Posts Tagged "first steps"


We’ve graced you with posts on our Grand Opening and Holiday events, gave you sneak peaks on the space and how AWESOME it is that we’re up and running, but I it may be good to backtrack a little to finish some thoughts on build out. The summer was filled with build out craziness: prepping for it, planning it out, executing it— among other things, so you’ve seen the process of SONDER Coffee coming together. Yet...

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A commercial lease can be quite lengthy in time, and as a physical document. As I mentioned earlier, starting with a strong Letter of Intent and proposal will have helped determine negotiation points early on, so drafting and negotiating the lease can be an easier process. It will still probably take a few months, after which you should have a lease that’s ready to review and sign. We were so excited to get our lease after what...

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Wow, has it been a crazy few months! We started the process of looking for locations a while ago, had found a great location, but what took some time was the due diligence process to make sure we’d actually be allowed to follow our plans through on the space before we sign the lease. Now that pre-lease due diligence has been cleared through, we can finally move forward into the process of drafting and negotiating the lease!...

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Risk Management Starting a coffee shop or other business definitely has risk involved. Some sources say 50% of small businesses fail in the first three to five years. How do you not become a statistic? There’s no saying for sure, but a good place to start is with strong business planning and risk management. It’s said starting a business isn’t necessarily about taking risks, but managing calculated risks for the...

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Little by little, we’ve been choosing and collecting our coffee shop equipment. Our first exciting purchase was our Linea espresso machine, and we’ve slowing been adding smallwares and other coffee brewing methods (like our V60 and Aeropress) to our stash since. Now as we’re approaching the last final months before opening, we’ve been shopping around and purchasing things at a good price. So what kind of...

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