South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Small Business Manager Minute

When Luis Garcia left his native Chinandega, Nicaragua, in 1979 for Miami, his first focus was to get a job. He worked at a cement company and attended Miami-Dade Community College, all the while saving his money so that he could begin his own company.

So in 1984, with his earnings and a load from his family, he purchased a truck and concrete pumping machine and set you to develop his own concrete business, adding employees as business increased.