The New Year is a time many of us spend contemplating the lives we truly want, and comparing it to the lives we actually have. This most often leads to the dreaded “New Year’s Resolution,” where some make promises to be healthier, more successful, or more philanthropic, and others move into despair after realizing how far they have fallen away from the life they once imagined. Unfortunately for all of us, life is incredibly short,
Specialty coffee, craft beverages, local baked goods, and just about all things “artisan” are in high demand these days (Even toast!). It doesn’t matter if you are in a big city like Los Angeles or you are in a small town outside a suburb of Tulsa, you’ve likely seen a small locally owned coffee shop crafting, or at least selling an array of artisan goods. Each year, thousands of would-be entrepreneurs, tired of working for someone else,
Starting a new business is an act of creation, an act of design. Even if you are pursuing a business model that has been “done before” and therefore proven, the myriad of decisions that you need to make when planning for a new business is mind-boggling. Still, being able to recognize which of those decisions will potentially have the greatest influence on the success or failure of your venture is a skill unto itself.
This is particularly true in the case of starting your own coffee shop business.