Biography

Kim Perell is an award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, CEO and angel investor with a passion for people, technology, and progress. Kim went from being laid off at 23 to becoming a multi-millionaire by the time she was 30 years old, selling her last company for $235 million in 2014.

She is currently the CEO of Amobee, a global marketing technology company serving the world’s leading brands and agencies. Kim is also an investor in over 70 companies, 14 of which have been successfully acquired by some of the largest Fortune 500 companies including a billion-dollar IPO.

Kim’s career started in 1999 at Xdrive, an Internet start-up in Los Angeles that was a precursor to Dropbox. She quickly rose to Director of Marketing & Sales, managing a team of 20 plus and generating more than $10 million in revenue in nine months. When Xdrive went bankrupt, Kim found herself unemployed but had discovered her passion for the internet. She channeled that passion into starting her own company, Frontline Direct, a digital marketing firm. From its modest beginnings at her kitchen table in Hawaii in 2003, Kim grew Frontline to more than $100 million in annual revenue.

That success and Kim’s leadership abilities drew the attention of Adconion Media Group, a global digital media company, which acquired the company in 2008 and appointed Kim CEO in 2010. In 2014, Kim executed the sale of Adconion Direct to Amobee, a subsidiary of SingTel, a $50 billion dollar telecommunications company in Singapore. Yet throughout these changes, she dedicated herself to creating outstanding workplace cultures, a run that continues today. In 2016, Amobee was named one of Fortune magazine’s Top 10 Places to Work in Marketing & Advertising.

Kim is passionate about women in business and writes, speaks, and is interviewed regularly on leadership, marketing technology, and entrepreneurship. Her achievements as a leader and entrepreneur have been widely recognized and covered in the media, including profiles in The New York Times, CNN Money, and Forbes. Her professional honors include being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Association for Female Executives.

Kim graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. An avid traveler (more than 60 countries visited), she and her husband live in Solana Beach, California, with their two-year-old twins, Elle and John.

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The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success

Success isn’t just about having a great idea. Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s not even about having an advanced degree, knowing industry insiders, or being a genius. People around the world have achieved their dreams without any of those things. How? Execution. That’s right, the ability to execute is the difference between success and failure. It’s what separates the dreamers from the doers. The good news is, being fantastic at execution is not a skill that you’re born with, but a skill that can be taught.

In this session, world-renowned execution expert, Kim Perell, will break down and teach the 5 essential traits of execution that will bring you success in business and in life. As an entrepreneur, angel investor, and CEO, there is no one more qualified and inspirational than Kim — she lives her life by these principles, and now you can too.

Learning Objectives:
• Motivate your team to unlock their full potential
• Mastering the 5 core traits of Execution
• Learn how to use execution principles to achieve your goals
• Actionable steps you can take to get you closer to success
• Exercises that help turn your dreams into reality

Pivoting to Success: How to Make Business Pivots That Pay Off

Throughout history, there’s something that every great company, executive, business leader, innovator, and entrepreneur have in common — at one point or another, they had to pivot. Pivots in life and business are inevitable. As the world evolves, we need to as well. The ability to change direction when needed is the trait that defines the world’s most successful people. Kim Perell has over 20 years of experience and expertise in making career pivots that have been integral to her global success as a CEO, entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author.

In this inspirational and informative speech, Kim demystifies the art of the pivot. Through riveting real-life examples, she will break down the reasons why pivoting is crucial for companies of any size. Audiences will leave this talk empowered, enlightened, and excited to make pivots that increase their chances of success.

Learning Objectives:
• The powerful role pivoting plays in business
• Recognizing the signs of when it’s time to pivot
• The 5 types of pivots every leader faces
• The crucial steps necessary to plan for your pivot
• Master a winning mindset that’s ready to adapt to change
• How to keep your company at the forefront of innovation

JUMP: Dare to Do What Scares You in Business and in Life

Every great story starts with a jump, a leap into the unknown! The success that many of us crave is just one jump away. But many people let fear of failure hold them back. That’s where Kim comes in. She knows what to do in these heartracing, palm-sweating, teeth-grinding situations.

Kim became a millionaire before age 30 because of the life-changing leap she took into entrepreneurship. After that she kept taking jumps as an entrepreneur, executive, investor, innovator, and author. And now she’s revealing the secrets of how you can too.

In this enthralling and deeply motivational talk, Kim helps audiences master her successful formula for facing your fears and finding the courage to jump into the next chapter of your life.

Through gripping and informative personal stories, Kim breaks down the lessons she learned on her twenty-year path of serial entrepreneurship to help others navigate their career choices. She reveals the mistakes she made, the skills she mastered, and the invaluable insights that only comes with experience.

Audiences will walk away with the tools, inspiration and mindset they need to finally leap into the next stage of success.

Kim’s expert guidance will:
• Teach you the three types of career jumps
• Empower you with invaluable insights to move beyond fear, rejection, and failure
• Give you the tools to get out of your comfort zone and overcome self-doubt
• Show you how to create a personalized 1-Year-Success plan for your jump
• Teach you how to make a calculated risk that can have a huge payoff

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The Execution Factor is for the entrepreneur in all of us, for the person daydreaming about being their own boss while stuck at a nine to five. Kim Perell knows what it takes to execute vision, no matter how big or small. There isn’t a better book to guide you to turning your ideas into reality.
– CHRIS BURCH - CEO of Burch Creative Capital and cofounder of Tory Burch
Kim is a truly inspiring entrepreneur and leader whose life story is both fascinating and very motivating. I couldn’t agree more with the lessons in the Execution Factor – ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is what really matters.
– BETTY LIU - Executive Vice Chairman / NYSE
We’re thrilled to partner with Kim Perell to solve your biggest side hustle challenges and help you find success. If you’ve been thinking about starting a side hustle, now is the time. Don’t wait.
– Bill Shaw, President, Entrepreneur Media

Booksby Kim Perell

Jump: Dare to Do What Scares You in Business and in Life

The Execution Factor: The One Skill that Drives Success

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