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Melissa & Doug: Melissa And Doug Bernstein

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Were You Able to Sell Your Puzzles?

We wanted to be self-funded and we lived incredibly frugally for at least three years. We ate ramen noodles, which were eight for a dollar and turkey hot dogs on a hot plate because it was about 50 cents a meal. So now, so once we had the designs for the puzzle, I mean, everything again was trial and error. When they found out what was going on, it was amazing how many customers came up to us and literally in front of us ripped up orders with this person who was our agent.

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