Kim Perell

"My mother told me we all have unique talents and abilities – and many of them can’t be measured on a test. She said comparing myself to anyone else (especially my twin sister) would not make me happy and then she shared Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quote, “Comparison is the Thief of Joy”."

"I learned many great lessons from my parents growing up who were both entrepreneurs – my father is in real estate and my mom’s work revolves around company values--to help companies put people before product."

"When Xdrive went bankrupt, it was the worst time in my life,"

"Being an entrepreneur was in my DNA"

"I felt like if I could start a business in Hawaii, I could start one anywhere,”"

"Specifically the importance of maintaining a relentless focus on the bottom line and learning how to bounce back from defeat,” she says. “There is a value in experiencing how very wrong things can go, being resilient, and bouncing back quickly.”"

"I needed to get back to basics,"

"It always takes twice as long and twice as much money than you think it will,"

"It was the hardest time in my life,” she says. “Xdrive was an amazing ride and a great time, but it ultimately ended in bankruptcy.”"

"People ask me that all the time. Obviously starting in my kitchen in Hawaii originally and then now being part of such a large, nearly $50 billion Telco has been a journey and I think the journey has been an interesting ride. My first company was acquired by a European advertising company. So I did spend nearly five years in Europe helping to build and scale that. Now, being acquired again by an Asian Telco has been even more interesting,”"

"“We have our own board for Amobee. Its run as a separate company and we have independents as well as individuals from the Singtel board. They are so supportive from a company standpoint in terms of being able to help the business rise, but they very much understand that we are experts in digital and value that. Culturally, we are still Amobee. Just now we’re a very global, Internet, digital company, as well."

"“Im also an active Angel investor and sit on some boards. We will continue to see consolidation. Theres only going to be a few players, in my opinion. There will always be newcomers, but I think brands want to work with less people. Brands are looking for partners and companies that can provide, to be honest, worldwide reach. So having a cross-channel, digital, global platform, I believe will be even more important in the future.”"