Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

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Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’
Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’
3x bootstrapper, 1 exit. I tell founders what it's like to build a company without an abundance of resources and friends in high places. Not 40 Under 40. Didn't go to Harvard. Just your founder next door on a human journey, bootstrapping eWebinar to $5m.
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