Ellen Lin was laid off from her job as a video game developer in 2009. Struggling to find work, she joined forces with her father to start an eCommerce business. The pair returned to their home country of Taiwan, purchased $600 worth of merchandise, and brought it back to the US (in their luggage!) to sell on eBay.

Four years later, Ellen and her father were operating a seven-figure business. Now Ellen runs a coaching and consulting firm on top of her eCommerce business, teaching others the formula she used to turn $600 in capital into $1.7M. A sought-after speaker and author of the book How I Built a Million-Dollar Online Store from $600, Ellen has inspired 350-plus students in 12 countries to build and scale successful eCommerce businesses of their own.

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