Because food doesn't sell itself. Almost ready for the weekend, FoodTruckrs? Whether you’re getting back into the regular swing of things after a long winter away from the road or you’re hitting the books and spreadsheets hard in preparation of opening your very first food truck, we know you’ve all been hard at work lately! Over here at FoodTruckr HQ, we’ve also been working hard on some incredible plans that are coming just for YOU over the next year. We’ve got some big announcements on the way! In the “How to Start a Food Truck” series, we’re well into our month of action with some super-serious lessons that will help you get a hold of the financial aspect of your business. Over the past few weeks, we’ve shown you how to build an emergency fund and how to get financing for your truck. These lessons are full of hard work, but they truly have an incredible payout in the end, so keep at it! If you missed the announcement a couple days ago, we’ve also got a really special lesson coming up for you next week: we’re going to show you how to buy your very first food truck! This is one of the most important lessons we’ve written yet, and we know it’s one that many of you have been waiting for. It goes live on the blog on Wednesday, so stay tuned! Over on the FoodTruckr School podcast, Pat’s chatting with some of our favorite FoodTruckrs like Tony of Rig-A-Tony’s and Jessica of the Phoenixville Food Truck Festival. Many of you have been telling us lately how much you love the show, and we couldn’t be more excited to hear that! We have a special episode coming up next week with something that’s a little different than the norm, and we can’t wait to hear what you think. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes so you never miss a new episode. Hungry for more business advice and news? Here’s the scoop on everything else that’s been going on! The FoodTruckr Roundup How to Start a Food Truck 14B: Secure Financing—Crowdfund Your Food Truck Our lesson on “Securing Financing”was so big that we had to make it a two-part edition! In part one, we help you find the best places to get a loan or work with an investor and offer some important tips for meeting with the person who holds the future of your food truck in his or her hands. Read this post FoodTruckr School 009 – How Craig Expanded His Food Truck Business into Catering and Classes In part two of the “Securing Financing” lesson, we cover another awesome way to get the money you need for your food truck—crowdfunding! Learn how to start and run a successful crowdfunding campaign in this all new lesson. Read this post FoodTruckr School 011 – A Successful Start (and a Cold Winter!) With Tony from Rig-A-Tony’s This week on the podcast, Pat talks to Tony at Rig-A-Tony’s from Fort Wayne, IN. Tony is a young entrepreneur and a brand new FoodTruckr who survived his first snowy Midwestern winter on the road, and he’s got some great tips for you! Listen to the show Fan Insights and Food Truck Spotlights FoodTruckr Heroes: Bakin’ Bakery This week’s FoodTruckr Hero has earned a spot in our Hall of Fame before even opening for business. That’s an impressive feat—but this future food truck owner really made an impression on us! Meet Renee of Bakin’ Bakery and learn about her killer Kickstarter campaign. Read this post FoodTruckr Heroes: King of Pops King of Pops is an awesome gourmet popsicle truck with several locations based in the South. There’s plenty of reasons to love them, but they earned a spot as one of our FoodTruckr Heroes because of their creative social media updates that are both eye-catching and efficient. Read this post #FoodTruckFan: When Your Favorite Truck Gets Popular Every food truck wants to grow in popularity, but it’s also important to remember the fans who loved you before it was cool. Mindy talks about growing your business while still staying true to your roots in the latest edition of #FoodTruckFan. Read this post Featured Resource Check this out! Our friends over at San Diego Food Trucks made a super helpful video tutorial on how to easily edit photos before sharing them with your fans. A couple minutes of editing can truly make your dishes look tastier than ever before. Watch the video Tweet of the Week What's Happening on Facebook Tell Us About Your Truck Now that you’ve really been digging into the “How to Start a Food Truck” series, what questions do you have? For FoodTruckrs who are working through a busy spring season, how can we help? Tell us what we can do for you on Facebook or Twitter. We can’t wait to hear from you! Love, Your Friends at FoodTruckr HQ Love, Your friends at FoodTruckr.com Connect with Us: FacebookTwitter Contact Info: Website: www.FoodTruckr.com Email: pat@foodtruckr.com Flynndustries, LLC, 9450 Mira Mesa Blvd, Ste C224, San Diego, CA 92126, USA Unsubscribe | Change Subscriber Options