193 : Founder Friday w/ Colin Whitcomb of Canary Coffee Bar (Before & After Episode!)

It's Founder Friday! Today we get to sit down not once, but twice with Colin Whitcomb of the newly opened Canary Coffee Bar in Milwaukee, WI. 

In this episode we talk with Colin a couple months before Canary opened and then 3 months after to get a detailed look inside the planning and running of a new business

Along with being an amazingly nice guy, Colin has been in coffee for 14 years having worked in some of the nations tope coffee bars. He is also a BGA Executive Counsel member and a long time barista competitor. Colin knows coffee and coffee shops and this move to open his own cafe is quite exciting. 

There is a lot covered in this 2 part episode and I hope you get a lot form Colin's experiences as an entrepreneur. 

You will learn about:

• Canary's unique business concept
• The value of having people help you in the build out
• Dealing with the city 
• Learning to let things go
• The most rewarding parts of starting a coffee bar
• The challenges of staffing and gauging business needs
• Self care and time management
• Why you should over capitalize your business

 

Links:

www.Cararycoffeebar.com

Instagram

 

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184 : Making Great Business Decisions w/ Dave Stachowiak

111 : Self-Care 101

002 : Master Your Workflow w/ Ryan Soeder

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