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Party Pulse has been a passion project of mine for nearly two years and I'm now ready to take the next step into bringing it to life!
When I was a student at The University of Texas at Austin, in order to pay the bills and buy the books, I worked as a bartender. I honed my skills at high volume, fast bars and clubs in Austin, Houston and San Antonio. It was during that time I found my true passion......hospitality!
Nothing gave me more joy than people coming from all walks of life coming to see me concot the perfect cocktail and then watch life light up within my patrons. I loved the night life; I loved the atmosphere; and I loved the business. Yet, over time, I've realized that I want to bring the service to YOU!
With that in mind, and many years later working in marketing, business strategy and customer service...Party Pulse was born!
THE CONCEPT: Party Pulse will be a full service, beverage catering company serving businesses and individuals with top quality service in the Central Texas area. Catered events will be completely turn key and will range from weddings, to private gatherings, to corporate functions and more.
What will set us apart from other bartending services and caterers with the ability to serve alcohol at the events? We will we be fully licensed by the TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) to provide and serve alcohol, we'll also hold general and liquor liability insurance to make sure we are covered even in the worst case scenarios, and will have well trained and licensed staff to make events absolutely memorable.
We will eliminate the need for event hosts to go out and buy their own alcohol to be served and they won’t be beholden to an expensive food menu and minimum as they would be with a regular caterer. Something else that will help set us apart from the competition, we will be hosting community wide events for larger occasions like Halloween, an Anti-Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve, etc., in order to give as many people as possible the ability to have a great time at a low cost and generate additional revenue.
THE FUNDING: I’ve been saving for quite some time and am almost at my goal! The good folks at PeopleFund will help me get the rest of the way, but I need help from YOU to push me past the finish line.
Statistically, minority owned businesses have a more difficult time accessing start-up capital. As a black and female owned business, it’s even harder to get a business off the ground without significant debt. However, with help from friends, family and other really incredible people who believe in this vision, I have no doubt whatever journey I need to take to get there will be well worth it!
Where is the money going?
What I’m trying to do is a little more involved than simply opening a ‘bartender for hire’ type of business. Speciality licenses, insurances and legal assistance will be necessary to build a successful mobile bar catering business. Here are a few things you will be helping to fund:
•TABC Mixed Beverage Permit - so I can legally serve alcohol from my own inventory at catered events
•TABC Caterer’s Permit - needed to temporarily serve alcohol in locations that are not the premises of the actual business
•TABC Cartage Permit - so I can transfer alcohol from storage to an event
•Legal Fees - in order to be 100% sure I’m doing everything to the letter of the law, I will be employing a legal team to help me compile and submit all applications needed for all of my licenses and permits
•Warehouse Rental - by TABC regulations, I will have to operate my business out of an office/warehouse space so the alcohol can be securely stored and my space inspected when necessary
•Bar Equipment - this includes mobile bars, bar equipment, storage, etc.
(example of a mobile bar to be purchased)
•Insurance - after a lot of conversations with insurance brokers, to make sure I’m operating safely, I’m going to need to secure liquor liability insurance in addition to business liability insurance
•Transportation - I will be procuring a transit van to help me move equipment and inventory from my warehouse to an event
•Inventory - this will include any well, premium and super premium alcohol that I will serve at events; this will vary from event to event, but I plan to always have an ample inventory on hand and will place new orders as needed
Other miscellaneous items will include marketing, office supplies, accounting software and other office items to keep me organized so I can manage and grow the business.
THE REWARDS: The various donor levels come with special thank you's from me to you that I hope you'll enjoy. These will be distributed late 2017/early 2018 barring no big delays on acquiring my licences and permits from TABC and the City of Austin.
For the hosted catered event rewards, they will vary in liquor quality -- well , premium and super premium/top shelf brands. And for the specialty events we'll be hosting for Valentine's Day and Halloween, it is open bar all night!
However, no matter how you contribute to this campaign, you will be invited to our launch party as a thank you for helping seeing this dream come to life! If all goes to plan, that will take place late 2017.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to check out this campaign and take part in this vision! I'm so excited to get started and know I can take this industry by storm!
***If you are interested in a possible donation level not listed or partnership, you can reach out to me directly***
When I was a student at The University of Texas at Austin, in order to pay the bills and buy the books, I worked as a bartender. I honed my skills at high volume, fast bars and clubs in Austin, Houston and San Antonio. It was during that time I found my true passion......hospitality!
Nothing gave me more joy than people coming from all walks of life coming to see me concot the perfect cocktail and then watch life light up within my patrons. I loved the night life; I loved the atmosphere; and I loved the business. Yet, over time, I've realized that I want to bring the service to YOU!
With that in mind, and many years later working in marketing, business strategy and customer service...Party Pulse was born!
THE CONCEPT: Party Pulse will be a full service, beverage catering company serving businesses and individuals with top quality service in the Central Texas area. Catered events will be completely turn key and will range from weddings, to private gatherings, to corporate functions and more.
What will set us apart from other bartending services and caterers with the ability to serve alcohol at the events? We will we be fully licensed by the TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) to provide and serve alcohol, we'll also hold general and liquor liability insurance to make sure we are covered even in the worst case scenarios, and will have well trained and licensed staff to make events absolutely memorable.
We will eliminate the need for event hosts to go out and buy their own alcohol to be served and they won’t be beholden to an expensive food menu and minimum as they would be with a regular caterer. Something else that will help set us apart from the competition, we will be hosting community wide events for larger occasions like Halloween, an Anti-Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve, etc., in order to give as many people as possible the ability to have a great time at a low cost and generate additional revenue.
THE FUNDING: I’ve been saving for quite some time and am almost at my goal! The good folks at PeopleFund will help me get the rest of the way, but I need help from YOU to push me past the finish line.
Statistically, minority owned businesses have a more difficult time accessing start-up capital. As a black and female owned business, it’s even harder to get a business off the ground without significant debt. However, with help from friends, family and other really incredible people who believe in this vision, I have no doubt whatever journey I need to take to get there will be well worth it!
Where is the money going?
What I’m trying to do is a little more involved than simply opening a ‘bartender for hire’ type of business. Speciality licenses, insurances and legal assistance will be necessary to build a successful mobile bar catering business. Here are a few things you will be helping to fund:
•TABC Mixed Beverage Permit - so I can legally serve alcohol from my own inventory at catered events
•TABC Caterer’s Permit - needed to temporarily serve alcohol in locations that are not the premises of the actual business
•TABC Cartage Permit - so I can transfer alcohol from storage to an event
•Legal Fees - in order to be 100% sure I’m doing everything to the letter of the law, I will be employing a legal team to help me compile and submit all applications needed for all of my licenses and permits
•Warehouse Rental - by TABC regulations, I will have to operate my business out of an office/warehouse space so the alcohol can be securely stored and my space inspected when necessary
•Bar Equipment - this includes mobile bars, bar equipment, storage, etc.
(example of a mobile bar to be purchased)•Insurance - after a lot of conversations with insurance brokers, to make sure I’m operating safely, I’m going to need to secure liquor liability insurance in addition to business liability insurance
•Transportation - I will be procuring a transit van to help me move equipment and inventory from my warehouse to an event
•Inventory - this will include any well, premium and super premium alcohol that I will serve at events; this will vary from event to event, but I plan to always have an ample inventory on hand and will place new orders as needed
Other miscellaneous items will include marketing, office supplies, accounting software and other office items to keep me organized so I can manage and grow the business.
THE REWARDS: The various donor levels come with special thank you's from me to you that I hope you'll enjoy. These will be distributed late 2017/early 2018 barring no big delays on acquiring my licences and permits from TABC and the City of Austin.
For the hosted catered event rewards, they will vary in liquor quality -- well , premium and super premium/top shelf brands. And for the specialty events we'll be hosting for Valentine's Day and Halloween, it is open bar all night!
However, no matter how you contribute to this campaign, you will be invited to our launch party as a thank you for helping seeing this dream come to life! If all goes to plan, that will take place late 2017.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to check out this campaign and take part in this vision! I'm so excited to get started and know I can take this industry by storm!
***If you are interested in a possible donation level not listed or partnership, you can reach out to me directly***