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Kim Perell sold companies for $235 million—but started with a $10,000 loan from her grandmother who didn't even know what the internet was. From getting fired in the dot-com crash to building billion-dollar businesses, she reveals why execution beats ideas and why your biggest mistakes are your greatest assets. Her investment thesis: betting on founders who've already failed. After 150 investments, she knows the pattern: great companies pivot at least once. Her new book "Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire" shows how ten universal mistakes built her success.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimperell/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kimperell/
Website: https://kimperell.com/
Company: Founder & CEO at 100.co
Book: "Mistakes That Made Me a Millionaire"
➡️ Timestamps
00:00 "My Grandma Had No Idea What the Internet Was"
00:45 The Twin Who Failed the Standardized Test
02:05 "Clearly You're Not the Smart One"
03:43 Dot-Com Millionaire to Unemployed in 30 Days
05:34 Everyone Said Get a Real Job
06:28 $10,000 Loan That Became $235 Million
07:59 Three Years at the Kitchen Table
09:42 Selling Before the 2008 Crash (Perfect Timing)
10:56 Two Sets of Twins and a Billion-Dollar Exit
12:54 150 Investments: What I Actually Look For
14:27 The Five Traits of Execution
15:51 "Third-Time Founders Are the Best Bet"
17:36 Why 99% of Companies Should Be Pivoting
20:39 Netflix, YouTube, Twitter All Pivoted
22:05 Building Juni with Jay Shetty
25:57 "Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen"
28:33 Ten Universal Mistakes Every Founder Makes
30:05 "Stop Trying to Do Everything Alone"
33:04 Paying $7,500 for One Day of Advice
36:06 "AI Is Coming—This Tidal Wave Is Coming"
37:13 "We're at MySpace, Imagine Knowing Facebook Is Next"
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