It’s Founder Friday! I am thrilled to be able to feature a conversation with an old friend and coffee OG, Jeff Taylor. Jeff is the Co-Founder and CEO of the legendary PT’s Coffee Roasters in Topeka, KS and the Owner/ President of Bird Rock Coffee in San Diego, CA. In todays episode we dive into Jeff’s 27 year …
Mindset is at the heart of our effectiveness as leaders. As the work of the cafe piles up it is easy to forget about what your role’s primary responsibility is. Today we are going to be chatting about how facilitating success of the people you lead is…
In the world of specialty coffee we still have a lot of work to do when it comes to creating a context where women are given the same bias-free consideration as their male counterparts. As a result, having the confidence necessary to thrive and advance in the cafe can be hard to come by. In today’s episode we will be exploring …
We seem to be addicted. Not to coffee, but to coffee loyalty programs. Whether it’s a card or points on the POS, we can’t imagine running a business without them. But what if cards and programs don’t actually create loyalty? Today we are chatting…
Too often an otherwise promising business is compromised from lack of attention, simple systems, and tools to manage the finances. This leads to many cafes going under way before their time. There is a lot going on when you are just starting out and accounting/finances are often the first things to get compromised. Well, today we are going to talk about …
Okay, so today the tables are turned and I get interviewed by my loving and lovely wife, Lynnsy. Doing something like this podcast requires a good deal of support, encouragement, and patience from the people around us. My wife is the epitome of those…
It can be hard to organize all the responsibilities you take on when in a leadership role in the cafe. When we don’t order our work well it leads to giving too much time and energy to things that seem important in the moment only to get further…
Curiosity is the reason we got into coffee. As we go on in our careers though, the world we thought was so big becomes much smaller. We learn the rules, the ropes, and we get busy with the business of coffee often at the expense of being fascinated by it. Today we will be discussing the importance of curiosity …
Problems come up all the time in the cafe. We deal with them as best we can but often we are leaving a lot of value on the table with the ways we attack the issues we encounter. Today we are chatting about how get your problems to work for your…
Navigating unforeseen change brings about a ton of challenges that, in the moment, seem insurmountable. Today we will be exploring this subject by hearing an incredible story going from tragedy to triumph with the ever-awesome, Talor Browne! TalorBrowne is a 20 year specialty coffee veteran and pastry chef that ended up in Oslo via Paris and Melbourne. Former head roaster of …
