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Hosted by JOSHUA BLACK · business · EN · 10 episodes
135° is a raw, unfiltered podcast about survival in food and small business. Named after the safe holding temperature for hot food, this show lives in the danger zone—where entrepreneurs, cooks, and creators fight to stay alive with limited resources, hard lessons, and zero shortcuts. Real stories. Real struggle. Still standing.
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Signup to Generate a Pitch135ºF Podcast is a business podcast hosted by JOSHUA BLACK, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
JOSHUA BLACK hosts 135ºF Podcast, a business show with 10 episodes published.
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Episode #9
<p>A short reflection on pressure, interruptions and why entrepreneurs...especially those building with limited resources... must learn not to let challenges redefine momentum. Sometimes the real discipline is simply continuing.</p>
Episode #9
<p><b>Part 2: Opportunity, Emotion & Discipline</b></p><p>In bootstrap entrepreneurship, not every opportunity is aligned — and not every feeling deserves funding.</p><p>In Part 2 of The Journeys Within the Journey series, we unpack the hidden cost of distraction, emotional decision-making, and undisciplined growth. When money is tight and pressure is high, everything feels urgent. But urgency isn’t strategy.</p><p>This episode explores how to recognize true opportunity, separate ego from execution, and build the restraint required to protect your margins, your team, and your long-term vision.</p><p>Because in bootstrap, distraction often looks like oppo...
Episode #8
<p><b>The Journeys Within the Journey | A 3-Part Founder Series</b></p><p>Most people think bootstrap entrepreneurship is one journey — start the business, get customers, make money, survive.</p><p>But that’s not the real story.</p><p>Inside every bootstrap journey are smaller, invisible journeys happening at the same time. The journey of hiring the right people. The journey of learning to train. The journey of recognizing real opportunity. The journey of managing emotion under pressure. The journey of mastering your time when you are the entire infrastructure.</p><p>In this 3-part series, I break down...
Episode #8
<p>Before the emails. Before the kitchen. Before the meetings.</p><p>Every bootstrap entrepreneur starts the day the same way — negotiating with themselves.</p><p>In this episode of 135°F, Joshua breaks down the invisible work of building without investors, without a large team, and without a safety net. When you don’t have capital, your time becomes your currency. Your attention becomes your leverage. And your energy becomes your survival strategy.</p><p>This is an honest conversation about the daily internal board meeting every founder faces: revenue vs. vision, urgent vs. important, survival vs. scale.</p><p>If yo...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode, Joshua Black discusses the myth of work-life balance and the unique challenges faced by bootstrap entrepreneurs, particularly African American founders. He highlights the structural barriers and funding gaps that affect black entrepreneurs, and redefines balance as a negotiation and rhythm. The conversation provides insight into the struggle, resilience, and intentional balance of entrepreneurs in the face of systemic challenges.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p>Work-life balance is a privilegeBootstrap entrepreneurs face unique challenges<p></p><p>Chapters</p>00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview07:19 Adding Race to the Conversation13:19 Burnout and Structural Outcome
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