{"id":12787,"date":"2021-04-29T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandler.dsstaging2.com\/case-study\/how-to-succeed-at-getting-tough\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:10:01","slug":"how-to-succeed-at-getting-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/podcasts\/how-to-succeed-at-getting-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Succeed at Getting Tough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mike Montague interviews Michael Coles on How to Succeed at Getting Tough. Michael J. Coles, the co-founder of the Great American Cookie Company and the former CEO of Caribou Coffee, did not follow a conventional path into business. He does not have an Ivy League pedigree or an MBA from a top-ten business school. He grew up poor, starting work at the age of thirteen. He had many false starts and painful defeats, but Coles has a habit of defying expectations. 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