If your goal is to open a successful coffee shop, writing a business plan is a smart place to start. The idea of a business plan is overwhelming and even scary for MOST people – But it doesn’t have to be. To put it simply, the point of a business plan is to get the idea for your business off of the cocktail napkin into a more organized and thought out format. It forces you to ask yourself some tough questions,
Continue ReadingWant to learn how to open a successful coffee shop? Our seven-step process has helped people all over the world launch thriving coffee shop businesses.
Texas Coffee School founder, Tom Vincent was recently a featured guest on the Pathways to Success Podcast with Julian Placino (Episode 163). He shares his tips for how to open a successful coffee shop business and answers questions like “How much does it cost to open a coffee shop?”, and much more. If you want to learn more about Texas Coffee School from an inside perspective. This is a great peek behind the curtain!
Continue ReadingStudents come to us from all over the world to learn how to open a coffee shop business. Most of the time, their passion is centered around coffee. Sometimes, however, coffee is simply the business model that allows them to pursue another passion entirely.
That was the case for Taylor Gardner, founder and CEO of The Garden Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving adults with disabilities. Taylor came to the Texas Coffee School Coffeepreneur® 3-Day Business Master Class to learn how to open a coffee shop business that would help her clients learn vocational skills.
At Texas Coffee School, we will be the first to tell you the Coffeepreneur® lifestyle isn’t for everyone. Do you think you have what it takes? If so, don’t let fear stop you from starting a coffee shop.
There’s a hardworking small business owner behind every independent coffee shops’ exposed brick walls, crumbly pastries, and clever seasonal drink menus. Before a single latte is ever served,