This is the 5th in a 5 part series with Mayorga Coffee Founder, Martin Mayorga. Martin is a highly successful coffee entrepreneur and mentor in the coffee industry. In this series, Martin and Lee explore the theme "Are Specialty Coffee Businesses Profitable?"
In this final episode of the series, Martin and Lee explore how to achieve sustainable profitability in specialty coffee businesses.
Read MoreThis is the 4th in a 5 part series with Mayorga Coffee Founder, Martin Mayorga. Martin is a highly successful coffee entrepreneur and mentor in the coffee industry. In this series, Martin and Lee explore the theme "Are Specialty Coffee Businesses Profitable?"
In this episode of the series, Martin breaks down his leadership style and the importance of demonstrating leadership in business (and the industry) today.
Read MoreThis is the 3rd in a 5 part series with Mayorga Coffee Founder, Martin Mayorga. Martin is a highly successful coffee entrepreneur and mentor in the coffee industry. In this series, Martin and Lee explore the theme "Are Specialty Coffee Businesses Profitable?"
n this episode of the series, Martin, a finance-educated entrepreneur, explains the importance of being financially literate when starting and scaling a coffee business. Further, we explore the darker elements of how financing plays a role in corrupting and monopolizing the supply chain.
Read MoreThis is the 2nd in a 5 part series with Mayorga Coffee Founder, Martin Mayorga. Martin is a highly successful coffee entrepreneur and mentor in the coffee industry. In this series, Martin and Lee explore the theme "Are Specialty Coffee Businesses Profitable?"
In this episode of the series, Martin discussed the challenges of scaling a specialty coffee business as well as the viability of achieving profitability expectations when scaling a specialty coffee business.
Read MoreThis is the first in a 5 part series with Mayorga Coffee Founder, Martin Mayorga. Martin is a highly successful coffee entrepreneur and mentor in the coffee industry. In this series, Martin and Lee explore the theme "Are Specialty Coffee Businesses Profitable?"
In this first episode of the series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward, Martin and Lee discuss the business models in specialty coffee with specific reference to businesses in the United States.
Read MoreThis is the 5th of a 5-part series with Costa Rican Coffee Producer, Marianella Baez Jost. Marianella is the co-owner of Café con Amor and a member of The Farmers Project which exports coffee out of Costa Rica into the United States of America. The theme of this series is "The Reality of Direct Trade Coffee From the Perspective of The Coffee Producer"
In this final episode of the series, Marianella gives us insight into what successful direct trade experiences look like for producers.
Read MoreThis is the 4th of a 5-part series with Costa Rican Coffee Producer, Marianella Baez Jost. Marianella is the co-owner of Café con Amor and a member of The Farmers Project which exports coffee out of Costa Rica into the United States of America. The theme of this series is "The Reality of Direct Trade Coffee From the Perspective of The Coffee Producer"
In this episode of the series, Marianella dispels some myths about coffee producers that are widely circulated at the consumer end of the supply chain.
Read MoreThis is the 3rd of a 5-part series with Costa Rican Coffee Producer, Marianella Baez Jost. Marianella is the co-owner of Café con Amor and a member of The Farmers Project which exports coffee out of Costa Rica into the United States of America. The theme of this series is "The Reality of Direct Trade Coffee From the Perspective of The Coffee Producer"
In this episode of the series, Marianella outlines the failure of direct trade coffee from the perspective of coffee producers.
Read MoreThis is the 2nd of a 5-part series with Costa Rican Coffee Producer, Marianella Baez Jost. Marianella is the co-owner of Café con Amor and a member of The Farmers Project which exports coffee out of Costa Rica into the United States of America. The theme of this series is "The Reality of Direct Trade Coffee From the Perspective of The Coffee Producer"
In this episode of the series we explore the financial reality of direct trade for coffee producers. (Please note this is further explored in the final episode of the series)
Read MoreThis is the first of a 5-part series with Costa Rican Coffee Producer, Marianella Baez Jost. Marianella is the co-owner of Café con Amor and a member of The Farmers Project which exports coffee out of Costa Rica into the United States of America. The theme of this series is "The Reality of Direct Trade Coffee From the Perspective of The Coffee Producer"
In this first episode of our series with Marianella on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward, we deep dive into what "Direct Trade Coffee" means.
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