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Maternova and the Business of Saving Lives: A Secret to Success Story

Up and Running

As can be imagined, tackling a global, public health problem through social enterprise is not just a worthy goal, but a lofty one. “It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits. “It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

As we self-funded on a tiny amount of cash, sweat equity and vision, we also worked in a methodical manner, moving the ball down the field week by week. As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it. That’s a metric! Step on the scale.