Jurich holds an Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science from Stanford University, with her Bachelor of Science in science, technology, and society. Early in her career she worked at Summit Partners, where she "completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors." She co-founded Sunrun in 2007 while attending Stanford Business School.
In November 2008, she helped Sunrun secure $40 million in financing from United States Bank. Jurich was named one of the Ten Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs by Fortune in 2009. Sunrun grew 300 percent in 2010, and by July 2011 the company operated in nine states and controlled 10 percent of the country"s residential solar market.
At the time, the company was installing approximately $1 million worth of solar equipment per day.
Sunrun currently has around 79,000 customers. In May 2014, the Seattle Principal Investigator named her Number.
9 on a list of the 22 most powerful women in technology.
A member of various boards and organizations, she is part of the founding board of the Startup American Partnership.
