Becoming a DoorDash merchant was part of the relaunch plans. “Denise and I discuss all the time that the survival of any business really depends on how you learn how to pivot your business. Also, we are living in a world of technology, and anything not involving technology that allows you to evolve in your business space, you will fall behind,” he says. “At that point in time, online merchants doing delivery for restaurants was something that was really taking off.”

Cafe Juice Up’s partnership with DoorDash is how Thevinen and Omarde learned about the accelerator. Thevinen talked to BlavityU about joining the Cafe Juice Up team and how the Main Street Strong Accelerator helped their business.

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