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New Series: Small Business Roundtable with 3 events in the Fall of 2020
October 8th Topic: Failing Forward
Join this roundtable to learn how we can apply the “scar tissue” of hard experiences to the next big idea? Hear from business owners who have done it…in surprising ways. This discussion will share how to keep your business moving forward even when you feel stuck in quicksand.
Presenters:
- Dr. Marie Holliday, Owner, Flowers to Go
- Doug Renfro, President, Renfro's Salsa
- Moderator: Carlo Capua, Z's Cafe and Locavore
This is not a typical webinar – but a roundtable event where we will gather around the virtual table to learn, grow and connect with each other. We will ask for feedback from attendees and take your questions for the speakers. If you would like to submit a question before the event - please send to Brittany Brookens (Dir. Small Business) at bbrookens@fortworthchamber.com.
Join us for this lively discussion with two of Fort Worth’s long-standing businesses!
Free for members to join (members only event).
Dr. Marie Holliday, Owner, Flowers to Go, Let it Shine Dental and Parfumerie Marie Antoinette
Dr. Marie Holliday is a long time Fort Worth business owner with three businesses located in Sundance Square - Flowers to Go, Let it Shine Dental and Parfumerie Marie Antoinette.
“Doc Holliday” is a graduate of Boston University and Tufts School of Dental Medicine DMD. She holds certificates from The American Orthodontic Society, The Academy of Laser Dentist and The American Academy of Implant Dentistry to name a few.
Doc is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2018 Business Press Mentor Award, in 2016 she was inducted into the inaugural class of the Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame by Fort Worth Business Press at TCU and in 2013 was presented the Eagle Award recipient presented by the women’s division at the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce.
She is heavily involved in the community and is currently serving on multiple boards and committees including Workforce Solutions Board for Tarrant County, Advisory Board of Tarrant County Black Genealogical Society, Downtown Fort Worth Inc. Board and the Advisory Board for BBVA/Compass Bank. In previous years, she has served as the Interim President of the Fort Worth Academy of General Dentistry, Chairperson of the entertainment committee for Main Street Arts Festival and was past treasurer of the National Dental Association, Inc. This is just naming a few of the many groups she has supported over the years in Fort Worth.
Doug Renfro (middle), as President of Renfro's Salsa focuses on R&D, private label and contract packing, quality assurance, sales and marketing, legal, IT, and a dozen other areas (hey, it’s a small family business). He has personally developed many of the Mrs. Renfro’s flavors, including Mango Habanero and Craft Beer.
The son of second-generation owner John “Jack” Renfro, Doug learned the family business from the bottom up, starting on the factory floor as a teenager and weighing spices through college. After graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas, Doug proved his salt outside the company, working seven years for Electronic Data Systems (later purchased by General Motors), where he was promoted to divisional finance manager. At the same time, he earned his master’s degree from Southern Methodist University and qualified for his Certified Management Accountant designation. Doug returned to Renfro Foods in 1992.
Doug also makes time to serve his community, currently serving as regional chair for the seven-state Western Gold Region of YPO, as well as supporting the McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors, the Chile Pepper Institute’s Advisory Council and TCU’s Neeley School of Business Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. He previously served on the board for the Botanical Research Institute of Texas for 12 years, as chairman of the board for Casa Mañana and as chapter chair of YPO Gold Fort Worth, as well as president of the Tarrant Area Food Bank, the Texas Food Processors Association and the North Texas Food Sales Association.
Carlo Capua (right) is co-founder of Z's Café, a social enterprise catering company in Fort Worth, Texas. Over the past 13 years, they have put 165 low-income men and women back to work, helping build job skills to return to the workforce. In 2017, Z’s Café was named Fort Worth’s “Small Business of the Year.”
Carlo graduated from TCU in 2000 with a business degree. After graduation, he spent 7 years teaching English in Japan and Mexico. He is currently studying his masters in International Relations from Harvard University, and also serves as president of the Rotary Club of Fort Worth.
