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Mel Nava

Mel Nava

Co-founder and CEO of ZendEase by 1Export, helping Southeast Asian SMEs expand globally through cross-border trade and logistics.

Jul 26, 2026

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Founders Only S2 EP11: Mel Nava of Zendease Shares Why She Left The Philippines To Win in Indonesia and Vietnam

Jul 26 · 1h 22m

Ronster BetiongHOST
7:03
So
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:05
we had two months of runway.
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:06
And I remember the first thing you do is really to talk to the team and to be honest about the situation.
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:13
And we said it and we said, if we work our hardest over the next three to five months, we will be able to recover.
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:20
And so, because of that, everyone worked really hard.
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:26
And to get the company back to its feet, we were closing every sale.
Mel Nava
Mel NavaGUEST
7:33
We had to also fix a lot of things previously.

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Ronster BetiongHOST
14:46
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