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  <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Sean sits down with Mohammed M. Mahdi and Anthony Duncan, co-founders of The Mad Optimist. They dive into why they started the company. They go deeper into how to the company's messaging and pivot more to the customer service and employee focus of their company. </itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;More About Mohammed and Anthony.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>More About Mohammed and Anthony.<br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/</a></p>]]>
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<p>More About Mohammed and Anthony.<br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedmmahdi/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-duncan-73baa826/</a></p>]]>
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