From Garage to Glory: How a 29-Year-Old Built a $900M Empire Through Grit
By Positive Phil, 6 min read In 2018, Mia Chen, a 29-year-old chemical engineering graduate from UC Berkeley, stood at a crossroads. Her startup, EcoPulse, teetered on the edge of failure after two grueling years of development. With just $10,000 in savings and a prototype for a biodegradable packaging material, Chen poured her life into the venture, working 80-hour weeks in her parents’ swelteringly unbearable garage in Oakland, California. A competitor, sensing her desperation, offered $200,000 to buy the fledgling business outright. Chen, driven by a vision of a plastic-free future, turned it down. Fast forward to 2025, and EcoPulse is valued…
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