Perell was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, to be able to spend money as a kid, she went door-to-door and asked her Portland neighbors for metal cans which she would redeem at five cents apiece. 

Her first job out of college was at an internet startup that went bankrupt. Kim began her journey as an entrepreneur from her kitchen table with a $10,000 loan from her 80-year-old grandmother, and grew the company to over $100 million in annual revenue. Kim went from broke and unemployed to selling her first company and becoming a multi-millionaire by the time she was 30.

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Mentioned in the Episode:

Kim’s Website: https://kimperell.com/

Kim’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimperell/

Kim’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimperell/

Kim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimperell

Kim’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KimPerell

Timestamps:

2:39 - Growing Up in Portland, Collecting Cans

4:24 - Struggles Getting to Multi Millions

8:08 - Selling a Company FOr Over $200 Million

10:35 - Where Are We At With Female Entrepreneurs

13:36 - Exit Strategy as an Angel Investor

16:33 - Elevating Other Entrepreneurs

17:59 - Some Examples of Exit Strategies

20:11 - Kim’s New Book

21:51 - What Qualities Make a Great Leader?

25:39 - How to Find Kim Online

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