How I Saved My Startup

04/22/20 • 40 min

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Investors are giving founders everywhere an ultimatum: just find a way to survive the next few months. This had us concerned about the entrepreneurs who’ve been on this show. Debbie Wei Mullen pitched Copper Cow Coffee to our investors a few years ago, and in this episode Debbie tells the sequence of events that led to a few early, strategic decisions made in 2020 that set up her business to outlast the pandemic.

Today's investors are Alexandra Stanton, Sheel Mohnot, Charles Hudson and Phil Nadel.

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Today's investors are Alexandra Stanton, Sheel Mohnot, Charles Hudson and Phil Nadel.

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