HOUSTON (KTRK) — All of us at one time or another have dreamed of starting our own business or finishing a project that’s been stuck in our head for a long time and the one thing always in the way is funding. But the funding is there, and some folks are getting it from complete strangers.
As a vegan food truck set up in an urban community, Green Seed Vegan became an unlikely quick success in the Third Ward community when Maddi Merrell opened it in 2011. But when she dreamed of expanding to a traditional restaurant a year later, she faced the financial challenge nearly all first-time entrepreneurs face — no money.