We had the good fortune of connecting with Trendsetters Market and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Trendsetters, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
Hello! Thank you so much for having us! We are the Trendsetters Market. The market is run by 2 sisters, Alma & Alexandra. We started this market because we wanted to help other business owners with getting their brand/business name out there in the City of Houston. What is a Trendsetter? Its a person who leads the way in ideas. We came up with this name for our market because we wanted for each business to be their own Trendsetter for their business.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We are different from other markets because we like to give everyone a chance! We have had young kids/teenagers set up their own business at our markets. We focus on the businesses, so we like to keep 1 of each categories type, compared to other markets that have 2-3 of the same type of vendor. We also like to bring new vendors each time! We especially love unique vendors!

We also like to give back to our community! We have done a fundraiser where we were able to donate school supplies to school districts that were in need.

We learned from the markets that we had attended what we wanted for ourselves as a vendor in a market. It took us about a year to be able to learn from other markets that we had attended the do’s and don’ts’s that we wanted for our market. It was a lot of time and patience, but here we are now!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We would for sure go to Tikila’s in the Heights on Tuesday to see our friends, Vicka and DJ Rosez! They bring the whole vibe at Tikila’s! They do free loteria with prizes from the vendors that are there, which is plus because of course we love to shop local! For sure we go on a night out to EADO and bar hop around! We love Pitch 25 & Sunset!
We love being in the water so we could go to Surfside Beach or to the waterparks! (Typhoon Texas or Splashtown)
FOOOOOD, we live off Chick-fil-A lol but we would definitely be going to San Eatery. They have mixed a blend between Chinese and Puerto Rican food. Its so delicious!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
We would love to give our significant other a shoutout! They both kept pushing us into creating the market and giving us different name ideas for our market. It was actually thanks to them that our market is called Trendsetters Market.

Website: www.linktr.ee/trendsettersmarket and https://poplme.co/trendsettersmarkethtx

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Image Credits
Kmani Image Studios by Marcus Petry

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