This week on the podcast, we went there…

We talked about the side of opening and running a small business that rarely makes it onto social media. We talked about the money, the pressure, the rules, the regulations, the long hours, and the reality of trying to keep a business alive when an industry becomes oversaturated. Coffee shops have become one of those businesses that can look effortless from the outside. Beautiful drinks, pretty spaces, good music, and a steady stream of people walking through the door can make it seem like anyone could do it. What you don’t see is everything happening behind the scenes to make that picture possible.

We talked about why there are rules in business, why those rules sometimes frustrate people, and why following them matters. We talked about the things business owners wish customers understood and the things customers probably wish business owners understood, too.

This episode is honest. It’s uncomfortable. It may offend some people, but that is exactly why we called this podcast unfiltered. This is not an episode about making small business look glamorous, it is about telling the truth about what it actually takes!

Sometimes the conversation you need to have is the one that makes you a little uncomfortable…so tune in for the latest episode of Unfiltered Conversations Between Friends!

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After a long sabbatical, Unfiltered Conversations Between Friends is back. In this episode, Jaimie and Victoria look back on the story of Between Friends Coffee, from opening the doors ten years ago to saying goodbye, and share how a decade of food, coffee, friendship, and memories became their new cookbook, The Recipes That Wrote Our Story. It is the end of one chapter and the beginning of whatever comes next!