Man Quits Boring Sales Job To Hunt Pizzas In Vintage Truck, Wins Michelin Award
KEY POINTS
- â˘At age 25, Chris Brady left his corporate sales job with a $20,000 startup budget to launch Timber Pizza Co.
- â˘He and partner Andrew Dana ran a wood-fired pizza business from a 1967 baby-blue Chevy truck around Washington, DC.
- â˘After winning prestigious accolades in 2017 and 2019, the business expanded franchising to nine southern U.S. locations post-2021.
Chris Brady, once a 25-year-old corporate sales drone, jumped ship armed with $20,000 (a $15K loan from Dad and his own $5K check) and a dream fueled by mozzarella. Alongside Andrew Dana, his lunchroom brainstorm buddy, he converted a 1967 baby-blue Chevy pickup into a mobile pizza joint cruising Washington DC while blasting hip-hop in basketball shorts. After surviving pizza camp in Colorado (because apparently pizza is rocket science), they flung fire-tossed pies that earned âPizzeria of the Yearâ by Bon AppĂŠtit in 2017 and a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2019. Post-COVID, they went full franchise mode, now boasting nine Southern locations and five mobile ovens aiming at cities from Atlanta to Wilmington. Turns out, selling cheesy pies is the new tech sales hustle.
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(1 of 3)Quit corporate sales to chase pizza dreams in a '67 Chevy; somehow went from hype truck to Michelin bib â pizz-sessed with success or just better dough management?
Who needs a pension plan when youâve got a baby-blue Chevy and wood-fired oven as your startup incubator?
Started with $20K, a â67 Chevy, and pizza camp â because when life gives you lemons, make artisan pies.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/5/2026 | Author: Elliott Harrell
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