Kim Perell | She Borrowed $10K From Grandma… Then Built a $235M Company

Kim Perell is a nine-time entrepreneur, angel investor in more than 100 companies, and the founder behind a business that grew from a $10,000 loan from her grandmother to a $235 million exit.

In this episode, Kim shares how she built through uncertainty, what she looks for when investing in early-stage founders, and the lessons she learned scaling companies from their first million toward nine-figure and billion-dollar outcomes.

She also breaks down mentorship, founder resilience, building valuable relationships, increasing a company’s attractiveness to buyers, and why focus matters more than diversification in the early years.

Kim closes with her philosophy on family, money, creativity, long-term thinking, and why no one becomes successful alone.

Find Kim Perell here:

Website: https://kimperell.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimperell/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimperell/

Check out Kim’s books: https://kimperell.com/books/

Learn more about Juni: https://drinkjuni.com/

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