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Faith Over Fear: The Secrets to Melissa's Coffee Cart Success
In this episode, we sit down with Melissa Sandoval, founder of Intuición Cafe (https://www.skool.com/mobile-catering-accelerator/about
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/FlashquotesHQ
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlashquotesHQ
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to FlashQuotes Podcast
01:09 Melissa’s origin story from Colombia to Miami newsrooms
04:22 Discovering the farmers behind coffee & launching Intuición Cafe
06:29 Why Melissa launched on 11/11 & the power of constraints
08:54 Building a cart with no experience (and no Plan B)
13:21 The pivot from selling beans to running a coffee cart
15:36 Faith over fear: lessons from leaving a corporate career
18:37 The three pillars of success: passion, discipline, perseverance
21:35 Why sales—not coffee—is the real business of catering
22:57 The role of FlashQuotes in looking professional and closing deals
26:40 Early challenges, mistakes, and lessons that shaped Intuición Cafe
31:00 How to grow your cart business without burning out
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🔑 Key Points:
• Why Melissa walked away from her dream career to build something new
• The leap of faith that turned into a thriving coffee cart business
• How storytelling and intuition became her competitive edge
• The hard truth: making coffee is easy, closing deals is the real challenge
• The mindset shifts that can help any cart owner grow faster
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In this episode, we sit down with Melissa Sandoval, founder of Intuición Cafe (https://www.skool.com/mobile-catering-accelerator/about
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/FlashquotesHQ
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlashquotesHQ
⸻
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to FlashQuotes Podcast
01:09 Melissa’s origin story from Colombia to Miami newsrooms
04:22 Discovering the farmers behind coffee & launching Intuición Cafe
06:29 Why Melissa launched on 11/11 & the power of constraints
08:54 Building a cart with no experience (and no Plan B)
13:21 The pivot from selling beans to running a coffee cart
15:36 Faith over fear: lessons from leaving a corporate career
18:37 The three pillars of success: passion, discipline, perseverance
21:35 Why sales—not coffee—is the real business of catering
22:57 The role of FlashQuotes in looking professional and closing deals
26:40 Early challenges, mistakes, and lessons that shaped Intuición Cafe
31:00 How to grow your cart business without burning out
⸻
🔑 Key Points:
• Why Melissa walked away from her dream career to build something new
• The leap of faith that turned into a thriving coffee cart business
• How storytelling and intuition became her competitive edge
• The hard truth: making coffee is easy, closing deals is the real challenge
• The mindset shifts that can help any cart owner grow faster
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