Podcast Episodes
Back to Search451: Business Growth, Integrity, and Coffee Farmer Equity w/ Martin Mayorga of Mayorga Coffee
When Martin Mayorga first entered the coffee industry it was not as someone whose singular passion was the product, but the people and communities be…
2 years, 7 months ago
SHIFT BREAK : Evolution Through Small Steps
When we set goals it is usually because we have come to realize a need for change. In the cafe this can result in making a large scale transformation…
2 years, 7 months ago
RoR #28 : Ease and Accessibility in Sample Roasting w/ Andrew Stordy, Inventor/Founder of IKAWA
Sample roasting empowers people with the knowledge of possibility locked in the coffee. Bringing sample roasting that provides for more continuity an…
2 years, 7 months ago
450: A Conversation About Mobile Apps and Hospitality w/ Joe Capone of Espressly
Hospitality is a pursuit that relies on our ability to not only offer our guests excellence in quality, consistency, and interaction, but it also rel…
2 years, 7 months ago
SHIFT BREAK: Embracing Your Constraints
You can't always get what you want. In fact, getting exactly what you want may hinder your growth and creativity in the long run. Most of us in the c…
2 years, 7 months ago
449: Convenience and Automation in Coffee w/ Tim Cox of Franke Coffee Systems
The coffee market is much bigger than just specialty coffee. In fact specialty makes up just a fraction of coffee consumed globally. The advent of co…
2 years, 7 months ago
448: Founder Friday! Part 2 "Switching Gears" | w/ Doug Zell of Intelligentsia and The Meteor!
In this second part of our 2 part Founder Friday we switch gears with Doug Zell, founder of the iconic coffee company Intelligentsia Coffee. In the y…
2 years, 7 months ago
448: Founder Friday! Part 1 "Switching Gears" | w/ Doug Zell of Intelligentsia and The Meteor!
The landscape of specialty coffee has been influenced by many people and companies over the last few decades. The foundations of the standards and me…
2 years, 7 months ago
SHIFT BREAK : It's OK to Have Reasonable Tolerances
The pursuit of excellence drives us to create very stringent standards for our coffee, service, and businesses. There is nothing wrong with this, exc…
2 years, 7 months ago
447: Understanding the Business of Coffee w/ Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood
The world of coffee trade and commerce is complex to say the least. The difference between a business that succeeds and one that flounders is largely…
2 years, 7 months ago