The world of leather has always been one that you could write your own ticket in. Pull yourself up by the bootstraps. Climb the ladder of success. Some might call these “clichés.” I call them the “American Dream.”
A case in point is the story of Texas Leather Goods. Entrepreneur Jorge Rendon, and his family, immigrated to the United States from Colombia in 1991. Upon arrival, Jorge began looking for a business that he and his wife, Nilsa, could do at home because they had four young children that they didn’t want to leave alone after school. They also didn’t speak English. They had been interior decorators in Colombia, so they were looking for something in a similar vein.
In Dallas, they met other expatriates from Colombia, including one of the owners of Leather Center. At the time, Leather Center was one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the
