BTTR Ventures – A Story of a Sustainable LLC: From Coffee to Mushrooms Video | LegalZoom

This video is about how 2 current UC Berkeley grads turned business partners transformed a classroom project into a successful start focused on sustainability & social responsibility. Alex and I developed a local business model in Jan 09 after learning we could grow gourmet mushrooms on recycled coffee grounds. The result: an urban mushroom farm that collects 3000lbs of coffee grounds/week from Peet’s Coffee in NorCal and uses it as the growing medium for mushrooms (such as oyster & shiitake). We currently sell our fresh produce to 8 Whole Foods Markets and 7 farmers markets. Our waste, the post-harvest grounds, becomes rich compost that we donate back to community gardens. Strapped for cash and with no legal experience, we wouldnt have been able to create this business without LegalZoom. It offered us a cheap, streamlined, and efficient way to navigate the legal maze that comes with starting a company! | LegalZoom Customer Story Contest