Empire Builders · EB-011
Fourteen Investors Said No. She Built It With £23,000. It Sold For £180 Million.
Fourteen investors said no due to insufficient market size, but Priya Mensah built CareLink with £23,000 from her care coordinator salary. After launching in January 2020, it was sold for £180 million just two years later.
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