Beginning at 26:00 in this video you can watch Austin’s talk at Ignite Phoenix last night. The title of his talk was Running A Successful Coffee Establishment.

Austin did a great job, here are his points:

  1. Atmosphere – Comfortable, relaxed
  2. Drinks
  3. Location, Location, Location
  4. Seating
  5. Wifi and other Amenities
  6. Good Music
  7. Friendly Staff — Friendly staff can make or break a coffee shop
  8. Customers — If you can keep a shop busy, people will come
  9. Good Drinks
  10. Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans
  11. Consistency
  12. Great Ingredients
  13. Great Presentation — Latte Art means you are doing a handfull of things right
  14. Give ’em What They Want

Great presentation Austin!

Arizona Coffee

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10 comments

  1. Thanks chris. It was a lot of fun.

  2. hb

    Where was this at?
    Looks like the jobing.com offices, I us to work there.

  3. Hello Austin. Great and very educational presentation . I wish more people will listen to your lecture. Thanks

  4. hb

    I was the senior graphic designer at Jobing, I know that office really well. The info on the video is great, good job. Congratulations

  5. Pierce/Bear

    Austin’s own coffeehouse (Vida e Caffe) is an example of a place that is run properly IMHO

  6. Does Vida e caffe has a website? I could not find it.

  7. not really. We have lifeandcoffee.com but it is just a placeholder.

  8. Austin did such a great job on this.