Kim Mahan left her corporate career at age 40 to start her own company. She grew up in a working class family and faced many challenges in her early life, including the death of her father at a young age, a near-fatal car accident, and failed relationships. However, she was able to start her first web business in 1996 and taught herself web design. After 15 years in enterprise technology at GE, she started her entrepreneurial journey in 2011 by founding a company focused on education and empowering women and girls. She has since learned important lessons about determining if you are truly an entrepreneur, focusing on the most important tasks like getting customers, and balancing pitching your ideas with listening to others.