31. Faith Over Fear: The Secrets to Melissa Sandoval's Coffee Cart Success (Intuición)

In this episode, we sit down with Melissa Sandoval, founder of Intuición Cafe (https://www.skool.com/mobile-catering-accelerator/about 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/FlashquotesHQ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlashquotesHQ ⸻ ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to FlashQuotes Podcast 01:09 Melissa’s origin story from Colombia to Miami newsrooms 04:22 Discovering the farmers behind coffee & launching Intuición Cafe 06:29 Why Melissa launched on 11/11 & the power of constraints 08:54 Building a cart with no experience (and no Plan B) 13:21 The pivot from selling beans to running a coffee cart 15:36 Faith over fear: lessons from leaving a corporate career 18:37 The three pillars of success: passion, discipline, perseverance 21:35 Why sales—not coffee—is the real business of catering 22:57 The role of FlashQuotes in looking professional and closing deals 26:40 Early challenges, mistakes, and lessons that shaped Intuición Cafe 31:00 How to grow your cart business without burning out ⸻ 🔑 Key Points: • Why Melissa walked away from her dream career to build something new • The leap of faith that turned into a thriving coffee cart business • How storytelling and intuition became her competitive edge • The hard truth: making coffee is easy, closing deals is the real challenge • The mindset shifts that can help any cart owner grow faster