How to Start an Independent Coffee Shop (In-Depth Training)

Thinking about risking your entire life savings to follow your dream of starting an independent coffee shop? This conversation with Bryan Reynolds is for you.

Today's guest is Bryan Reynolds, Co-Founder of Anthem Coffee & Tea, a six-location coffee business serving the greater Tacoma area in Washington. In today's program Reynolds outlines the actions you need to focus on in order to start a successful, independent coffee shop brand from the ground up.

If you'd like to learn more about what it takes to start a coffee business, visit FoodEmpirePro.com/Coffee where you can download the free Coffee Shop Startup Kit. In this guide you'll find additional interviews and training with Bryan Reynolds, a Coffee Shop Startup Cost Calculator to estimate the startup costs of your future business, and get our coffee business Roldex with resources you'll need to get started. Finally, you'll get full access to our private Facebook Community where you can ask questions about getting started.

This episode is more workshop than interview. If you're searching for the first steps you need to take to open a successful coffee shop completing the actions outlined in this training will ensure you're building something with longterm success in mind.

This interview covers a wide-range of startup topics including creating a business plan, how to deal with competition, how to market a local coffee shop, menu development and more. We hope you enjoy this interview and let me know if there are any questions in the comments. We will be providing follow up videos.