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Independent Coffee Shops Best at Thinking like their Customers

Anita at Small Business Trends has a great post on how independent coffee shops are more effective at listening to their customers. This is not only a good practice for coffee shop entrepreneurs like Jason at A Thought Over Coffee, but all small businesses. The ability to think like their customers is a key competitive advantage entrepreneurs have over their large corporate competitors since they are so much closer to their customers day-to-day as they run their businesses.


Posted by Jeff Cornwall on March 31, 2005 05:47 AM |

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Ahh nothing starts the day like a good cup of coffee. Not all that long ago, I used to stop by Red Rose in Murfreesboro to grab a sandwich during class break; however, they are gone now. Then I moved and I'm not long near a Starbucks, which passes fo... [Read More]

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Here is a good independent coffee shops site listing: www.cafehunt.com
Lets you enter you local coffee shops in it!

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