{"id":4674,"date":"2021-08-30T16:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T21:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/?page_id=4674"},"modified":"2022-04-23T05:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T10:47:09","slug":"blogs-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/blogs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-751\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-751-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-751-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-751-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>Start Date: May 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Investment: $25,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$5000 Kiva + $20,000 investment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current employees: 6 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Customers per day: 50-60<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>1727 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/houstonpanini.com\/\">http:\/\/houstonpanini.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone: <\/strong>713-681-4500<\/p>\n<p>The customers of Houston Panini &amp; Provision have taken a serious liking to the restaurant and its cofounders Alex and David Colby.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0But the charismatic brothers haven\u2019t always been slinging sandwiches. In fact, Alex graduated with a degree in geology and started out working on wells in Texas. David, meanwhile, spent his time in catering kitchens. Things changed in May of 2013 when Alex\u2014after facing challenges in a struggling oil market\u2014dusted off his grandfather\u2019s recipe for lemon-flavored popcorn and saw an opportunity to bring an old family dream back to life.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Soon, Alex was making the soon-to-be-famous popcorn in small batches in his home and selling it at local farmer\u2019s markets and grocery stores. It wouldn\u2019t take long for the product to take off, and after taking a business management course at the University of Houston, he was ready to push things forward with a plan for a restaurant featuring popcorn and paninis.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>So, the geologist-turned-entrepreneur joined his brother David onstage at an event hosted at the University of Houston to deliver a business proposal to a board of local investors, lenders, and business experts. Between the brothers\u2019 enthusiasm and energy, their thorough preparation, and delicious samples, the panel\u2014forgive the pun\u2014ate it up. Almost immediately, the Bayou Microfund extended an offer to finance their operation and move in to a brick-and-mortar location.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Now, a little over <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1098899262\"><span class=\"aQJ\">two years later<\/span><\/span>, the restaurant boasts an expanded menu and a loyal following. They\u2019ve created more jobs in the community, increased sales, extended into the greater Houston area by leveraging food delivery companies, and show no signs of slowing down.<\/div>\n<p>If you are interested in our mission\u2014as an entrepreneur, mentor, or a funding partner\u2014reach out to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;to=bm@bayoumicrofund.org\">bm@bayoumicrofund.org<\/a> or call 832-680-0977, and together we can write the next success story.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Date: May 2014Original Investment: $25,000$5000 Kiva + $20,000 investmentCurrent employees: 6 Customers per day: 50-60Location: 1727 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77018Website: http:\/\/houstonpanini.com\/Phone: 713-681-4500The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6163,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4674\/revisions\/6163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}