Youthful entrepreneur places the ‘super’ in his Stonecrest hot canine business enterprise
“I was truly stunned and excited,” mentioned Mason, who is residence-schooled and an avid comic e book enthusiast who ideas to start out his individual comedian guide club for readers, collectors and sellers. “I’ve been looking at due to the fact ‘Iron Man 1′ and to see him shout me out, it was exciting.”
He opened Mason’s Super Pet dogs previous October at 3275 Snapfinger Road in Stonecrest, on the web-site of a former sandwich shop.
Prior to that, Mason ran a hot pet dog cart on the campus of Morehouse College or university. He also caters activities for organizations and non-public parties and sells very hot puppies at a variety of festivals.
He was just about to pitch an thought for a hot dog cafe on campus when the pandemic strike, shutting down classes and cutting deep into his clientele.
At this takeout restaurant, which has restricted out of doors seating, Mason sells beef, hen and turkey hot puppies with a dozen mixtures of toppings from the Mighty Pet dog, which is just the canine and bun, to the additional adventurous Professor Dilly, a beef incredibly hot canine wrapped in a jumbo dill pickle, the Donatello Pet (a favourite) that is topped with pepperoni, chives, Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses and marinara sauce, and the MAD Mango Canine, a vegan sizzling pet topped with chili sauce, mango salsa and jalapeno peppers.
Prices array from $6 to $8.
A sizzling dog topped with cheese and jalapenos is completely ready to be served at Mason’s Super Canine restaurant in Stonecrest. Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The very hot canine “is America’s food items and it is really functional,” explained Mason. “You can have it in any season.”
He also sells tater tots and what he calls “Walking Nachos,” nacho chips with numerous toppings in the bag.
Mason received the thought for a hot doggy enterprise all through quite a few journeys to New York with his sister, Mary-Pat Hector, an activist and Ga youth director for Black Youth Vote.
“It’s my favourite meals, and when I was in New York, I noticed persons waiting in very long strains to check out a person. I knew that I could consider the organization idea back to Atlanta. I desired it to be a ‘Purple Cow,’“ a company and advertising notion to make a business stand out from the crowd.
His target is to develop the business, and he and his father, Jerome Wright, just lately scouted for a second location in Atlanta. His mom allows him at the restaurant, and he also employs two good friends.
“Mason is quite shy and the complete reverse of his sister, Mary-Pat,” reported his mother, Kathy Wright. At work, though, “he turns into anyone else. It’s like, ‘Mr. Business enterprise.’ He greets shoppers, he tends to make positive the orders are correct and if another person is waiting way too lengthy, he’ll say, ‘Let me give you a totally free bag of chips or a bottle of water.’”
She claimed he appears to be at the opinions on social media, and if a critique is not ideal, he’ll say that the small business has to do far better.
The company is producing income, mentioned Mason, who usually throws in an enthusiastic “Precisely!” when he agrees with you.
Mason counts as his mentors Atlanta radio commentator and host Rashad Richey and James “Jay” Bailey, president and CEO of the Russell Heart for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
“I could convey to the child was concentrated from the time I met him when he was about 12 or 13,” claimed Bailey. “He had a aim of getting a millionaire by the time he was 16.”
Mason turned a vendor at the Russell Heart for the duration of situations and meetings.
“He has a fearlessness and particular optimism that is seldom found and is not limited by what the earth says he can or simply cannot do.”
But, Bailey mentioned he is also struck by the young entrepreneur’s humbleness.
Youthful entrepreneur Mason Wright (still left) and Ayden Whitely put alongside one another a food items purchase at Mason’s Super Puppies cafe in Stonecrest. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE AJC
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When he talks about getting successful, it is to enable his relatives and the group. He doesn’t talk about benefiting himself. He does not rave about just one day driving a Mercedes or (Dodge) Hellcat.
Mason as soon as auditioned for the well known Television set show “Shark Tank,” where by entrepreneurs hope to land buyers for their businesses.
Mason did not make the slice, but considers it a blessing mainly because as he was going for walks around, he ran into the president of Morehouse College or university and pitched the concept of a cart on campus.
“He’s so emphatic when he states ‘Precisely!’ that he would make you sense like you basically just mentioned the ideal point in the world,” mentioned Bailey.
“He’s enthusiastic about every thing,” he additional. “It’s a window back into why we do every thing we do.”