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Sep 28, 2025 1 hr 25 min

Mel Nava - The Hustle Behind 1Export

from Hustleshare Hosted by Ronster Baetiong and Podcast Network Asia

In this episode of Hustleshare, we chat with Mel Nava, founder and CEO of 1Export, to talk about her journey from hustling as a bazaarista and working in export sales to building a tech startup that empowers Filipino SMEs to expand globally. Mel opens up about the struggles of bootstrapping a company, losing her co-founders, and battling depression, and why she chose resilience over giving up. She also shares how 1Export turned a “rejected idea” into a fast-growing export platform, the lessons she learned from her MBA at AIM, and how the company is making compliance, documentation, and global market access easier for small businesses. Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melnava Website: https://1export.com/ Links/Sponsors: OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/ Hustleshare is powered by Podmachine

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