Surviving off of maxed-out credit cards and four enrollments, newly formed startup Oddball Academy struggles to stay afloat.

The academy opened in August of this year and were relying on between $11,000 to $12,000 from an investor.

“We were already 50% into the start up process, developed the LLC and bank account and all of those, getting the space buying equipment, the workstations,” said academy creator Liza Odom.

She said when the investor backed out, they relied on one thing.

“We just had faith that, you know, another investor would come up or, you know, we would be able to get more enrollments at this point,” added Odom.

Odom formerly taught special education in Putnam City.

She said her inspiration to start Oddball stemmed from her experience with her students in school but a

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