E116 - Episode 112: Nelson Monteith with Honest Mary's

Inspired by the trend of healthy menu options in quick-service dining, Nelson Monteith, founder and CEO of Austin, TX-based Honest Mary's, left the oil and gas industry to become a restaurant entrepreneur. Monteith’s confidence in Honest Mary’s was fueled by months visiting similar concepts in California and Florida, as well as researching the quick-service sector. However, he was not as confident in his ability to run the business.  ''I worked making smoothies as a teenager, but was unaware of the many moving pieces there are in the daily operations of a restaurant,” he says. “Committing to a lease and...