Many books on startups and business talk about how there are right and wrong reasons for starting a business. So, we asked a handful of successful founders about their reasons and the thought-process behind starting their business.

Vu Truong | Pub Owner, Community minded

I was ready to be my own boss at the time. I was also searching for something to do that I would “enjoy working at.’ Quite a bit of soul searching and just research in general on what I could be successful at and enjoy doing. Read more>>

Sloan Walker | Softball/baseball training facility

Sarah and I always knew we wanted to own our own facility one day and an amazing opportunity was presented to us by Ryan another investor and we just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to pursue one of our biggest goals and dreams in life. Read more>>

Jane Perry | Mompreneur, Influencer & Content Creator

My name is Jane Perry. I am a 30 year old female. My pronouns are She/Her/Ella. I identify as an African American Women with an Hispanic/Latino background. My parents were born and raised in Honduras, which is a country located in Central America. My parents migrated from Honduras to the United States in the 1980’s. I was born and raised in the Bronx County of New York City. I then relocated to Houston, TX in the year 2018 to venture and explore new opportunities. Read more>>

Zulema Treviño-Gonzales | Owner

Well, it hadn’t been at the very forefront of my mind; however, a really great opportunity presented itself in the old Cherry Block space. We had been trying to work with Revive Co for some time; however, COVID, amongst other factors, prevented anything from materializing. But once this opportunity presented itself, it became apparent that now was the time to finally venture out into other locations of our original location. Read more>>

Dr. Krupa George | Biological Dentist & Healthy Living Aficionado

I always knew I wanted to be a owner dentist! I just didn’t know what type of dentist I wanted to be. When I started working clinically I knew I wanted to help get people to health, and I thought, “What better way to do that than work with underpriveleged communities!” I served as a pediatric dentist for the first 3 years after earning my license, but I noticed a structural problem. There are several limiting factors in doing great dentistry when funding comes from government sources. Ultimately, lower quality materials and decreased ability to spend time focusing on patients meant that many patients would return to our clinics for similar and preventable problems. Read more>>