49SAFPOD Interview with Pandere Founders
Left to Right: Ayla Rogers, Joe Morrison (Host of 49SAFPOD), Celia Crossett, Laura Oden
We had a blast talking to Joe Morrison, host of the 49SAFPOD on the 8th Floor of City Hall in Anchorage, Alaska. The 49SAFPOD highlights entrepreneurship and economic development topics in the 49th State. Yeah, that'd be us. We got a chance to talk about how Pandere Shoes was born and where we're headed. Joe gets us to explain how three people who knew nothing about shoes or shoe design managed to get this company off the ground. We hope you will listen.
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ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Getting a business idea off the ground and turning it into a successful product is no easy task, but one Alaskan company, Pandere Shoes, was able to do just that.
They started by identifying a problem.
“I've had difficulty finding shoes to fit my feet for the last 40 years, because I have a medical condition called lymphedema, so one foot is chronically swollen," said Pandere CEO Laura Oden.
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I’m not sure if Jonathan and I just have really big feet or we just keep moving to countries where people have tiny feet. Whatever the reason, buying shoes is always a nightmare.
When our new friends from Pandere Shoes contacted us and said, ‘Hey, we have a new range of shoes perfect for travelling. Want to try them?’
We didn’t need to be asked twice. Um, but we did wonder if they cater for size enormous feet.
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