The NXT Entrepreneur Andrew McLindon

Tupac de la Cruz is the Founder + COO of Roofing Solutions. Roofing Solutions is recognized as being in the Top 25 roofing companies in the United States with offices in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Costa Rica. Tupac has had an entrepreneurial mindset from a very young age. We have heard stories from previous guests of selling candy to classmates to which Tupac as did. Not only was he doing that, he also had the crazy idea to develop a pond in his backyard to help a local aquarium in Costa Rica to breed a very specific type of fish. In this episode you will learn about Tupac's early entrepreneurial ideas, his journey to America, and how he became the successful business owner he is today!

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NXT #121 is Sponsored by
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The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen.

 Lenny Lemoine is the CEO of LEMOINE. Lemoine is a company divided in 4 main focus areas: construction, infrastructure, program management, and disaster recovery. Lenny is what he describes as a “systems guy”; loving the operational side of the business. He believes some of the reasons for their success is due to them being very detailed oriented and their training program is incredible. Lemoine has been involved in so many large well known projects throughout the city including The Shaw Center, LSU Academic Center For Student Athletes, LSU School of Engineering, Children’s Hospital in New Orleans and many more.

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NXT #120 is Sponsored by
Castro Real Estate Services: https://www.latter-blum.com/
Turn Key Solutions: www.tks.la/NXT
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The NXT Entrepreneur is Produced by Propel Production Studio
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The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen. 

Chris Meyer is the CEO of Baton Rouge Area Foundation. BRAF was built on the foundation that inspires philanthropist, supports the doers in our community, and brings impact. Chris is the type of person that is hyper focused on making an impact in the community and does not worry about receiving the credit for it. He is on the path of making Baton Rouge the best version of itself. Education is a huge part of his mission, taking what he learned from working in multiple school districts and battling through Katrina, to improve the system by rebuilding it. 

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NXT #119 is Sponsored by
Castro Real Estate Services: https://www.latter-blum.com/
Turn Key Solutions: www.tks.la/NXT
MBD Automation: https://www.mbdautomation.com/
Pivotal, LLC: https://www.pivotalperforms.com/
MFB Firm: https://mfbfirm.com/

Season 3 of NXT is Proudly Presented by b1 BANK
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The NXT Entrepreneur is Produced by Propel Production Studio
www.propelyourstory.com/

Bio
The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen.

David Rozas is the Founding Member and Partner at Rozas & Associates Law Firm. David grew up 1 of 7 siblings, making his mark on the world in true middle child fashion. Life for him was an uphill battle regarding education, language barriers, and sobriety. This episode covers his journey before deciding to start his own business - it definitely was not a straight path to get there, but now 8 years later, success has been achieved. Rozas & Associates Law Firm is rapidly growing in the area with 17 lawyers on staff, 40+ employees, and 120 - 180 clients a month. Fun fact: David's journey led him to almost being a standup comedian.

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NXT #118 is Sponsored by
Castro Real Estate Services: https://www.latter-blum.com/
Turn Key Solutions: www.tks.la/NXT
MBD Automation: https://www.mbdautomation.com/
Pivotal, LLC: https://www.pivotalperforms.com/
MFB Firm: https://mfbfirm.com/

Season 3 of NXT is Proudly Presented by b1 BANK
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The NXT Entrepreneur is Produced by Propel Production Studio
www.propelyourstory.com/

Bio
The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen.

Cullen Talley is the Founder, Head Coach, and CEO of Exit Momentum, a business coaching firm for growing entrepreneurial leadership teams. Cullen started his business after a long running highly successful career in sales consulting and business reform. It wasn’t until his wife pointed out that he is always running to save other people’s companies from failing that he knew it was time to build his own. From a young age Cullen was fascinated by the process of running a business, seeing it firsthand through his parents and attending business conferences alongside them around the age of 6. This gave him a jump start on his peers throughout his life always being one step ahead and has a talent for moving people through the decision-making process faster. 

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NXT #117 is Sponsored by
Castro Real Estate Services: https://www.latter-blum.com/
Turn Key Solutions: www.tks.la/NXT
MBD Automation: https://www.mbdautomation.com/
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MFB Firm: https://mfbfirm.com/

Season 3 of NXT is Proudly Presented by b1 BANK
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The NXT Entrepreneur is Produced by Propel Production Studio
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Bio
The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen.

Miguel Castro is the CEO of Castro Real Estate Services. Miguel is originally from Honduras and traveled with his family to the US around the age of 11 years old. Something that consumed him from a young age was sports. Football, basketball, wrestling, soccer, he played them all vs watching them on TV. His love for soccer almost had him going to try out for the 1995 World Cup in California but fate had other plans. Along the route to CA, he stopped in Baton Rouge to visit with his brother and met the girl of his dreams. Now, years later together they run Castro Real Estate, Miguel running the Commercial side and his wife, Candice, running the Residential side of the business.

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“If you have a dream, just go for it, no matter what.”
- Miguel Castro
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NXT #116 is Sponsored by
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Season 3 of NXT is Proudly Presented by b1 BANK
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The NXT Entrepreneur is Produced by Propel Production Studio
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Bio
The NXT Entrepreneur Podcast shares the stories of an entrepreneur’s journey and the lessons learned from the successes as well as the failures. We want to share all of the stories from the rejections to the huge wins, the long hours, and the ultimate payoff. The journey is many times dramatic, sometimes unbelievable but always fascinating. It’s all about the stories; pull up a chair and listen.