COVID-19 Focus w/ John King | Walkie Talkie Coffee, Canton, OH

Chris DeferioCOVID-19, Podcast

  Walkie Talkie Coffee was founded by Lindsey and John Kind in the Summer of 2019. The result of a ton of planning, dreaming, and raising support, the shop was an immediate hit offering coffees from Heart in Portland , OR, amazing service and hospitality, and a goal to create great social and coffee experiences for their neighborhood. Not even …

COVID-19 Focus w/ John King, Walkie Talkie Coffee, Canton, OH

Chris DeferioPodcast

was founded by Lindsey and John Kind in the Summer of 2019. The result of a ton of planning, dreaming, and raising support, the shop was an immediate hit offering coffees from Heart in Portland , OR, amazing service and hospitality, and a goal to…

COVID-19 Focus: Perspective form Burundi w/ Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, JNP Coffee

Chris DeferioCOVID-19, Podcast

  Today we are hearing from Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, the Founder and President of JNP Coffee, Burundi Coffee importer and exporter in operation since 2012. Jeanine grew up in Burundi and left to pursue her education earning an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School and had a 20-plus-year international business career that helped her find her way back to Burundi and …

In this Together, but for how Long?

Chris DeferioPodcast

The way we have seen people rise to the challenge, amp up communication, take on a sense of urgency, solve problems, and create a culture that is agile and empathetic is truly inspiring. It’s the stuff that defines being “In this Together”.  The…

COVID-19 Focus w/ Maxwell Mooney, Narrative Coffee, Everette, WA

Chris DeferioPodcast, Uncategorized

As we continue our focus series on the COVID-19 crisis and it’s impact on specialty coffee, we get talk someone who has been leading the charge for business agility, staff/customer safety, and creating systems to support it all. Maxwell Mooney is the Owner of the award winning shop, Narrative Coffee in Everette, WA. A past guest on the show, Maxwell …

You’re not Letting People Down

Chris DeferioPodcast

Within the fight to stay open there is a pervasive sentiment that we are “letting people down”.  I have seen and heard this from many sources of late, including from myself. This is a pretty familiar feeling for those of us in customer service…