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Co-Founder, Birch Coffee Jeremy co-founded Birch Coffee, a New York City-based coffee company, in 2009. Since then, the company has grown to 14 locations and is considered one of the premiere coffee s ... -
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Founder, Deadstock Coffee Ian Williams is a size 12.5-wearing sneaker dude who loves cookies (soft ones), and if he was a little bit taller he'd be in a league somewhere. Ian spent about a decade at N ... -
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Founder/Owner, Flava Cafe Shaunie is a nurturing, joyful spirit who brings Detroit flair to Minnesota. A social entrepreneur, poet, and youth mentor, after 10+ years of youth work in nonprofits, she f ... -
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Owner/Founder, Backstory Coffee Roasters Micah Svejda has been working in the specialty coffee industry for 20+ years. He founded Backstory Coffee Roasters in 2014. The company has 3 coffee bar locati ... -
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CEO, Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats Doron Petersan is the owner and founder of Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats in Washington, DC. As a New Yorker-turned-vegan transplant and craving traditional guilt-l ... -
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Director of Retail, Spiller Park Coffee Diana has focused her career on building and uplifting coffee communities in the Southeast for over a decade, beginning as a barista in 2011. Since then, she co ... -
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Founder/Owner, Hola Coffee Vanessa Palestino is a second-generation Mexican-American, born and raised in Minnesota. She recently moved back to Minneapolis in 2021 after living in the southwest USA for ... -
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General Manager, Duluth Coffee Company Sam Levar Born and raised in Duluth, MN, Sam has built a career working for small businesses. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a bachelo ... -
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Director of Education, Mill City Roasters Lauren is the Director of Education at Mill City Roasters®. She served as a Head Judge and National Coordinator for the US Coffee Championships from 2015-2023 ... -
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Founder/Owner, SunBean Coffee Fredrick N. DuBose's journey from youth work to business ownership has been a natural extension of his lifelong commitment to serving the community. After dedicating over ... -
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Owner/Operator, Dogwood Coffee Dan owns and operates Dogwood Coffee Company along with his wife, Angie. Guided by their mission of “making coffee for others”, Dogwood has been sourcing, roasting and s ... -
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Founder, Bully Brew Coffee Sandi Luck is the owner and CEO of 9 companies. She is the founder of Bully Brew Coffee Houses (Grand Forks, ND, East Grand Forks, MN, Hallock, MN, and Fargo, ND), the North ... -
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General Manager, OX Coffee Chris Dennis is a Southern California native. He has nearly 2 decades in the coffee industry, ranging from barista, training & leadership roles in corporate coffee compa ... -
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Founder and President, Mill City Roasters Before founding Mill City Roasters®, Steve designed and developed machinery and processes for many of the largest manufacturers in the US in industries rangin ... -
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Owner, Abogados Cafe Ofelia Ponce is a dedicated coffee enthusiast and co-owner of Abogados Café, a unique law-themed, Latin American coffee shop in Como Park. With a background in law and a passion f ... -
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Co-Owner, Wesley Andrews Jared grew up in Minneapolis and loves spending time enjoying the beautiful and tasty art around the city. A little over 10 years ago, him and his business partner started Wes ... -
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CEO, Five Watt Coffee Lee Carter has over 10 years of experience as a cafe brand founder and owner. He is the founder and CEO of Amplified Experiences: a three-brand cafe portfolio with 8 locations in ... -
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Head of Coffee Education, Cafe Imports Dylan Siemens has been a coffee educator for over a decade and is currently the Head of Education at Cafe Imports. From 2015 to 2019, he competed in US Brewers a ... -
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Owner & Founder, Duluth Coffee Company Eric Faust is the owner and founder of Duluth Coffee Company. He has worked in the industry for over 20 years starting as a barista in his teens. He began writin ... -
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Owner/Founder, Keys to the Shop Consulting Chris Deferio is an award-winning coffee professional and coffee shop consultant. With 23 years in the retail specialty coffee industry, he has held numerous ...
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"I loved the roastery-focused sessions since I am a coffee roaster looking to expand my operations. I also loved the Coffee by the Numbers sessions as it helped me forecast for growth and think about where my business should go. Additionally, the Drink Trends sessions rounded out everything I needed to get out of Coffee Fest."
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"Coffee Fest is such a helpful business resource, with so many amazing classes and panel discussions about all aspects of owning and running a coffee shop."
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"I thoroughly enjoyed the classes that were being offered. They were so interesting and really helped me think about different things I can add/change to my coffee shop."
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"Information in all aspects of the industry is presented. There are a lot of opportunities to gain knowledge and inspiration."
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"So many great seminars and classes for enhancing your knowledge in the industry. Great people to network with and everyone is super friendly."
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"If it's your first time, go to as many seminars that pertain to what you feel is important. You're taking information from someone who has already made the mistakes and made the improvements that took them years to acquire that you could learn in 3 days."
