How can Independent Coffee Shops and cafes Compete with Starbucks and Dunkin?

This was the question posed to us by Tim Healy recently on his show.  

He discovered us through his love of coffee and our Instagram page @coffeepreneurs, he met the love of his life and now wife of 25 years in a coffee shop called Mibs in Long Island, New York and is sad they closed a long time ago when Starbucks came on the scene.

Show Highlights:
5:30 – Why is the coffee shop industry littered with failure?
8:35 – What makes a great coffee shop?
14:00 – What type of person makes a great coffee shop owner?
20:20 – What does it take to scale a coffee shop?
27:30 – How do you make your business Instagrammable?
32:10 – How does a small coffee shop compete with Starbucks?
42:40 – What is a must-have for anyone who wants to invest in a coffee shop?

We hope you enjoy the convesation as much as we did, Tim is a top guy!


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