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How to Become a Coffee Shop Owner

Meet the Owner of Stylus and Crate

Coffee shop owner Tadd Overstreet didn’t always spend the work day making coffee and spinning vinyl (records.) A few years ago, he was ready to trade computer screens and conference calls for work he was passionate about. 

“I decided to do something for me for a change. Instead of chasing money, I thought about the things that were really important to me: sourcing great products,

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How Pivoting to a Drive-Thru Coffee Shop Transformed This Oklahoma Sno Cone Business

After Jennii Buendia took our 3-Day Coffee Business Master Class, she and her husband Adrian opened a drive-thru coffee and sno cone shop in Norman, Oklahoma. Beanstalk Coffee and Sno opened just days before the COVID-19 pandemic brought businesses to a halt. The result, however, was a convenient, family-friendly success.

Meet the Coffeepreneurs® from Beanstalk Coffee and Sno: 

In the early 2000s, Jennii and Adrian ran a busy sno cone stand called Eskimo Sno in Norman.

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The Pathways To Success Podcast (EP 163): Tom Vincent, Founder of Texas Coffee School

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!

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Texas Coffee School Coffeepreneur® Spotlight: The Garden Foundation and Dig It! Coffee Co.

Students 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.

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