Our Programs
Defy The Odds builds pathways for displaced and underestimated builders to turn resilience into real outcomes. Our work is designed as a simple system. Story that restores dignity. Structure that drives execution. Truth that keeps it real.
#IAM Book and Movement
The story platform. A narrative built to restore dignity, elevate displaced communities as builders, and rally partners around real pathways to opportunity.
Future Innovators Program
The execution platform. A structured pathway built around mentorship and accountability. Helping entrepreneurs sharpen their narrative, build traction, and grow into sustainable businesses.
Graveyard of Startups, GôS
The truth platform. Founder lessons without the highlight reel. The pivots, the failures, and the discipline it takes to keep building when things break.
Global Sports Summit The convening platform at the intersection of sports, media, and lifestyle. Our primary focus is US–GCC sports diplomacy. Building trusted relationships that translate into partnerships, pilots, and long term opportunity. We also support select global engagements aligned with the mission. Global Sports Summit Partners, GSSP, extends this work year round as the deal and capital alignment layer.
Together, these programs turn momentum into measurable progress.
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#IAM Book and Movement
#IAM is a book and movement built to restore dignity to the narrative and elevate underestimated builders. The first draft is complete and currently in review. In 2026, we will select a purpose aligned publishing and media partner with the reach and integrity to build global engagement around this mission, not simply distribute a book. We will grow a waitlist through community and partnerships, then release the work on our timeline. Intentional, high quality, and aligned with impact over speed.
Future Innovators Program
In partnership with Founder Institute, the Future Innovators Program delivers a structured entrepreneurship cohort serving 100 to 150 displaced builders each year. Participants receive practical training, mentorship, and accountability to launch, validate, and grow real businesses. The goal is simple. Turn potential into traction and develop the next generation of business leaders.
Global Sports Summit
Global Sports Summit is the convening platform at the intersection of sports, media, and lifestyle. Our primary focus is US–GCC sports diplomacy. Building trusted relationships that translate into partnerships, pilots, and long term opportunity. We also support select global engagements aligned with the mission. Global Sports Summit Partners, GSSP, extends this work year round as the deal and capital alignment layer.
Graveyard of Startups, GôS, is the truth platform. A media and community layer built around the realities of building, not the highlight reel. We share founder conversations and real case studies on pivots, failures, hard decisions, and the daily discipline it takes to keep going when things break. The purpose is simple. Normalize the lessons, shorten the learning curve, and help builders move with clarity and conviction.
Graveyard of Startups
