She was denied a business loan again, and again, and again.Until she got her grandma to loan her some cash and she started her digital advertising business right at her kitchen table.Long story short: Kim Perell is now a best-selling author, CEO, and a VERY prominent angel investor. Y’all she sold her last company for $235 million And she does it all with… no, not one… but TWO sets of twins.In this episode, you’ll learn what criteria investors are looking for in companies and founders, the th...

What Investors Are Really Looking For with Kim Perell

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Maybe you’ve asked yourself this question……“What is THIS all for?”It's a question that digs at the heart of purpose, pushing you to consider the true meaning behind the endless amount of work.And to this day, I wonder if my grandmother asked herself this question. She moved to East LA to work in a sweatshop, taking three buses to work after dropping off her three kids at school, one with special needs—getting home with just enough time to put dinner on the table and send the kids to bed.Maybe...

[9 min] The Advice I Needed to Hear When I Started My Business: My 2024 Whittier Commencement Speech

Hear me out: What if you set the bar higher than you could ever imagine…What if you allowed yourself to dream so big that it terrified you simply because you knew you’d have to let go of the things (strategies, offers, businesses) that are currently working, to get there?This is what it means to “10x” your goals and when Dr. Benjamin Hardy explained how to do this and why it’s easier than just “2xing” them—my mind was blown.Perhaps one of my favorite moments of the episode was when he said, "...

How to Reach IMPOSSIBLE Goals with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

"Will this matter in 10 minutes, 10 months, or 10 years?"Asking myself this simple question has been a game-changer for me and I’ll tell you why…If it doesn’t matter in 10 months or 10 years, I simply don’t care. I don’t care about the reality show everyone’s talking about. I don’t care where we eat dinner. Basically, I’ve trained myself to not care about instant gratification or moments of temporary excitement.This is ONE of the five strategies that can get you out of analysis paralysis (whi...

How to Break Free from Analysis Paralysis and Start Taking Action When You're Feeling Stuck

Unrehearsed, unrefined, and completely from my heart… THIS is exactly what you can expect during the next six minutes together.You see, I love (like really love) researching, writing, preparing, and creating content for you.But this episode is different, it wasn’t done for the sake of creating content. This is actually a segment of a Q&A inside of Your Biggest Launch Ever. I was asked, “Do you ever get embarrassed creating content in public?”And in short: I do… (just ask my ex-neighbor wh...

[6 min] How I REALLY Feel About Creating Content in Public

Real talk: Are you willing to get your hands dirty with the gritty, often overlooked tasks that lay the groundwork for your future?My resident co-host Amy Porterfield, our guest Gary Vaynerchuk, and I had a conversation about how important this mindset shift really is to become the person you need to be (so you can have the things you want to have and do the things you want to do.)But that’s not all…In this episode, you’ll learn the importance of authenticity in content creation, personal bra...

What Investors Are Really Looking For with Kim Perell

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