The restaurant industry is notoriously difficult to succeed in. Slutty Vegan founder and CEO Pinky Cole knows that firsthand. She pushed through a lot of failures to build her restaurant empire and she writes about that journey in her latest book “I Hope You Fail.” In today's podcast conversation, LinkedIn's Editor in Chief Dan Roth and Senior Producer Nina Melendez talk about Dan's takeaways from his conversation with Pinky, including how her self-awareness and a resilient spirit helped turn her biggest challenges into opportunities.

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