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Oct 2020
24m 55s

Tiny But Transparent: Melissa Clayton of...

Rebecca Minkoff
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Tiny Tags is a small company, and Melissa Clayton likes it that way. After working as a CPA early on in her career, eventually the entrepreneurial genes she inherited from her father began to activate, stirring within Melissa the desire to start her own company. Ironically, Melissa didn’t know a whole lot about jewelry making when she got the idea for a lin ... Show More
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