We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Dionna Greene. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Dionna below.
Dionna, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.
Bold and Beautiful Coffee Bar birthed out of the pandemic! There has been so much pain & grief associated with the pandemic that’s been unmeasurable! Outside of the pain & grief, a business was birthed that literally served as another branch of happiness, hope, joy, & strength for me! The pandemic allowed me recognize a strength I never knew I carried cause it was doing that time where I stepped beyond my comfort zone! Supporting and working behind the scenes was what I did & loves to do. Well, the pandemic started; I was working full-time & at the time was also assisting my husband with food deliveries! That is when I met some really amazing business owners, who I still am really close with even up til this day! Fast forward … Covid eventually caught up to me and I was in isolation in home for several and I mean several days! During that time, a friend, who is now my closest friend constantly told me “You have what It takes to start a business” I never agreed. Always doubted, never saw that for myself! Well, after her telling me that almost daily, I finally started believing it! I finally started thinking maybe I do have what it takes, maybe this would be something I’m good at! So, during my isolation, I looked at a documentary on Netflix about female entrepreneurs & began to jot ideas down. Had no idea what my business would be. Prayed and asked God what should I do & it was when I would hear “coffee” I would see the word “coffee” more often than I’ve ever seen it before! With God leading the way, my amazing support system, & me deciding to be courageous & step outside my box, we were able to celebrate our 1-year Business Anniversary April 2022.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Bold + Beautiful like our ancestors, an extraordinary coffee line specifically crafted to your liking! Bold and Beautiful Coffee Bar is a black female owned small business that’s located in Laurel, Maryland, but serving all the DMV & further! Our objective is to create each blend with rich flavor, unique ingredients, & a superb scent. Whether it’s our ground coffee or K-cup your coffee experience with Bold and Beautiful Coffee Bar will be one of your best experiences, EVER!! We’re taking over the world, one coffee bean at a time. While also offering a variety of flavorful teas & accessories!
Our founder created this coffee line with all intent of being able to serve her people!!! Offering a high quality coffee experience, yet most economical!! This coffee line was birthed during our nations pandemic & will stretch beyond! Bold and Beautiful Coffee Bar offers a variety of coffee blends created with coffee beans from across the world! Bold ingredients, unmatched to those traditional & familiar stores and brands
Where do you think you get most of your clients from?
The best source of new clients for us has been vending events mainly and social media.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
A lesson that was learned is that we had to her over that one income was enough. For us, it’s been about growing a business that would add to the culture, community, and revenue to the household!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.BoldandBeautifulCoffeeBar.com
- Instagram: @boldandbeautifulcoffeebar
- Facebook: Bold and Beautiful Coffee Bar
- Twitter: @bandbcoffeebar_