{"id":7623,"date":"2022-10-12T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T20:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T22:47:15","slug":"a-latino-entrepreneur-inspires-others-one-dish-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/social-responsibility\/a-latino-entrepreneur-inspires-others-one-dish-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Latino entrepreneur inspires others, one dish at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2016, Christian Martin came to a crossroads in his life: He could continue climbing the corporate ladder at AT&T where he worked, or he could go full time as part of his family\u2019s restaurant business. He chose the family restaurant business and has never looked back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Christian had a passion for entrepreneurship since childhood. At 14 years old, he sold plants on the streets of Inglewood, the Los Angeles suburb he was born and raised in that lies just east of LA\u2019s international airport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Led by his father, the family opened a Mexican restaurant in Inglewood in 2009. A few years later, they opened another. Then another, much bigger one. With no other Mexican restaurants in the area, business was good. On Taco Tuesdays, customers lined up outside for an hour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One by one, Christian\u2019s siblings quit their steady-paying careers to take their chances in the family business. When the family opened a fourth restaurant, Martin was a manager with AT&T, overseeing multiple stores. But in the end, leaving the corporate world was a no-brainer. \u201cMy dream was always to be in a family business and that’s what we were working for,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n