Running a successful business can bring on many challenges. Hiring, cash flow management, sales, and inventory are likely to be major points of concern that require a lot of brainpower and can be mentally taxing. However, there are other concerns in a wholesale...
Showing appreciation for customers can go a long way, which anyone who runs a business likely already knows. Those who have a good experience with your business, whether a retail store, restaurant, coffee shop or brewpub, are likely to keep coming back. Reminding...
As a business, whether you’re a local coffee shop, a restaurant or a company in niche industry, it’s important to get repeat customers. You can try to keep getting new customers, but the bulk of your profits is going to come from people who return to you...
Owning a successful small business takes more than just having a dream. Of course you need a vision and business plan, but you also need to be willing to put in a lot of work. Amy Brace of Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe in Hopkins, Minnesota always loved baking when she was...
Steel Service Company, based in Claremore, Oklahoma has been manufacturing and distributing the highest quality structural steel products and buildings since 1973. “If you need it, we have it, or can get it,” is their motto, and service is their middle name. Pam...
We recently sat down with our good friend Carlene Schuder at Dunn Bros Coffee in St. Paul’s Como neighborhood. She just completed her coffee roasting certification and we wanted to learn a little more. She has been managing the Como store for six months but has four...