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YuanDuan Xu · · 1 min read

This founder battled depression even as her startup thrived

“It’s a downward spiral, where first your health goes, and then the rest of you starts spiraling downwards,” says Joelle Pang of the depression that hit as she built her startup, Dressabelle, from the ground up.

Episode two, on personal sacrifices, airs Monday, July 9.

Editing by Eileen C. Ang

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