TCMBA #28 - Count your wins! (They matter) Plus, two free gifts!
You and your team deserve to review and celebrate the incredible (and likely difficult and less-than-perfect) work you’ve done! So we have two gifts for you to bring more joy and reflection to your specialty coffee business and holiday season.
TCMBA #18 - 3 Ways to Grow Your Coffee Business
A culture of numbers is when your team has enough financial literacy that everyone naturally expects that both the top line and bottom line are considered in decision-making. Here’s how to start.
TCMBA #17 - Creating a Culture of Numbers
A culture of numbers is when your team has enough financial literacy that everyone naturally expects that both the top line and bottom line are considered in decision-making. Here’s how to start.
TCMBA #16 - 5 Tools for a Better Coffee Business
Is there a tool you return to again and again because it’s so useful? Today, I’m sharing my favorites! These tools can keep you on track or get you back on track. And the more you use them, the better they work!
TCMBA #15 - Coffee Business Model Innovation
Choosing a business model is one of the most creative things you can do for your specialty coffee business. Here’s what you need to consider when choosing or retooling your business model. Are you a café? Roastery? E-commerce or wholesale coffee business? We’ll talk about figuring out what’s right for you.
TCMBA #14 - Automation in Your Coffee Business
The specialty coffee industry I grew up in was obsessed with manual everything because it allowed us to have “control” over all parameters. But the new generations are celebrating automation. Here’s what it can do for you and your business.
TCMBA #13 - The Middle Ground of Coffee
As an industry, specialty coffee has been obsessed with micro-lots and super-specialty quality for way too long. We need to find the intersection between what is good for coffee farmers and what consumers want.
TCMBA #11 - What is Fermentation in Coffee?
What does fermentation really do to coffee? Learn more about it from this talk I did when I was an Educator at Counter Culture Coffee in Los Angeles!
TCMBA #8 - Your Coffee Business Needs a Vision
Who cares if everyone can recite your business vision perfectly? If you can’t roll it off in a second and your team can’t either, chances are you’re not communicating it to your customers. Does your coffee company have clarity on where it’s going and how it’s going to get there? Here’s why you need it.
TCMBA #7 - Creating an Innovation Pipeline in Specialty Coffee
We need to talk about committing to Innovation in the specialty coffee industry so that the flow of new ideas and action plans can continue. Every company needs an Innovation Pipeline. Read on to figure out your process and commit to repeating it, so the specialty coffee industry can enjoy a stream new products and services long into the future.
TCMBA #4 - Process Innovation in Specialty Coffee
Innovation doesn’t have to be disruptive. Especially with process innovation, incremental changes can have a huge impact on your specialty coffee business. Get curious about areas you can improve your coffee roastery or café and get to work making positive change in your business.
TCMBA #3 - Product Innovation in Specialty Coffee
We often think we need to be inventors or engineers in order to have innovative ideas, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. We just need to know where to look. Can you determine what you're uniquely good at (your competitive advantage)? Can you watch and listen to others?
Great, then you can innovate in your specialty coffee business!
TCMBA #2 - The Real Crisis in Coffee
We don’t have a price crisis, we have an innovation crisis. It’s time for specialty coffee to start taking the reins. To be creative, strategic, and think from the perspective of consumers. Look to Keurig… they may have the answers.
TCMBA #1 - Turn the Team You Have into the Team Your Coffee Business Needs
An A-Team isn’t assembled by luck. It is built with intention and forethought. These steps will help you dig in with your existing team and help them achieve their career goals while helping your specialty coffee business thrive.