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#143 Natalie Popplewell: Most Coffee Shops Die but 50 Vendors Keep Hers Alive

#143 Natalie Popplewell: Most Coffee Shops Die but 50 Vendors Keep Hers Alive

If your plan for a profitable coffee shop is better beans, a cuter menu and advice from people who have never run one, the math is already against you. Small town coffee shops close all the time because one revenue stream has to carry rent, utilities and payroll by itself. Natalie Popplewell and Kasey Headley of Niche Coffee and Shop in Denison, Texas built something different: a boutique and specialty coffee hybrid. Roughly 50 vendors rent booth space, consignment and resale clothing bring people through the door, and the café pays for the staff who give the owners their weekends back.

Expect to Learn:

  • The tool that keeps 50 vendors trusting you with their products and their money.
  • Why the hire that matters most has nothing to do with coffee skill.
  • The cash cushion Kasey wishes he’d built before the second shop, and what it saves you the day someone quits.
  • The mistake Natalie kept making as an owner for years, and the change that finally started fixing it.

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