Business Owner Uses Experiences Abroad To Lead With Equity In Mind

Arlington TX

24 September, 2021

7:05 PM

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report September 23, 2021 When the COVID-19 pandemic caused cancellations of in-person events, Carlo Capua was getting phone call after phone call hurting his catering business — until he decided enough was enough. He closed his catering business, Z's Cafe, and shifted to The Meeting Squad, which helped clients move their in-person events to virtual or a hybrid mode. It spurred an enterprise that led him down a path connecting him to leaders all over the city and becoming a more established leader himself. He knew there had to be a way around events being canceled and the trickle-down effect those cancellations caused — if the American Cancer Society couldn't have its regular gala, it didn't raise all the funds it needed, affecting patient care, for example. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.