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The FoundHers Club: The Empire BuildHer - Sarah Castillo (FoundHer of TacoHeads)

Fort Worth Native, Sarah Castillo, is a serial entrepreneur who has built an empire across North Texas. It all started with making breakfast tacos for golfers at Marine Creek Golf Course, which led into literally having a dream that she owned a food truck. How wild is that!?! After gaining restaurant experience working at Eddie V?s(shout out) - she ventured out (with her mama) selling delicious tacos out of a trailer in the West 7th area of Fort Worth. Over the last decade, her trailer evolved into a food truck 'Taco Heads', and she gained enough notoriety to expand the brand through brick and mortar locations in both Fort Worth and in Dallas. 

There?s nothing Sarah can?t do - in fact, back in 2018, she underwent major renovations of a historical building in the Near Southside and opened an upscale Mexican restaurant and bar called Tinie?s Mexican Cuisine, named after her mother, Christina. As if she didn?t have enough on her plate, Sarah contracted with 87W to open Sidesaddle Saloon in 2021 - a renovated 108-year-old complex of course and mule stables in the Stockyards National Historic District. 

Tune in to hear how travel has inspired her menu, building relationships golfing gave her an advantage, and owning who she is. 

A big thanks to everyone who helps make this podcast happen!

Producer: Rob Upchurch, RobMakesPods Productions

Founding Sponsors: First Financial Bank and M-PAK

Studio: BLANC Cowork + Studio  

Our Media Partners: Madeworthy Media & Tanglewood Moms 

  

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The Snack With a Catch

In the pursuit to find a healthier, but still tasty snack, Quentin Crawford is making jerky out of fish. The Good Jerky is providing meat lovers a chewy, smoky fish-based jerky that tastes like more traditional beef jerky. Stemming from Quentin's interest of eating more health-conscious snacks, The Good Jerky has now opened new doors for Quentin in the startup space. Recently, The Good Jerky was accepted into MassChallenge, a global, zero-equity startup accelerator. Before that, The Good Jerky participated in Impact Ventures' Local Entrepreneur Accelerator Program in April 2022.

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Not His First Rodeo

What started as a family business with Austin Laramore and his grandfather has grown into an innovative mechanism to help rodeo roping cowboys in the arena. The ChuteHelp Fully Automatic Chute uses solar power and gravity to manage cattle in chutes and make animal management much more efficient. Austin shares how one startup led to another through his creation of BotBros, an automated robotic welding service company, to help him fill orders for ChuteHelp. 

To learn more, visit www.chutehelp.com

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Capital Friendly Fort Worth

When it comes to understanding the CDFI program in Fort Worth, Christina Brooks is the person to know. She discusses how investing patient and accessible funding into unrepresented communities can create a positive impact for Fort Worth. This can be capital to start a business, loans to help buy a house, or investments in development projects. And CDFI Friendly Fort Worth has already left a huge impact on the community. 

To learn more, visit www.cdfifriendlyfortworth.org.

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