Solving Hard Problems With People You Love and Other Business Wisdom - Al Doan CEO of Pretzel.io Interview By Jess Larsen

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Bio:

Alan Doan is a bearded Missourian, entrepreneur, husband and father, pickup basketball legend, investor and mentor.

He's started the Missouri Star Quilt Company, a 10 year old business with a focus on reimagining the commerce experience of shopping for fabric online. The company now has over 400 employees and ships several million orders annually.  As part of that focus, the company has rebuilt a rural midwestern town into the “Disneyland of Quilting” launching 14 quilt shops, three restaurants and a hotel all in a town with a population of 1,800.

He went on to start Let's Make Art.  A business focused on experience and education in the watercolor paint world, it grew to 1.4m in ARR in 4 months and then transitioned it into a Missouri Star Quilt Company brand.

Currently he's working on Pretzel, a consumer finance app focused on giving users visibility into where their money goes.  Sign up at http://www.pretzel.io

He's been recognized at the Whitehouse as a small business person of the year, an Empact 100 business leader under 30, and an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

Follow him on Linkedin.