In this episode, we get to know how Gretchen Williams got to start up her own business with Heartbreak Coffee Roasters and her experience working for Blue Bottle Coffee.

Resources:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchen-williams-968b06a2/

Heartbreak Coffee Roasters - http://www.heartbreakcoffeeroasters.com/

Posh Incredible Transformations - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/posh-incredible-transformations/id1377517663?mt=2

Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyrz1fZpMDHSfGm7t29ieOA/featured

Website - Poshinc.com

Email - [email protected]

 

Episode Notes:

* Intro - 0:00

* Not Trusting Myself in Being a Good Manager - 0:38

* Sometimes You Need Something to Do Work for You - 0:50

* The Challenge On Hiring New People - 1:10

* Learning About Trust and Working With Other People - 1:44

* First Starting Heartbreak and Opportunities - 2:24

* Holding Yourself Back - 3:35

* Building Skill By Practicing - 4:38

* Feeling It Wasn’t Good Enough - 5:51

* Putting In the Work - 6:31

* Opportunities That Were Turned Down - 7:11

* A Lesson in Interdependence - 10:32

* Having a Hard Time Asking for Help - 11:32

* Do You Know When Others Need Help? - 11:58

* Atuned to Other People’s Needs - 13:38

* Sensitive to Energy - 15:10

* The 5 Love Languages - 16:37

* Relationships - 17:15

* Anxiety, California, and the Social Level - 18:45

* Making Heartbreak Unique and Separate from Others - 26:30

* Things Are a Lot Harder in California - 28:16

* The Process of Opening Up a Business - 29:09

* The Health Department - 30:15

* Succeeding Means Surviving - 31:42

* Believing That Being Relevant and Having Wealth Is Success - 33:48

* The Essence of a Unique Place - 36:52

* Creating Something Sustainable - 39:40

* People I Know Vs. Those I Don’t - 40:18

* Having a Dry Sense of Humor - 43:09

* Being a Woman in a Male Dominant Coffee Industry - 44:17

* A Coffee Shop Experience in Long Beach - 47:45

* Tiffany’s Experience in the Coffee Industry - 49:10

* Not Being Taken Serious as a Woman - 50:18

* It Must Be Really Tough Being a Man - 53:10

* Not Being On Social Media - 54:25

* Introducing Something New to a Community - 55:20

* Learning About the Coffee Industry - 1:01:52

* Being Ok With Mediocre Things - 1:03:23

* I Love Good Service - 1:05:54

* The Competition Is the Person Who Would Go the 2 Inches - 1:06:24

* Working At Blue Bottle - 1:08:00

* Wanting to Create The Same Experience - 1:17:07

* The Turnover of Employees - 1:18:21

* Having the Best Service in Vietnam - 1:21:05

* Blue Bottle Has An Infusion of a Family Mentality - 1:23:18

* Places Hiring People With Specialty Coffee Experience - 1:24:11

* Something Unique About Blue Bottle - 1:26:42

* Taking the Time to Hire the Right People and Train - 1:30:32

* Closing - 1:34:22