# Andy Sommer

> I build businesses that fit how people actually want to live and work.

## Pages
- [Contact](https://andysommer.com/contact/): Want to get in touch? Connect with me on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
- [About](https://andysommer.com/about/): Andy Sommer is a Houston entrepreneur who runs OffChance, a holding company behind brands in real estate, staffing, cafes, and co-working.
- [What I’m Doing Now](https://andysommer.com/now/): A snapshot of what I'm building right now: OffChance, Junto House, and Domo, plus life in Houston with my family. Updated April 2026.
- [Friends](https://andysommer.com/friends/): Andy Sommer's friends page: a short list of people worth knowing, each with a link to where you can find them.

## Articles
- [OffChance Makes First Strategic Acquisition](https://andysommer.com/offchance-acquires-supercrush/) — 2024-12-19: Andy Sommer on OffChance's first acquisition of Supercrush, a Canadian beauty brand, and lessons on due diligence and cross-border logistics.
- [From Corporate Safety to Entrepreneurial Freedom](https://andysommer.com/corporate-to-entrepreneurial-freedom/) — 2024-08-22: Andy Sommer on leaving his job at Monday.com to bet on himself again, the backstory with Forth & Nomad, and what he is building next.
- [The Best Restaurants in Houston](https://andysommer.com/restaurants/) — 2025-06-19: Andy Sommer shares his personal go-to restaurants in Houston, including Theodore Rex, Nancy's Hustle, and Better Luck Tomorrow, and why he returns.
- [The Apps I Use Everyday](https://andysommer.com/apps/) — 2025-06-19: Andy Sommer shares the apps he relies on to run multiple companies, from Notion for project management to tools for marketing, email, and design.
- [Headshots of Andy Sommer](https://andysommer.com/headshots/) — 2024-01-01: Print-ready headshots of Andy Sommer for speaking and media appearances, available to download with and without a transparent background.
- [Three Kids, Three Weeks, Three Countries](https://andysommer.com/travel-with-kids/) — 2025-07-30: Andy Sommer tells the story of a three-week family trip through Tokyo, Bali, and beyond with three kids under five, plus tips that made it work.
- [Junto House](https://andysommer.com/junto-house/) — 2025-10-27: Junto House is the private-studio workspace I built at 1516 N Durham Dr in Houston's Heights. Twelve studios, now open and leasing to members.
- [Domo: A Mindful Cafe Concept](https://andysommer.com/domo/) — 2025-11-03: Andy Sommer announces construction on Domo, a 4,200-square-foot mindful cafe concept in Houston, after two years of loan and permitting hurdles.
- [The Ever-Changing Houston Food Scene](https://andysommer.com/the-ever-changing-houston-food-scene/) — 2025-11-10: Andy Sommer revisits the Houston food scene: a disappointing menu change at Theodore Rex and a new Basque favorite, Baso, now in his top three.
- [Finding Media That Aligns With How You Live](https://andysommer.com/media/) — 2025-11-24: Andy Sommer shares the shows and podcasts he is into lately, from Pluribus and Stranger Things to The Kevin Rose Show and The Tim Ferriss Show.
- [My Investment Framework](https://andysommer.com/my-investment-framework/) — 2025-12-05: Andy Sommer on learning to raise outside money for real estate deals after bootstrapping, the book guiding him, and how he assesses risk.
- [My Five Goals for 2026](https://andysommer.com/my-five-goals-for-2026/) — 2026-01-19: Andy Sommer lays out his five goals for 2026: integrating Supercrush, opening Domo, launching Junto House, and moving from reaction to intention.
- [Christmas 2025 in Europe: Travel Highlights](https://andysommer.com/christmas-2025/) — 2026-01-26: Andy Sommer shares highlights from a nine-day family trip to Bordeaux and Lisbon: a river cruise, Christmas markets, and a vineyard estate visit.
- [Why We Travel With Our 3 Kids](https://andysommer.com/why-we-travel-with-our-3-kids/) — 2026-02-02: Andy Sommer on why he and his wife travel so much with their three young kids, from building emotional tolerance to planning trips as a family.
- [Why I Built Junto House in Houston's Heights](https://andysommer.com/why-i-built-junto-house-in-houstons-heights/) — 2026-03-19: Andy Sommer explains why he built Junto House, twelve private studios in Houston's Heights for founders in different fields, with intentional design.
- [Junto House is Open!](https://andysommer.com/junto-house-is-open/) — 2026-05-18: Andy Sommer shares that Junto House is open and leasing well, the operations he learned running a co-working concept, and the plan for a waitlist.
- [Domo: We Went to Japan So We'd Never Run Out of Matcha](https://andysommer.com/domo-we-went-to-japan-so-wed-never-run-out-of-matcha/) — 2026-05-26: Andy Sommer on how he and his wife traveled to Uji and Wazuka in Japan to build a deep stable of matcha suppliers for their Domo cafe concept.
- [Junto House: How We Picked Our Business Name](https://andysommer.com/junto-house-how-we-picked-our-business-name/) — 2026-06-18: Andy Sommer on naming his business Junto House, inspired by Franklin's original Junto: twelve people meeting weekly for mutual improvement.
- [Why I Built RemoTeams Instead of Another Marketplace](https://andysommer.com/remoteams/) — 2026-07-10: I didn't want to build another marketplace. I'd already hired offshore before RemoTeams existed. Different platforms, different countries, the same…

## Categories
- [Business](https://andysommer.com/category/business/): I write about the business decisions I'm making in real time, from investment frameworks to acquisitions to leaving corporate life. No theory. Just what's actually happening. "My Investment Framework" covers a new chapter with our properties and how I think about deploying capital. The framework matters more than the individual bets.
- [Food](https://andysommer.com/category/food/): Houston restaurants, cafe concepts, and the food projects I'm involved with. I'm a big restaurant person, and this is where that obsession shows up. "The Ever-Changing Houston Food Scene" updates a personal list of my favorite restaurants in Houston, the places I go back to again and again. The scene moves fast, so the list keeps changing.
- [General](https://andysommer.com/category/general/): The everything-else category. Goals, apps I use, media I consume, headshots, and whatever doesn't fit neatly into business, food, or travel. "My Five Goals for 2026" is about a major shift in how I'm approaching this year. Not resolutions. Actual targets. "Finding Media That Aligns With How You Live" is about being intentional with what I watch, read, and listen to. I've been consuming a lot of media lately, not just for entertainment, but because it connects to how I live and run my business.
- [Travel](https://andysommer.com/category/travel/): Family travel stories. We travel a lot with three young kids, and I write about why we do it, what it's actually like, and what we've learned. "Why We Travel With Our 3 Kids" answers the question people ask us most: why do you travel so much with young children? I wrote down the real answer.
- [Best Posts](https://andysommer.com/category/best-posts/): Start here. These are the posts that best capture what Andy Sommer writes about: building businesses in Houston, traveling the world with three young kids, and the food and ideas he keeps coming back to. If you are new here, read these first.