Food Truck

7 Tips For Starting A Successful Food Truck (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own food truck? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a food truck:

Where to start?

-> Food truck plan
-> How to finance a food truck?
-> How much does it cost to start a food truck?
-> Pros and cons of a food truck

Need inspiration?

-> Other food truck success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a food truck
-> Food truck names
-> Food truck Instagram bios

Other resources

-> Profitability of a food truck

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a food truck:

#1: Jen and Ben Goldberg, founder of New York Food Truck Association:

We chatted with with Jen, founder of New York Food Truck Association ($200K/month). In our interview, Jen says:

There are always aspects of a company that can be improved and often things don’t go your way. This can be stressful but a true entrepreneur takes these challenges head-on and adapts.

Additionally:

If you believe in what you do and enjoy it, then you can get through the tough times, which are part of the learning process.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Jeffrey Mora, founder of Food Fleet:

We chatted with with Jeffrey, founder of Food Fleet ($1.5M/month). In our interview, Jeffrey says:

Look at your partner’s or clients’ business and see how you can help grow it.

Read the full interview ➜

#3: Bryce Dillingham, founder of Roll Up Food Truck:

We chatted with with Bryce, founder of Roll Up Food Truck ($50K/month). In our interview, Bryce says:

Chase what you want for selfish reasons but never forget WHY you wanted to chase that goal and pay appreciation and give back to everyone who helped you get there.