Female Founder Series: Melissa Bernstein on What Can Lie Behind the Curtain of Success

SAYge Real Stories
10/05/2025 39 min

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Melissa Bernstein is the cofounder of Melissa & Doug, the billion-dollar toy company she built from her parents’ garage. But behind the bright products was a hidden darkness. Melissa spent decades battling existential despair—until she finally came out as her true self. She then built her newest venture Lifelines to help others do the same. In this episode, she shares how creativity, purpose, and radical self-acceptance changed everything.Our new story sharing platform SAYge Link is now live in beta! Join using special invite code: FEMALEFOUNDER

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