LYV177: 🚀Launching Houston's First All-Vegan 🍨Ice Cream Truck | A Journey of Challenges and Triumphs | @chilled.coco @veganroger @latino.vegano

Ever wondered what it takes to launch Houston's first all-vegan ice cream truck? Join me as I share the ups, downs, and everything in between of my six-month journey from conception to reality. Situated in Houston’s lively Montrose area, our ice cream truck isn’t just about serving delicious, cruelty-free treats—it's about building a community and inspiring others to chase their entrepreneurial dreams. I'll walk you through our setup, from the freezer to the ice cream machine, and introduce you to our vibrant neighborhood, brimming with fellow food trucks like Vigors, the 100% vegan Mexican food truck.

But that's not all—this episode is packed with valuable insights for anyone considering starting their own business. I’ll share firsthand experiences, valuable tips, and some crucial lessons learned along the way. From the challenges we faced to the strategies that worked, my aim is to provide practical advice that can help you navigate the world of small business ownership. Whether you're a vegan food enthusiast or an aspiring entrepreneur, this episode promises to offer a mix of personal anecdotes and actionable guidance that you won't want to miss. Let's embark on this journey together!

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

What's going on, folks? It's been a while, it's been a while that I don't record some content for our podcast and, as you guys can see from the video, we inside the famous Chilcoco. So, guys, in the past couple of months actually six months to be precise, five months, five to six months I've been on this journey. It's actually been longer and actually I share a little bit of my journey in this episode, in our previous episode, but today I actually I want to start blogging and kind of share with you guys some of the inside what's going on and what's happening with this project. I think it gives the opportunity for me to talk to you guys about different things, different things that's going on in my life. But not only that, but also sharing a little bit of my experience with my latest journey, right with my food truck, so my ice cream truck actually. So we have the honor to offer the first ever vegan, all vegan ice cream truck or trailer for the Houston people right here in the Houston metro area. Well, more than that, but the past six months, and actually I'm going to start blogging to give you guys a little bit of the inside of what's going on the inside, as you can see, I got my, my freezer, I got my machine right on the back and I got all my other equipments and stuff. I think this will be a a really nice inside of what's going on on on how easy operations of the daily day. What is it that I've been doing? Because I think I haven't shared with you guys any of the guesses.

Speaker 1: 1:47

But one of the things that I wanted to share first is that we are located in the Montrose area, so Westheimer and Montrose. To be precise, the address is 1001 Westheimer Road, so that's really close to downtown Houston and with Montrose and West timer. So so it's this really nice, cool area. They got a lot all the food trucks in the area, as actually I'm right across and I'm going to share with you guys a little bit, so, as you look at, right across me is Vigors, the all vegan, 100% vegan Mexican food truck, so you can see it right across us. And then you got some other vendors and food trucks here. But when it comes down to the vegan community or the vegan businesses, we got bigos here and we also used to have Houston Atlanta vegan used to be host in the same location. So hopefully we have him back at some point soon, but for before now you got us two fruit trucks here so you can definitely come by get your mexican food and then you can really get your ice cream and all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 1: 2:56

So today I just wanted to give you guys an intro and see, this is the kind of content that you guys were interested in seeing some of the inside, what's going on, how's the operation is, how do we make the ice cream and what are some of the things that we offer, some of the things that we sell. Just kind of give you guys an insight of what how the operation is and also kind of help you guys. So whoever's interested in opening your own business kind of some of the things I did and some of the things that I would not do it can improve if I'm free for hopefully, for someone that is actually looking for that kind of content will definitely benefit them and help it in the next time they're trying to open their their business rather food shop or whatever is that they want to. So I think that's also I'm gonna be giving you guys those kind of two type of content. One is gonna be aim the focus on the inside, like I, two type of content.

Speaker 1: 3:47

One is going to be in the focus on the inside, like I mentioned, and the other one is going to be focused on some of the things that I can do better, some of the things that you can do that we're going to give you guys an inside. Uh, or how do you open your food truck? Is that something that you're interested in for any type of business? Some of the things that I will definitely recommend, right, so I'll meet you guys in the next time, we'll give you guys some more content soon and then hope that you guys enjoy it and I'll see you guys soon and love you guys. See you, peace.