As more Americans take the plunge into entrepreneurship, Samuel Adam’s philanthropic program Brewing the American Dream (BTAD) is here to help. It gives loans, advice, mentorship, and a community to small business owners. Here are 6 female food & beverage entrepreneurs who have benefitted from BTAD.
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“I never set out to be a baker, but I have always loved making and eating cookies,” says founder and owner Heather Yunger. “I had a crazy superstition that if I brought my Black & Gold cookies to the bar before every Boston Bruins home game, they would win. When the Bruins won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season and my cookies had been a huge hit, I decided maybe I should make a go of it.
Yunger says that she got encouragement from Brewing the American Dream since Top Shelf Cookies was just an idea. One of the regulars at her favorite pregame bar was none other than BTAD Director Jennifer Glanville herself. Yunger has received four loans through the program’s financing partner, Accion. She also feels that the “real life business advice is gold.” 4.
The funds Arrieta-Dennis received from Brewing the American Dream went towards purchasing an expensive skillet. In addition to the financial assistance provided, she says, BTAD has proven “a great source of both motivation and confidence right before opening my restaurant, and some really good publicity! Also, it connected me with local entrepreneurs and community members, which has been very helpful.”Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
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