Part 5 of 5: Lee Safar and Nawar Adra explore how coffee businesses are becoming more operationally complex and what that means for innovation, menu strategy, and future growth.

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Part 4 of 5: Lee Safar and Nawar Adra discuss what has changed in the economy, why generic cafe models are now dangerous, and who is best positioned to grow.

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Part 3 of 5: Lee Safar and Nawar Adra discuss how hospitality shapes risk, why saying no can be strategic, and why branding is one of the most consequential bets in coffee.

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Part 2 of 5: Lee Safar and Nawar Adra discuss how mature operators decide what to grow, what to stop funding, and why business data matters more than ego.

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Part 1 of 5: Lee Safar and Nawar Adra discuss how Stitch Coffee used brand investment, retail strategy, and carefully chosen sites to grow during the coffee crisis.

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Part 5 of 5: Isabela Raposeiras from Coffee Lab Brazil and Lee Safar explore why “specialty coffee” may be failing as a value proposition and who gets to define quality in the global coffee industry.

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Part 4 of 5: Isabela Raposeiras from Coffee Lab Brazil and Lee Safar explore how leadership expectations in coffee businesses have fundamentally changed.

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Part 3 of 5: Isabela Raposeiras from Coffee Lab Brazil and Lee Safar explore what truly matters when leading people in coffee businesses today.

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Part 2 of 5: Isabela Raposeiras from Coffee Lab Brazil and Lee Safar explore whether the coffee industry is still relying on outdated business models and assumptions.

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Part 1 of 5: Isabela Raposeiras from Coffee Lab Brazil and Lee Safar explore what the coffee industry is getting wrong about managing quality coffee businesses.

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Part 5 of 5: In episode 5 of this 5-part series with Jan-Cort Hoban, we explore how coffee businesses can begin running leaner, more sustainable operations in a volatile economy.

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Part 4 of 5: In episode 4 of this 5-part series with Jan-Cort Hoban, we explore why leaner coffee businesses may be better equipped to survive increasing economic and industry pressure.

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Part 3 of 5: In episode 3 of this 5-part series with Jan-Cort Hoban, we explore whether becoming bigger in coffee business is actually worth the cost.

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Part 2 of 5: In episode 2 of this 5-part series with Jan-Cort Hoban, we explore the reality of running a coffee business and why bigger doesn’t always mean better.

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Part 1 of 5: Jan-Cort Hoban joins Lee Safar to explore why people get into coffee businesses, the pull of image and growth, and why running lean may be a smarter path.

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Part 5 of 5: What small business owners should do to survive the next three years, with Frida Deguise from world-famous L.A Donuts

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Part 4 of 5: How economic pressure and supply chain disruption are affecting small business, with Frida Deguise from world-famous L.A Donuts

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Part 3 of 5: The hardest parts of running a business: people, pressure, and responsibility, with Frida Deguise from world-famous L.A Donuts

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Part 2 of 5: The gap between expectation and reality in small business ownership, with Frida Deguise from world-famous L.A Donuts

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Part 1 of 5: How Frida Deguise became a small business owner of world-famous L.A Donuts.

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