S4.EP11 - Jerry Leal: The Food Truckin’ Genius

About this episode

Jerry Leal shares his journey from a food truck owner to a successful entrepreneur in the food truck industry.

This week we hang out with Jerry Leal, the mastermind behind the SPI-favorite food truck “Pineapple Ninjas” that got him started on a journey to the top of the food truck industry here in the Rio Grande Valley. If you know Jerry, you know he goes all in on his projects and creations. That work ethic landed him contracts with F1 Racing, UTRGV Athletics, UT Longhorns Athletics, NASCAR, MOTOGP and counting. How does someone turn a food trucking project into a massive uncontested empire? Fi...

People in this episode

Host: Samuel Sanchez

Guest: Jerry Leal

Topics covered

• food trucks
• entrepreneurship
• success stories
• Rio Grande Valley
• cooking
• sports partnerships

Keywords

• food truck
• entrepreneur
• Pineapple Ninjas
• Rio Grande Valley
• F1 Racing
• NASCAR
• MOTOGP
• UTRGV
• success

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pineapple Ninjas, F1 Racing, UTRGV Athletics, UT Longhorns Athletics, NASCAR, MOTOGP

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