36. Building a startup with contractors with Melissa Kwan, co-founder & CEO of eWebinar

We sat down with Melissa Kwan, a 3x bootstrapper, to talk about her entrepreneurial journey, working with contractor developers, getting first customers, developing social media presence, and going to Burning Man in 2023. Show notes Melissa's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissakwan/ eWebinar: https://ewebinar.com/ The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs (book): https://amzn.to/3t4sK20 Stay in touch: Chapters 00:19 - Introduction 03:16 - Becoming an entrepreneur 07:06 - Starting the first company 07:53 - Appreciating coding as a non-technical founder 09:39 - Working with contractors 21:41 - Journey prior to founding eWebinar 28:03 - Splitting equity between co-founders 35:38 - Working with customers 39:28 - Developing social media presence 45:59 - Getting onto other people's podcasts 50:52 - Going to Burning Man in 2023 55:35 - Living as a digital nomad 56:32 - Parting advice 58:25 - Book recommendation Download the Metacast podcast app for free iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player Get in touch Contact us: [email protected] Ilya's LinkedIn Arnab's LinkedIn