Success Story: The Blushing Burro Mobile Libations

Success Story: The Blushing Burro Mobile Libations

Roxy Dominguez, founder of Blushing Burro Mobile Libations, has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry, and libations are her passion. The Blushing Burro is a mobile bar that she and her husband built out from a standard horse trailer and is used to provide bartending services for weddings and events.

Launch and Funding

Launched in April of 2023, Dominguez dreamed up The Blushing Burro to serve the Lander event catering market. Before launch, Dominguez worked with her Wyoming SBDC Network regional advisor Audie Cunningham to create a business plan and with Wyoming SBDC Network advisor and permitting expert, Cindy Unger to obtain all of the permits required to start her business.

‘Roxy is a motivated and enthusiastic entrepreneur and had a great idea to fill a gap in the Lander market.‘

Crowdfunding Success

In addition to Dominguez’s work with the Wyoming SBDC Network, she created and launched a Local Crowd crowdfunding campaign and was able to obtain $5,000 to help launch her business without startup debt.

SBDC Support

Key support included:

• Business planning
• Permit acquisition
• Crowdfunding guidance
• Business infrastructure development

Business Results

• Raised $5,000 through Local Crowd crowdfunding
• Launched business without startup debt
• Successful first summer season

Unique Approach

The Blushing Burro fills a unique niche in the Lander market, providing professional mobile bartending services in a custom-built horse trailer conversion, bringing personality and expertise to weddings and special events.