On today's Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch: On the Street, we meet Melody and Taysia from Pi00a, a deaf and CODA family-owned pizza brand changing both food and job opportunities.
Melody and her husband Russ started their pizza business in 2011 and since then they’ve been making Neapolitan-style pizzas and creating a workplace that is fully accessible for Deaf employees.
Investor Rogers Healy sees challenges and potential in the frozen food aisle. Will Rogers invite Pi00a to the boardroom so he and the other investors can try and get a slice of the pie?
Smart business buying starts with Amazon Business. Learn more here: https://entm.ag/amazonbusiness
Melody and her husband Russ started their pizza business in 2011 and since then they’ve been making Neapolitan-style pizzas and creating a workplace that is fully accessible for Deaf employees.
Investor Rogers Healy sees challenges and potential in the frozen food aisle. Will Rogers invite Pi00a to the boardroom so he and the other investors can try and get a slice of the pie?
Smart business buying starts with Amazon Business. Learn more here: https://entm.ag/amazonbusiness
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00:00I like this pitch. I'll tell you why after.
00:03Paiola is a deaf and CODA family-owned business that specializes in making frozen, Asian-inspired,
00:07and traditional Neapolitan pizzas, like our award-winning frozen miso eggplant pizza.
00:11Our mission is to create job opportunities for our deaf community. We saw a gap in the
00:14frozen pizza category with all classic and stagnant flavors, and we're changing that
00:18with bold Asian-inspired flavors. We've perfected a 48-hour pizza-making process
00:22so you can enjoy restaurant-quality pizza at home in just 5 to 10 minutes.
00:25Great pizza shouldn't have to wait. It's as fresh as frozen gets.
00:29Great duo, great team. They've got a chemistry that is palpable. I'd love to know their
00:33relationship because I guarantee they did not just meet on the streets of Entrepreneur
00:37Elevator Pitch. An Asian-inspired pizza from a founder that probably has an incredible
00:42story to tell. That's really interesting, and I think the fact that this is such a
00:46massive market is exciting. My obstacle is that I think stuff in the frozen food aisle
00:51is extremely difficult because you don't have that much time to go and ship the product.
00:55I like this pitch. There's great energy. There's passion. I would love to invite them
00:59up to the boardroom, and I'm hungry, so please come with pizza.
01:02And that's why Amazon Business is gifting you $500.
01:06Wow, that's really nice. Thank you so much.