The #1 Thing Holding Coffee Shop Owners Back – 06/25/2025

JOIN THE VALOR COFFEE COMMUNITY – Courses, Exclusive Videos, PDFs, Spreadsheets and more:⁠ ⁠https://community.valor.coffee?utm_source=spotify&utm_campaign=ep147Thanks for listening, following/subscribing, giving us a good review, and sharing with your friends on social media. It goes a long way!We’ve worked in coffee shops, started a coffee cart, and now run multiple cafes, a roasting operation, and a growing wholesale and catering program. Along the way, we’ve learned a huge lesson: burnout often doesn’t come from working too much—it comes from being disorganized. In this episode, we break down the systems we use to manage our time, execute on ideas, and help our team avoid stress and inefficiency. We talk about how transitioning from barista to owner or operator brings new challenges and how tools like Notion, task prioritization, and long-term thinking can make all the difference.*If you purchase something through one of our links, we may be entitled to a share of the sale*Buy Valor Coffee: ⁠⁠https://valor.coffee/shop?utm_source=spotify&utm_campaign=ep14⁠7Watch on Youtube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/valorcoffee16⁠⁠Want to become a Wholesale Partner? Email us at [email protected] to set up an account!Want to send us coffee? Have a question you want to answer on the show? Send us an email to [email protected] to get your business in front of more people? We partnered with Local Eyes Growth to grow our business through SEO and the results have been incredible. Local Eyes is offering a FREE backlink ($300 value) to Valor Coffee Podcast listeners who partner through our exclusive link. Visit ⁠⁠https://localeyesgrowth.com/valor⁠⁠ to get the ball rolling!Follow the Valor Coffee Podcast on Instagram: ⁠⁠http://instagram.com/valorcoffeepod⁠⁠Follow Valor on Instagram: ⁠⁠http://instagram.com/valor.coffee⁠⁠Subscribe to Riley's YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@rileywestbrook⁠⁠Follow Riley:  ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/rileywestbrook⁠⁠Follow Ross: ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/rosswalters⁠⁠Follow Ethan's Parody Account:  ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/ethanrivers77700:00:00 - Intrrrrrrooooooooooooo00:02:17 - Another Week Down the (Good?) Drain00:03:48 - Let's Talk Money Honey00:09:03 - Point 1: Purple Cow00:18:47 - Point 2: Systems00:35:06 - Point 3: Evoked Set of Customers00:52:09 - Breakdown of the numbers