success.

• Financial Mastery & Modeling: Move beyond basic budgeting to strategic financial planning. Learn how industry leaders structure their capital, assess risk, and build resilient, profitable business models designed for long-term scalability.
• Life-Tested Business Insights: Gain exclusive access to true business event stories and hard-won lessons from our industry-leading speakers. These are unfiltered narratives on failures, pivots, and breakthroughs, giving you a roadmap to avoid common pitfalls.
• The Perspective of Time: Success isn't instant—it's built over years. Our speakers will share their unique perspective on leveling up their businesses and personal lives over the long haul, emphasizing the intersection of life experience, leadership evolution, and sustained professional achievement.

Walk away with actionable strategies to refine your business model, strengthen your financial foundation, and approach the future with the proven mindset of a seasoned industry leader.

GRID Richmond (part of the GRID Investor Network) is the premier, no-fluff real estate investor community in Central Virginia, built by active investors, for active investors. It is the antithesis of the "guru seminar" model, focusing instead on local expertise, collaboration, and high-level execution in the Richmond market.

• Focus on Local Execution (The "Doers"): The core mission is to bring together people who are actively doing deals—not just talking about them. The community thrives on sharing real-time market data, local regulatory changes, and strategies specific to Richmond's competitive landscape.
• Zero Sales Pitch Environment: A strict dedication to being a no-gimmick, no-pitch platform. The monthly meetings are 100% free and dedicated to diving deep into actionable topics, such as utilizing hard money, mastering the BRRRR method (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat), and complex multifamily syndication, rather than upselling courses.
• Expert Local Leadership: The chapter is led by successful, highly productive local investors (like Jared Davis and Dustin Olverson) who possess deep, measurable experience in the Richmond and Central Virginia markets. Their expertise is derived from thousands of closed homes, hundreds of fix-and-flip projects, and managing substantial rental property portfolios.
• The Full Investor Lifecycle: Events are structured to provide value to everyone from brand-new wholesalers to seasoned veterans. The monthly curriculum covers the entire "Lifecycle of an Investor," ensuring continuous learning, connection, and opportunity across all facets of real estate wealth building.

GRID Richmond is where serious Richmond-area entrepreneurs go to connect, learn, collaborate, and execute their strategies for building long-term generational wealth through real estate.

Kim Chevez is the Founder and CEO of Your Wealth BFF, where she helps entrepreneurs and business owners rethink and simplify their path to profitability and lasting wealth.

Drawing on her real-life experience as a former CFO, multi-business owner, and someone who personally crushed over $70K in debt in less than two years, Kim brings a practical and passionate approach to financial coaching. She specializes in guiding business owners, especially those in real estate, to master cash flow, protect profit, and ditch financial stress. Kim advocates for building a "Money Map" that supports life and future wealth, proving that scaling a business doesn't have to be a financially confusing journey.

Maria DiPoce is a dynamic business strategist and veteran real estate leader dedicated to empowering agents to unlock their full earning potential. Having excelled as a top-producing agent and respected team leader, Maria understands that sustained success requires more than market knowledge—it demands a strategic business model and a focused mindset. Through her coaching, Maria offers a deeply personalized, goal-oriented approach. She doesn't just offer strategies; she integrates mindful growth, financial literacy, and robust accountability to ensure agents move beyond transaction-to-transaction survival and begin building genuine, long-term wealth through their real estate careers. Maria’s coaching is a direct investment in your future leadership.

My approach is intentional, growth-focused, and deeply personal. I don’t just provide strategies—I help agents unlock their full potential by aligning their goals with sustainable, long-term success.

• Mindful & Strategic Growth – I emphasize intentional actions over busywork, ensuring agents focus on high-impact activities that lead to real success.
• Wealth-Building Through Real Estate – I help agents think beyond transactions and develop a business mindset that incorporates real estate into long-term financial growth.
• Personalized & Goal-Oriented Coaching – I tailor my coaching to each agent’s aspirations, guiding them to build a business that aligns with their vision and lifestyle.
• Accountability & Leadership – I don’t just offer advice—I hold agents accountable, challenge their limits, and equip them with the mindset to lead in their industry.
• Balance of Professionalism & Approachability – I create a collaborative, inspiring environment, where agents feel supported while being pushed to grow.

My approach is like a strategic partnership—I empower agents with the tools, mindset, and confidence to elevate their business and take control of their success.

Meet Venus Bolton, a powerhouse professional whose life is defined by purposeful connection, drive, and grace.

As a Top 500 Virginia Real Producer affiliated with eXp Realty, Venus guides her clients not just to a house, but to wealth-building through homeownership, known for her stress-free and client-focused approach. Beyond real estate, she is an engaging and dynamic speaker who draws on over 15 years of experience in corporate and community engagement. Venus shares a powerful voice of encouragement, enlightenment, and support, speaking passionately on Faith, Wellness, and as an Ambassador for Children's Health and Caregiving. A dedicated wife, mother of four, and competitive fitness enthusiast, Venus embodies the belief that success in business, health, and life is a delicate, yet achievable, balancing act.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

EXP Realty Richmond, 717 North Courthouse Road, Richmond, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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