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Valor Coffee Podcast — 187 episodes
Every Reason to NOT Start a Coffee Shop – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 173
How Our Coffee Cart Exploded in 2025 – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 172
What Eleven Madison Park Taught Us About Running a Coffee Company – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 171
Is Specialty Coffee Ready for Automation? (w/ Project Zero) – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 170
Is Automation Killing Specialty Coffee? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 169
Why Most Coffee Shops Need to Raise Their Prices– Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 168
Do Toxic Guests Deserve Great Hospitality? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 167
Is Going to World of Coffee Really Worth It? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 166
Is Third Wave Coffee Cooked in 2026? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 165
How to NOT Get Screwed Signing a Coffee Shop Lease – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 164
The Power of Investing in your Baristas – Maker’s Cafe – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 163
How to Take Your Coffee Shop From 6 to 7 Figures – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 162
3 Expensive Coffee Shop Mistakes No One Warns You About – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 161
What We Learned in 2025 – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 160
Is Coffee Becoming Just an Ingredient? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 159
Do Specialty Coffee Drive-Thrus Actually Work? – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 158
74 Minutes of Unfiltered Business Advice – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 157
Labor Percentages for Our Coffee Shop – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 156
How We Made Our Coffee Shops Busier: Becoming a High Volume Cafe – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 155
Why We Love Starbucks – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 154
Why Your Coffee Shop Line Backs Up (And What to Do About It) – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 153
What Our Mentor Taught Us About Coffee Shops - Roy Keely – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 152
Ultimate Coffee Brewing Methods Tier List (Pour Over, AeroPress, Espresso & More!) – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 151
Budget to Baller - How to Design Your Home Coffee Setup – Valor Coffee Podcast Ep. 150
Cost of Goods Sold for a Coffee Shop – Valor’s Numbers Analyzed – 07/09/2025
Ep. 148- How this Coffee Startup Grew Their Instagram to Over 63k Followers - Poorboy Coffee
The #1 Thing Holding Coffee Shop Owners Back – 06/25/2025
How We Built Our $1 Million Coffee Shops – 06/11/2025
Second Wave vs Third Wave Coffee Shops: How To Evolve Your Cafe – 06/04/2025
Why Coffee Shop Owners HATE Baristas
Why Baristas HATE Coffee Shop Owners – 05/21/2025
Don't Hire A Manager For Your Coffee Shop – 05/14/2025
How to Soft Launch your Coffee Shop – 05/07/2025
Specialty Coffee Expo 2025 Recap ft. THE WHOLE VALOR SQUAD – 04/27/2025
The Most Impactful Trip of our Careers: Valor’s Colombia Trip – 04/16/2025
SEO for Coffee Companies | Website Changes You Need to Make Today – 04/09/2025
How to Make Excellent Coffee Cocktails at Your Coffee Shop – 03/19/2025
Q&A: Should I Buy a Turn Key Cafe, Scheduling Apps and More! – 03/20/2025
How Many Hours per Week Do Coffee Shop Owners Work? – 02/26/2025
Douglas Weber of Weber Workshops – 02/19/2024
Coffee Prices Just Hit Record Highs Here’s What You Need to Know – 02/12/2025
Everything Wrong with Your Business is Your Fault – 02/05/2025
This Coffee Cart Business Booked Over 3,000 Events in 2024 – 01/29/2024
Software We Use To Run a Coffee Company – 01/15/2025
Essential Barista Tools for Your Coffee Shop – 01/08/2025
Conical vs Flat Burr Grinders for Coffee Shops – 12/18/2024
Don’t Start a Coffee Shop, Grow a Coffee Catering Business Instead – 12/11/2024
The Most Overlooked Aspect of Specialty Coffee: Water – 11/19/2024
We Tier Listed Every Coffee Drink – 11/20/2024
Designing a Cafe When You Can’t Afford an Interior Designer – 11/13/2024
Q&A: Competition in Coffee, Steps to Opening a Coffee Shop And More – 11/06/2024
We Threw Out Our Core Values... – 10/30/2024
Q&A with Valor’s Cafe GM – 10/23/2024
Three Changes That Will Take Your Mobile Coffee Cart to New Heights – 10/16/2024
The Story of Valor Part 3: Opening Our Cafes and Roastery – 10/02/2024
The Story of Valor Part 2: Booking Events, Permanent Pop-up, Going Full Time – 09/25/2024
The Story of Valor Part 1: Creation, Kickstarter, Cart Buildout – 09/11/2024
Introducing Our Online Platform, The Valor Coffee Community – 08/28/2024
Splurge on These Things When Building Out Your Coffee Shop – 08/21/2024
Q&A – How Much Are Coffee Shops WORTH …and More! – 08/07/2024
Opening a Coffee Shop for Less Than $100k – 08/01/2024
Keeping Veteran Baristas Invested – 07/24/2024
Consistency is Everything – 07/17/2024
Three Service Philosophies That Built Our Business – 07/10/2024
What Does It Even Mean To Break Even? – 06/28/2024
Running a Business As a Parent – 06/21/2024
Why Your Coffee Shop SHOULD Start Roasting – 06/12/2024
Why Your Coffee Shop SHOULD NOT Start Roasting – 06/05/2024
Cat & Cloud x Valor Coffee: Burn Out, Human Dignity, Tacos & Dunking – 05/28/2024
This Episode Has No Topic – 05/22/2024
Tips to Prevent Employee Turnover at Your Coffee Shop – 05/15/2024
Why Coffee Shops Have Terrible Turnover – 05/08/2024
Q&A: Barista vs Roasting Job + Should Baristas Have to Work Weekends? – 05/01/2024
SCA EXPO 2024 Chicago Recap – 04/24/2024
Keys to the Shop x Valor: How to Raise Barista Wages – 04/13/2024
Making It Cool to Care at Your Coffee Shop – 04/10/2024
Should You Open a Second Coffee Shop? – 04/03/2024
Competition: Should You Care About "Competitor" Coffee Shops? – 03/27/2024
Coffee Shop Owners Suck at These Three Things – 03/20/2024
Blending Coffees: Do Blends Deserve the HATE? – 03/13/2024
What It’s Really Like Being a Barista - 03/06/2024
We Interviewed the Owner of Our Favorite Coffee Shop - 02/28/2024
How Much Can a Coffee Shop Owner Make Per Year? - 02/21/2024
Crafting the Perfect Coffee Shop Menu - 02/14/2024
Q&A: Owner Disagreements, Drive-Thru Specialty Coffee, & Slushie Machines – 02/07/2024
Are Coffee Shops Profitable? A Look at the Numbers - 01/31/2024
Small Business, Big Impact: How Coffee Shops Shape Community – 01/25/2024
One Year of Owning a Coffee Shop w/ J.P. McKenzie of Meadowlark – 01/17/2024
Predicting Trends in the Coffee Industry in 2024 – 01/10/2024
Opening a Coffee Shop With No Barista Experience – 01/03/2024
2023 in Review: Our Biggest Year Ever – 12/27/2023
David LaMont, La Marzocco – 12/20/2023
Pour Overs Are DEAD. Long Live Coffee Shots! – 12/12/2023
Skills You Should Learn as an Entrepreneur, God Shots, Branding Single Origins – 12/06/2023
Why Your Business Should LOSE Money on Black Friday & Cyber Monday – 11/29/2023
Will Shurtz, Methodical Coffee – 11/14/2023
Should You Scale Your Coffee Company? – 11/08/2023
Underextraction Explained | What Is It and How Can You Fix It? – 10/31/2023
Overextraction Explained | What Is It and How Can You Fix It? – 10/25/2023
What a Career in Coffee Roasting is Actually Like w/ Sam Smith – 10/18/2023
How to Start a Coffee Cart Business in 2023 | Coffee Cart Masterclass – 10/11/2023
Five Tips to CRUSH a Busy Rush – 10/04/2023
Q&A – Roastery Startups, Bookkeeping Tips, Vesting Schedules, OH MY! – 09/27/2023
Our Espresso Tech on His Recommended Gear, Periodic Maintenance & MORE! – 09/20/2023
The Power and Purpose of Individuality on Your Team – 09/13/2023
Four Tips to Improve Your Palate | Taste Coffee BETTER – 09/06/2023
How to Get Hired at Valor (OR ANYWHERE!) – 08/30/2023
Q&A: Pre- vs Post-Roast Blends, Best Books for Cafe Managers & MORE! – 08/23/2023
Why Do SO MANY Roasters UNDERDEVELOP Their Coffees? – 08/15/2023
Are Coffee Shops Recession Proof? – 08/08/2023
Hiring or Starting a Business with Your SPOUSE – 08/01/2023
Get Away From Your Business to Work on Your Business – 07/25/2023
The Three Biggest Mistakes We've Made – 07/11/2023
Your Company Should Go Into Debt – 07/03/2023
How We DIAL IN ESPRESSO at Our Cafes – 6/20/2023
Home Coffee Setup Need Improvement? Here's What to Do! – 6/13/2023
Imposter Syndrome and How to Handle It – 6/06/2023
Core Values and Culture LEGEND Karen Walters – 5/30/2023
DON'T Put Macchiato On Your Menu – 5/24/2023
Do Coffee Companies PROFIT from Branded Merchandise? – 05/16/2023
How to Handle Bad Reviews of Your Coffee Shop – 05/09/2023
We've Been Under-Extracting the CRAP Out of Our Coffees..? – 05/02/2023
Social Media and Instagram for Coffee Shops and Roasters in 2023 – 04/25/2023
WE OPENED A SECOND CAFE – 04/19/2023
Roasting Your Own Coffee vs. Multi-Roaster vs. Exclusive Partnership – 02/22/2023
Hosting a Hiring Event + Read a Book w/ Us! – 02/15/2023
Effective and Efficient Bar Flow in Your Cafe – 02/01/2023
Q&A Round 3 – Super Automatic Espresso Machines & More – 01/25/2023
What Makes a Coffee Shop Good or Bad? – 01/18/2023
Culture Couch Episode #13 – Peer to Peer Conflict – 01/16/2023
How Much It Costs to Open a Coffee Shop in 2023 – 01/11/2023
Culture Couch Episode #12 – "Fire" Leadership – 01/02/2023
Designing Your Goals to be ACHIEVABLE – 12/27/2022
Culture Couch Episode #11 – Above and Beyond w/ Mykie – 12/26/2022
Valor's Year in Review – 12/22/2022
Culture Couch Episode #10 – New Hire Discusses the Onboarding Process – 12/19/2022
Specialty Coffee HOT TAKES 2022 – 12/13/2022
Culture Couch Episode #9 – Servant Leadership: Assuming the Best – 12/12/2022
Dynamics of a World Class Team – 12/07/2022
Culture Couch Episode #8 – Servant Leadership: Leading By Example – 11/28/2022
Have We FAILED Our Mission? – 11/22/2022
Culture Couch Episode #7 – Servant Leadership: Being a Cheerleader – 11/21/2022
Hiring Philosophy: Hungry, Humble, Smart – 11/15/2022
Culture Couch Episode #6 – Servant Leadership: Checking Your Ego at the Door – 11/14/2022
How to Hire AMAZING PEOPLE for Your Coffee Shop – 11/08/2022
Kent Sheridan, AKA the TITAN of Specialty Instant Coffee – 11/01/2022
Culture Couch Episode #5 – The DIAL Method – 10/31/2022
Should You Yell at Your Employees? – 10/25/2022
Culture Couch Episode #4 – Details Matter: What Separates Good from GREAT – 10/24/2022
How to Make a GREAT Product, CONSISTENTLY – 10/18/2022
Schedules of a Coffee Company Owner – 10/11/2022
Culture Couch Episode #3 – A DEEPER DIVE: Put Empathy Into Action – 10/17/2022
Culture Couch Episode #2 – Put Empathy Into Action – 10/10/2022
Aaron Fender and Marcus Hollinger of Portrait Coffee – 10/04/2022
Culture Couch Episode #1 – Fun & Focused w/ Mykie Rutter – 10/03/2022
Founder Q&A Round 2 – 09/27/2022
Culture Couch Episode #0 – Pilot – 09/26/2022
Lauren Purvis of Mizuba Tea Co – 09/20/2022
Melissa Bartz of Little Wolf Coffee – 09/13/2022
Lucas Cuadros & Barry Burgess of Unblended Coffee – 09/07/2022
Live Exit Interview with Elijah Knapp – 08/30/2022
How We Brew Coffee at Home – 08/23/2022
Riley Solo Ep: Q&A, Coffee Trends, The Industries Future – 08/09/2022
How to Get Your Boss to Listen to Your Ideas – 08/02/2022
Are All Industries Specializing? – 07/26/2022
First Things We'd Do If We Were Starting a Coffee Shop Today – 07/19/2022
Top Three Questions When Starting a Coffee Shop Part 3 – 07/12/2022
Top Three Questions When Starting a Coffee Shop Part 2 – 07/05/2022
Top Three Questions When Starting a Coffee Shop Part 1 – 06/28/2022
Valor Roaster Sam Smith on Experimental Processing – 06/14/2022
Development Time Ratio and Destratification – 06/07/2022
Our Favorite Books, Cold BooBoo, Jimmy Butler – 05/17/2022
Q&A | Things We'd Change About the Specialty Coffee Industry, Our Onboarding Process & More – 05/10/2022
Valor's Own Myka Collins – 05/03/2022
Aligned Priorities, Employee Ownership, Guest Policies – 04/26/2022
College vs Experience, Distractions, and Other Bad Advice – 04/20/2022
David Bizilia of Side Track Coffee – 04/12/2022
The Great Valor Brand Refresh – 04/05/2022
JP McKenzie of Meadowlark Coffee – 03/08/2022
Why You Should Have a Co-Founder + Our Roles in Valor – 03/03/2022
How to Pick Your Core Values – 02/22/2022
Joel & Charles Norman of Bellwood Coffee – 02/01/2022
Everything We Know About Starting a Mobile Coffee / Espresso Cart – 02/01/2022
Preventing Employee Turnover, Roasting Philosophy, Valor News – 01/25/2022
Starting a Business with (and Hiring) Your Friends – 01/18/2022
Some Tips for Starting a Coffee Shop – 01/11/2022
David Funk – 01/07/2022