Podcast Episodes
Back to Search287 : Learn how to Shift your Mind w/ Brian Levenson
Whether you are behind the bar making drinks, or behind a laptop making the schedule for your baristas you cannot rely on just one mindset to achieve…
4 years, 11 months ago
Understanding and Bitterness
On this show we have talked about how leaders are typically seen by staff with some degree of skepticism and/or suspicion due to leaders having autho…
4 years, 11 months ago
286 : Coffee Roasting Best Practices w/ Scott Rao
Roasting practices have come a long way in the past few decades. Today enjoy an incredible wealth of information, resources, and sharing of technique…
4 years, 11 months ago
RoR #6: Buying Less and Doing More w/ Ever Meister
We have an incredible range of options available to us when it comes to the green coffees we purchase. Right now our habit as an industry is to spot …
4 years, 11 months ago
Hiring Friends and Making Enemies
Hiring your friends or relatives can seem like a very convenient solution to the problem of staffing. After all, you know them well and trust them ri…
4 years, 11 months ago
285 : Better Systems, Better Connections w/ RoasterTools Founder, Jon Ewalt
If there is one thing that is certain it is that, as you grow your roastery, you become pulled in a thousand different directions. The need to mainta…
4 years, 11 months ago
284 : Founder Friday! w. Jackie Nguyen of Cafe Cà Phê | Kansas City, MO
I am very excited for this Founder Friday! When we talk about coffee shops we often talk about culture, authenticity, and relationships. I have the i…
4 years, 11 months ago
Over Optimization
Systems, efficiencies, and optimizations of your business are needed elements to make sure it is healthy and thriving. There is, however, a dark side…
5 years ago
283 : 5 Bad Reasons to open a Coffee Shop
People open coffee shops for many reasons. Some good and some-not so good. It really all depends on how you approach the "why" behind your business t…
5 years ago
Curse of the Favorite Barista?
Every shop has that one barista that seems to attract more attention the the rest. The comment is made by customers often about this person that they…
5 years ago