Alumni Name: Jennifer Le
Grad Year & Program: MBA 2011
Business Name: A Couple of Vets
Location: Spring/TheWoodlands
Most Surprising Thing Learned in the Takeover: Separation of cats and dogs lowers their anxiety levels, making for a better clinic experience. A Couple of Vets has separate wings for its feline and canine patients.
Learn More: acoupleofvets.com
Alumni Name: Alban Shahini
Grad Year & Program: BBA 2010
Business Name: Brooklyn Pizzeria
Location: Humble, Pearland, Missouri City, Baytown, Atascocita, Richmond Sienna Plantation and Spring/Tomball
Most Surprising Thing Learned in the Takeover: The business only serves authentic New York style food and imports all of their ingredients (as well as their brick ovens from New York), and everything on the menu is made from scratch.
Learn More: www.bkpizzeria.com
RoweDocs
Alumni Name: Tisha Rowe, M.D.
Grad Year & Program: MBA 2012
Business Name: RoweDocs
Location: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
Most Surprising Thing Learned in the Takeover: Patients were a bit skeptical of telemedicine before the pandemic but are now more willing (and in many cases, required) to visit with doctors remotely, giving RoweDocs the chance to educate this year about the benefits of this new way of treatment.
We Olive & Wine Bar
Alumni Name: Luis (MBA ’02) and Amber Rabo (MBA/MS Social Work,’00)
Business Name: We Olive & Wine Bar
Location: The Heights
Most Surprising Thing Learned in the Takeover: Olive oil has unique tastes, much like wine! Connoisseurs “swirl, sniff, slurp and swallow” with a 4-S process to gauge an oil’s flavor.