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Diego Castro

Male

Salt Lake City,UT

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: coffee shop owner
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Salt Lake City, Utah
How many years have you been in the industry?: 2
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: yes
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.: Last Year I join Matt Milleto at The American Barista School. I took the full business seminar with them and learn most facts about this industry. The following 8 months I start construction of our first coffee shop in Salt Lake City, UT. The experience has been rewarding and all the knowledge gain at the school more than helpfull during the process of opening the store. I offer to bare my experience to those who are in the process to start their own business.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: New York, Boston, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Italy, Romania.
About Me:: I grew up in the bigest city in the world, Mexico City. Graduate as an Electrical Engineer and start working as an entrepeneur at the age of 18, move back to the US in 1993 and start a small company in the automation and controls industry. During the process I relocate myself in many cities such Chicago, Miami, Orlando, Montreal, Toronto and Milan. The last one took me to Utha where me and my family settle for the last 7 years and we enjoy live among the LDS comunity; great experience and challenging process for growth.
Website:: http://volkcaffe.com

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Sergio

Hi,

I just joined the website here. I am a coffee (amateur) drinker who just recently relocated to slc from Seattle area. I am looking for a brewing class in the slc area. Do you know of any place that might offer those?
Thanks for reading and sorry about bugging you.

zyguraat@yahoo.com

thanks!

Aug 20, 2008
sophie

I am trying to start a coffee shop with a budget of $ 35,000. Filling this out would greatly help me. I am disabled and trying to get off of uncle sam's payroll. Also any advice is appreciated. i am in my business planning stage at the begning balnace statement. My head just spins
from talking about it!

1 What kind of coffee machines do you use
2 How long do they last
3 How much is the rent for your store
4 After you found your location for your store, what condition was it in
and how much did you spend to fix up?

5 How much is store insurance a month
6 how much are your utlities
7 When you were first in business did you ever need a payroll loan,
if yes how long did it take for your credit to become established to get a loan

8 how many differnt types of coffee do you brew a day
9 How many employees do you have a day
10 How many pounds of beans do you order in a week
11 Ball park customers and cash take in a month
12 how big is your store and town located in
13 do most of your customers live or work in town
14 what hours are your shop open
15 how long has your shop been open

Apr 5, 2009
angela

My name is miss angela desmond i saw your profile today and became interested in
you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my
email address so i can give you my picture, for you to know whom i am.
Here is my email address( ( angela5000desmond@yahoo.fr)
I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
( angela5000desmond@yahoo.fr)

Oct 10, 2010