Entrepreneurs
Is Caffeine Boosting or Sabotaging Your Productivity?
Are there darker, less beneficial effects to coffee that are cancelling out the benefits, without our even knowing it?
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Tech
The Office Coffee Snob Can Now Brew the Perfect Cup of Joe
Technically perfect coffee in the break room? It's possible.
By Seth Porges
Building a Business
Starbucks Accused of Slashing Employee Work Hours Amid Cost Cuts
An online petition accusing Starbucks Corp. of 'extreme' cutbacks in work hours at its U.S. cafes, hurting both employee morale and customer service, has been signed by more than 9,000 people.
By Reuters
Thought Leaders
How Starbucks CEO Transformed a Small Coffee Bean Store Into a Massively Successful Worldwide Brand
This barista-in-chief wants to use the scale of his company for good.
By Carolyn Sun
Buying a Franchise
This Entrepreneur Created a Global Café Franchise as an ‘F You’ to Starbucks
Wheelys Café CEO Maria De La Croix hails from Sweden and has a fine arts degree, but she identifies with the Silicon Valley ethos.
Business News
Can Coffee Cause Cancer? Only If It’s Very Hot, Says WHO.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously rated coffee as 'possibly carcinogenic' but has changed its mind.
By Reuters
Online Presence
Apple May Unveil a New Macbook Pro This Fall — Start Up Your Day Roundup
Plus: Facebook apologizes after initially rejecting a photo of a plus-sized model.
Entrepreneurs
We Got Buzzed Up With These Caffeinated Gummy Cubes. Here’s What We Thought.
Go Cubes are soft, square gummies made with condensed cold-brewed coffee. But are they as tasty and potent as the fresh stuff?
Online Presence
The Key Lesson for Businesses From Starbucks’s ‘Diabetes Here I Come’ Debacle
Branding experts -- and the coffee giant itself -- weigh in on the embarrassing customer dis-service that brewed bitter brand damage and fast.
Thought Leaders
Too Busy for Your Morning Cup of Joe? Chew on These Caffeinated Cubes Instead.
Go Cubes are soft, square gummies that are made with cold-brewed coffee.
Buying a Franchise
Coffee Runs Deep in This Franchisee’s Veins. No, Really, It Does.
More than two decades ago, Ross Drever took over the world's first Gloria Jean's Coffees franchise. Its founder, in 1986, was his dad.
By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise
Starbucks to Open Stores in Italy
'We're going to try, with great humility and respect, to share what we've been doing and what we've learned through our first retail presence in Italy," CEO Howard Schultz says.
Buying a Franchise
This Franchisee ‘Fell in Love’ With Her Product, and Minnesota Is Following Suit
Mary Bigler was a fan of Maui Wowi Hawaiian before she was a franchisee. Today, her enthusiasm has only grown.
By Carly Okyle
Marketing
A Small Coffee Company Just Won a Free Commercial at This Year’s Super Bowl
Death Wish Coffee Company succeeds GoldieBlox as the second winner of Intuit's 'Small Business Big Game' contest.
By Geoff Weiss
Buying a Franchise
Creative Starbucks Barista Puts Some Love Into Valentine’s Day-Themed Drinks
We have a feeling these secret menu creations may not be so secret soon.
Business News
Starbucks Whips Up New Drink for Its Menu
Following the release of its flat white, an espresso released last year, the latte macchiato is causing a stir with a bold taste and signature look.
Business News
Study: Single-Cup Coffee Makers Brew Lots of Germs, Too
Wake up and smell the bacteria. Read on to learn how to clean your office's communal machine.
Entrepreneurs
How to Power Through the Day Without Any Sleep
Although sleep is important to productivity, here's how to power through the day even without a full night of z's.
By Lisa Evans
Entrepreneurs
Another Large-Scale Study Just Justified Your Coffee Habit
A new study found that those who drink three to five cups of coffee a day (decaf or caffeinated) may be less likely to die prematurely.
By Laura Entis
Thought Leaders
5 Universal Truths About Entrepreneurship Learned From Rwandan Coffee Farmers
No two people will ever have the same journey but in the fundamentals, we all walk the same path.
Buying a Franchise
Dunkin’ Donuts Is Closing 100 Convenience Store Locations
Store traffic is on the decline for the brand in the third quarter.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
9 Ways to Power Through a Drowsy Afternoon
Sipping coffee in the midafternoon to stay awake is when we can best appreciate the wisdom of the siesta.
Entrepreneurs
8 Ways to Improve Your Brain Power
From idea generation and meetings to crunching numbers and copywriting, there are a lot of different situations in which more focus and improved cognitive function would prove beneficial.
By Thomas Smale
Building a Business
Meet Cups, the ClassPass of Coffee Shops
Unlimited coffee for a monthly fee sounds great to customers' ears, but will the service benefit independent businesses in the long run?
By Laura Entis
Buying a Franchise
Iced Coffee Challenge: How Do Fast-Food Restaurants Measure Up to Coffee Chains?
In a blind taste test, our team of testers sampled iced coffees from a number of businesses including McDonald's, Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.
By Kate Taylor
Business News
How One Man Figured Out to Get a Free Starbucks Drink Every Day
In a move that is both genius and ethically questionable, he uses Starbucks cards and a complicated order to get free coffee.
Buying a Franchise
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Will Finally Be Made With Real Pumpkin
The PSL is actually living up to its name.
By Kate Taylor