Uncle Stephen’s Blog

Yesterday I visited MSR-Houston Road Course courtesy of a  RideSmart Motorcycle School track event. It was the first time I’ve been back to a race track since I had hand surgery and sold my motorcycle. It was definitely fun being there but also a little depressing not being able to ride on the track.
So why [...]

In  a previous post I mentioned using personal money to produce a test batch of sauce with my co-packer, then sending it out for free to the market. We set aside about $1000 of personal money to do this. Read the original post to understand the plan in more detail.
A couple things need to be [...]

I’m going to keep this one short and sweet. I need to document my start up cost for Uncle Stephen’s. I need to do this for two reasons:

I’ve done countless Bar-B-Q’s using my sauce for family, friends, friends of family and families of friends. Needless to say, the response to the sauce has been phenomenal. Now it’s time to take that feedback to the next level and quantify it. Having this data will do a tremendous amount for my business, especially if [...]

This is our basic outline on how we are going to sell our first bottle of Uncle Stephen’s Bar-B-Q sauce. I have had many ideas running through my head for a while, but this will be the first time actually putting it on paper. To give some perspective, we’ve had a desire to start this [...]

Welcome! My name is Stephen, affectionately referred to as Uncle Stephen, by my Uncle. My wife, Vanessa, and I are about to begin a journey that many would refer to as “the American dream”, owning our own business. I am very excited because I am an entrepreneur at heart and enjoy making things succeed. Before I go any further let me give you a little history on who we are and why we are here.