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Tony DiCorpo
Member since 21st June 2008
Occupation: Entrepreneur Tony DiCorpo is a coffee shop owner, operator, barista and entrepreneur. He is also a coffee shop business consultant. Tony has extensive experience in business and more than 20 years experience in sales, customer service and business management with special focus in start-up and entrepreneurship, marketing, public relations and website design and development.
Tony also has experience in real estate acquisitions, leases and lease negotiations, business acquisitions, fixing distressed and broken coffee shops, rehabbing distressed and dilapidated properties, business start-ups and of course, the coffee business. He has authored many articles on the specialty coffee business and a business plan package that can be found at www.tonys-coffee-shop-business-plan.com
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17th July 2008
So you have decided on starting a coffee shop! Congratulations! In my coffee shop business plan package, I go into more detail regarding equipment but due to space here, I am only going to give you some basic ideas of what to consider when looking at yo...
07th July 2008
So you want to get into the coffee shop business? Maybe the thought of a coffee shop start up is not amusing you. Sure you know you are going to work hard whether it is in starting a coffee shop or working in and/or managing one that you are going to bu...
07th July 2008
So you are starting a coffee shop and working on your coffee shop business plan. You are thinking: ‘maybe buying a coffee shop franchise would work better because I am not sure how to go about this coffee shop start up.’ Or maybe you are thinking â...
30th June 2008
by Tony DiCorpo
Most of what I am going to talk about here is geared towards opening a coffee shop. However, it can be utilized and directed towards an established shop. When I wrote my coffee shop business plan, I made sure I had specialty coffee ma...
30th June 2008
by Tony DiCorpo
When we think of a coffee shop, most think of a sit down place, maybe with or without a drive through. While that may be true, there is also the coffee kiosk and coffee cart. Here are some points to consider when starting a coffee shop...
30th June 2008
First of all, let me start off by saying congratulations! You have decided on starting a coffee shop. Welcome to the wonderful world of specialty coffee!
Before you start your own coffee shop, in order to gain ultimate success you will need to find a...
30th June 2008
Besides having a coffee shop business plan, you need to have your funding source(s) defined when starting a coffee shop. There are many options available for you, but we will talk about the most common.
SBA - So many sources push SBA loans, SBA LOANS...
30th June 2008
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Simple, short and to the point.
People ask quite often of the importance of a business plan when starting a coffee shop. My response is always a statistic: Most businesses fail within the first year due to lac...
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