Brewing discord with developer closes coffee shop

Underscoring the need to adequately finance your business and negotiate preferable lease provisions for your coffee shop, another well-intended, but poorly planned business fails. Another case of bad business planning and finger pointing… On the bright side,...
Whose brand is it, anyway?

Whose brand is it, anyway?

There is a natural tendency for new coffee business owners to try to attach some familiar brand identity to their own when planning a new concept. Take for example, the promotion of a name brand of coffee from Seattle or Italy – theoretically as representing...