April 25, 2012

SandBoxBlogs: Market Watch "Samuel Adams' Brewing the American Dream Provides Funding and Coaching for Denver's Small Businesses"

Press Release:
"As part of the Denver expansion, The Boston Beer Company also announced the region's first loan recipients, all of whom are small businesses that were unable to secure financing through traditional lenders. Initial Denver recipients include:

-- BIG DADDY'S SPORTS BAR -- Opening in Glenwood Springs, Big Daddy's Sports Bar is the brainchild of Laura Warren, a sports enthusiast and restaurant-industry veteran who realized there were no true sports bars in the area. Unable to secure funding through traditional lenders she turned to Samuel Adams' Brewing the American Dream for the capital necessary to purchase signage, equipment, and help renovate the space. Scheduled to open in late April, Big Daddy's expects to initially hire 19 staff members.

-- TACO CENTER -- Ricardo Barba just purchased a lanchera, or food truck, specializing in tacos thanks to Brewing the American Dream. Born in California to Mexican parents, he's been part of the food service industry all his life in all sorts of capacities but realized what he really wanted was to be his own boss. He faced numerous hurdles while trying to work with various traditional lenders to secure funding for his truck but then found Brewing the American Dream, and within 14 days received his loan.

The owners of both businesses will also have the opportunity to participate in business education seminars sponsored by Brewing the American Dream. Through a series of speed coaching events -- the first of which will be held on April 25, at the Mi Casa Resource Center -- business owners will work with Samuel Adams employees across a number of functional areas (i.e. marketing, sales, accounting, graphic design, etc.) for professional mentoring and coaching to improve and expand their businesses....."
(Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

No comments: