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Levi and Breanna Brower

BusinessAugust 19, 2026

There Are a Lot of Chicken Places. There Is Only One Chicken Man.

A Marine veteran spent twelve years turning a Garden Oaks chicken restaurant into a community institution. Then H-E-B bought the lot. What happens next is up to all of us.

Jesse Mahan with his wife and children outdoors in Georgetown, Texas

BusinessAugust 6, 2026

The Gap Is Not Opportunity. It Is Visibility.

A Navy veteran built a successful roofing company after leaving the military. Then he found himself with ownership in a software company he never planned on. Forged in Business Issue 01 sits down with Jesse Mahan in Georgetown, Texas.