Who am I: Cofounder and CEO of eWebinar, 3x bootstrapper with 1 exit, 15 years in startups. Previous company acquired in 2019. Digital nomad.
Key Focus: Helping people grow their business without growing their workload. Melissa is a vocal advocate for bootstrapping, building on your own terms, and designing a life you want to live with intention. Starting with how you structure your business, not after you exit it.
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Recent podcasts: ListenNotes Email: hello (at) eWebinar.com Website: eWebinar.com
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<aside> 📣 “Melissa bootstrapped three companies to success while traveling the world as a digital nomad. Her story reflects her belief that work should never come at the cost of living one’s life to the fullest. She has a knack for distilling her experiences into relatable anecdotes, which is what makes her such an inspiring speaker.”
Lloyed Lobo, Cofounder, TractionConf.io & Boast.ai
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Melissa Kwan is the cofounder and CEO of eWebinar, and a three-time bootstrapped founder. Her previous startup, Spacio, was the leading open house software in real estate and was acquired by HomeSpotter in 2019. She has spent 15 years building companies without venture capital, specializing in B2B sales and business development, and learning how to build with very few resources at every stage.
That constraint shaped how she thinks about work. Running her last company, she found herself giving the same demos and training sessions over and over. No matter many sessions she ran, she only ever got in front of people who happened to be free that day. Her limited reach was capping growth. Every customer she couldn't reach was adoption she never got and revenue left on the table. She realized the limit was never how hard she worked. It was the format. Live is great, and it's too valuable to spend on something you've already said thirty times. There had to be a way to say something once and have it reach everyone who needs to hear it. That idea became eWebinar.
Over the last decade, Melissa has come to believe that happiness should be the foundation of a career rather than the result of one, and that it comes from designing your life with intention. eWebinar is part of that design, built on the belief that you shouldn't have to choose between growing your business and having a life.
eWebinar is an on-demand video software with chat that lets companies reach their entire audience without anyone having to be there live. Teams put a recorded demo, onboarding call, or training session on a recurring schedule or make it available anytime, with more than 25 interactions to make it engaging and chat that works like texting. Attendees ask questions and get a response either right away or later by email. Attendance averages 83%, compared to 40% at best for live sessions. Sales, customer success, and marketing teams use it to onboard, train, and sell to audiences a live calendar could never reach. Say it once. Reach everyone.