{"id":2792,"date":"2016-02-29T12:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T17:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:17:28","slug":"essentially-coconut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/essentially-coconut\/","title":{"rendered":"Essentially Coconut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The buzz is building for Essentially Coconut, a growing company that is producing high-quality coconut butters at Hope &amp; Main, a Rhode Island food business incubator.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Sophia Gartland attended a workshop at Hope &amp; Main on business modelling and alternative start-up financing options conducted by the RISBDC and Accion, a small business lending program.\u00a0 Energized by the workshop, Sophia sought out an RISBDC business counselor and began working on marketing strategies, production\/equipment issues, and financing options.<\/p>\n<p>Once the foundational work was complete, the RISBDC helped Sophia launch her business and develop a campaign\/competition targeting food bloggers.\u00a0 This project was a huge success and helped Sophia to establish her brand and create awareness of the fledgling business.\u00a0 The RISBDC also helped Sophia prepare loan application materials that enabled her to secure a $5,000 loan from Accion.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia, who is excited to continue working with the RISBDC as her business expands, will use the loan to purchase a new nut grinder for more streamlined production and to expand her marketing program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/987\/s.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2796\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/987\/s.jpg\" alt=\"s\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/987\/e.png\" rel=\"lightbox[2792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/987\/e.png\" alt=\"e\" width=\"246\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Owner:\u00a0 Sophia Gartland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hope &amp; Main\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email: essentialllycoconut@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>691 Mains Street\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Web: essentiallycoconut.com<\/p>\n<p>Warren, RI 02885<\/p>\n<p>406-570-0162<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The buzz is building for Essentially Coconut, a growing company that is producing high-quality coconut butters at Hope &amp; Main, a Rhode Island food business incubator. Owner Sophia Gartland attended a workshop at Hope &amp; Main on business modelling and alternative start-up financing options conducted by the RISBDC and Accion, a small business lending program.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7321,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/7321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}