Podcast Episodes
Back to Search489: Tips for Creating a Resilient Cafe
Ever since 2020, we as a coffee industry have been looking for ways to create more resiliency in our businesses. The cafe in particular is vulnerabl…
1 year, 9 months ago
488: Founder Friday! Honoring Coffee's Root w/ Bartholomew Jones of Cxffee Black!
Coffee is from Africa, yet the way we think of and enjoy coffee today is largely separated from the roots that produced that original fruit. The disp…
1 year, 9 months ago
SHIFT BREAK: Are You Growing With Your Business?
It is assumed that we should constantly be growing our businesses and looking to expand, scale, and add-to what we have now. Trouble is that, in toda…
1 year, 9 months ago
487: How to Think Fast and Talk Smart in the Cafe w/ Matt Abrahams
Every day in the cafe we are called on to communicate "in the moment". Whether we are baristas, trainers, managers, or owners ; how effective we are…
1 year, 9 months ago
SHIFT BREAK: Don't Give Up
Seeing results form your efforts is what motivates most all of us. In the coffee shop you are engaged with a dynamic intersesion of moving and living…
1 year, 10 months ago
486: Why You should Fire Your Landlord and Consider Owning Your Building w/ Paul Neal
One of the most heartbreaking things I see is when an established cafe is forced to upend everything due to changes to the cost or use of a space th…
1 year, 10 months ago
SHIFT BREAK: Don't Manage by Crisis
Managing in a cafe is one of the ultimate forms of leadership. Part of leading as a manager is planning for, responding to, or avoiding altogether, p…
1 year, 10 months ago
485: Your Shop vs The Industry - How to Free Yourself From Dependency
The Industry. What does that even mean? Owners and professionals use this term as though it has specific power to give clarity or meaning to the wor…
1 year, 10 months ago
SHIFT BREAK: Three BIG Hiring Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
Hiring is probably the most important decision you make in your coffee shop. As important as it is to choose the right people, we often are at the me…
1 year, 10 months ago
484: Demystifying Mentorship w/ Dr. Ruth Gotian, Author of "The Financial Times guide to Mentorship""
In the the coffee industry, we all need help and we can all give help. In order to truly advance our own careers and those of others we want find su…
1 year, 10 months ago