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"Beating the Odds" is a podcast full of inspiration and advice from minority entrepreneurs that have overcome obstacles to build successful businesses. Each episode details their journey to success, and the issues that can sidetrack a business.
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Dr. Pamela Seda: Turning 30 Years in Education Into a Business With Purpose (opens the original)
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Why do so many children grow up believing they're simply “not good at math”? For Dr. Pamela Seda, that question became more than a professional challenge—it became a mission. In this episode of Beating the Odds , Mike Dewey sits down with Dr. Pamela Seda , educator, author, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur, whose career has been dedicated to changing the way students experience mathematics. After growing up in Germany as the daughter of an Air Force serviceman, Pamela returned to the United
TLA Group Founder Telly Arnold: Know Your Numbers Before You Start (opens the original)
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What does it really take to build a trucking business—and why can impressive revenue numbers be dangerously misleading? In this episode of Beating the Odds , Mike Dewey sits down with Telly Arnold , founder of TLA Group , a Houston-based entrepreneur who made the unlikely leap from corporate finance and accounting into the demanding world of box-truck transportation. Armed with an accounting degree, an MBA, and more than two decades of corporate experience, Telly thought she was prepared for ent
Poké Shack Founder Shai Mauth on Failure, Resilience & Starting Over (opens the original)
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What does it take to rebuild after failure? In this episode of Beating the Odds , Mike Dewey sits down with Shai Mauth , founder of Poké Shack , to discuss an entrepreneurial journey that spans three countries, multiple businesses, bankruptcy, the 2008 recession, and launching a restaurant just as the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down. Shai shares how he grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, why he has always funded his businesses with his own savings, the lessons he learned from failed part
Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Founder Claire Georges Shares Her Recipe for Entrepreneurial Success (opens the original)
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Claire Georges didn't set out to build one of America's most celebrated hot sauce companies. She simply followed her passion for baking and took one small step at a time. In this episode of Beating the Odds , Mike Dewey sits down with the founder of Butterfly Bakery of Vermont to discuss how a one-woman bakery evolved into a nationally recognized food manufacturer featured by Food & Wine as producing the "Best Hot Sauce in America." Claire shares her remarkable 23-year entrepreneurial journey, i
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