Brian Noguera ran Maize, a food truck in Salt Lake City specializing in tacos on handmade corn tortillas, working long hours over five years to refine operations and build his customer base. When he was ready to scale, he secured an SBA 7(a) loan to help open his first brick-and-mortar location on Regent Street downtown. The SBA loan was crucial in bridging the financial gap—Maize could maintain its food truck operations while investing in the restaurant expansion. The business saw strong growth: a 78% increase in net sales and a 70% rise in total transactions, which led them to earn the Utah SBA 2019 Growth Award. Noguera attributes much of his success to perseverance, consistency, and control over his own destiny as a business owner.
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