Sustainable, Innovative, Vegan, Mexican Food - Las Maris Vegan Food Truck (Full Episode)
Channel: Startup to Storefront
Date: 2022-05-24

Eat your own dog food. It’s a simple phrase designed to convey the notion that if your product is good enough for your consumers, it’s good enough for you too. For Carlos Bryant, co-founder of Las Maris vegan food truck, his initial menu didn’t fit with his diet. Las Maris wasn’t always vegan, and when customers would ask how the food tasted, all he could offer were referrals to other people. Let’s just say it didn’t exactly inspire confidence. But Carlos was quick to recognize the dissonance and soon made the switch to vegan offerings. The rebranded food truck was a much more authentic and personal venture, one that allowed him to combine his startup with his virtues. What followed could be considered a runaway Sacramento success story, but Carlos has plans for expansion far beyond a single food truck in a single metropolitan area.

So listen in as we cover everything from the problems of scaling your business too quickly, how his rap career instilled in him the grit that he’d later use in entrepreneurship, and why life is like a game of Twister.

#entrepreneurship #businessinterview #podcast #podcasts #losangeles #vegan #veganfoodtruck #veganfood #foodtruck #foodtruckbusiness

******************************************************************
🌮 Las Maris Food Truck:
Website: https://lasmarisvegan.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lasmarisfoodtruck/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LasMarisFoodTruck/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/maris_las
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lasmarisvegan 
Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/las-maris-stockton-4

******************************************************************
🎙️ Startup to Storefront Social Media: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuptostorefront/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startuptostorefront
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-to-storefront/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/startuptostore
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67EyhF5DGLPucswOrS7LhK?si=IUPguzApRm6nnhlIHUBJxQ
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-to-storefront/id1477095646 
Website: https://www.startuptostorefront.com/

******************************************************************
😎 Our Team:
Diego Torres-Palma: https://www.instagram.com/diego_ventures/
Nick Conrad: https://www.instagram.com/nickgconrad/
Natalya Cappellini: https://www.instagram.com/natalya_curato/
Lexi Jameson: https://www.instagram.com/lexijamesonyt/
Owen Cappellini: https://www.instagram.com/owencapp/

******************************************************************
🎵 Our Music:
https://www.instagram.com/doubletouchofficial/

******************************************************************
 ⏪ Past Episodes Mentioned: 
Daring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-F3CXacUk&t=54s
Leisuretown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyPukj3r-6U&t=595s
FuelFinance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb1i_Qcwg8&t=995s
Aura Bora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piz1R8uMo_k
Therabody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWh3INAcKg&t=4s 

******************************************************************
⏱️ Timecodes:
00:00 Intro to Episode with Las Marias Vegan Food Truck
1:11 About Las Marias Vegan Food Truck
1:56 The switch to only serving vegan food
4:40 Why Carlos Bryant was hesitant to sell vegan food
6:56 What was the leap like substituting meat?
8:54 Not your typical vegan
9:32 S/o to Daring Foods!
9:46 LinkedIn is a hidden gold mine
11:44 How did you get the first Las Marias Food Truck?
14:31 How did Las Marias Food Tryck survive the pandemic?
16:10 Starting a business is like having a baby
17:26 The Las Marias Vegan Food Truck road map (no pun intended)
19:06 Sacramento is poppin'
20:15 A Las Marias Vegan Ghost Kitchen
22:03 Does LA have cities or are they boroughs?
23:56 Collaboration cultivates success
25:54 About the Vegan Mob...
27:03 Going door to door as a rapper
28:51 Carlos Bryant's rap career
31:40 If only people knew the struggle
35:08 Diego bought his mom a house, but...
36:07 Life is one big game of Twister
38:20 Analyzing the family tree
40:04 Spoiling kids, and hiding the struggle is a curse. Here's why.
42:28 Kobe Bryant's work ethic made the difference
42:51 What Diego will teach his kids
43:56 Collaboration is only possible in LA
45:34 Our biggest guest: Therabody
46:35 Las Marias Vegan Food Truck 1 Year in the Future
47:28 Go follow Las Marias Vegan Food Truck!