This week on the Cat & Cloud Podcast we are throwing it back to an early conversation Chris and Jared had about the importance of communicating needs at work. As an employee, being able to ask for what you need and feeling empowered by your leadership team to speak up can be the difference between your team quitting or staying. Listen to the full episode to hear some of their first-hand experiences and get some tips on fostering an environment where the whole team knows whats possible. Do you ha...
Jun 24, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on the Cat & Cloud Podcast Chris and Jared hop on the mic to discuss the complex process of roasting development. There are so many factors that affect the coffee that ends up in your cup, from water composition to the temperature of the air, but how much of your flavor profile comes straight from the way your beans are roasted? Listen to this week's episode to hear their thoughts on the intricacies of coffee roasting, and how your roast choices affect the flavor of your coffee. Do you...
Jun 17, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why is it important for your company's mission to match the intention behind your training programs? How do you empower your team members to be leaders on their own? This week on the Cat & Cloud podcast Chris, Jared, and Charles sit down and take a temperature check on the business so far this year. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on managing vs. leading, the importance of having a mission statement that properly reflects the values of your day-to-day operations, and ways to lo...
Jun 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cat & Cloud x Valor Coffee - Burn Out, Human Dignity, Tacos & Dunking by Cat & Cloud
Jun 03, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we discuss transparency in prices. How to give your team members the same coverage and care while also communicating to the Guest where the 5$ for their latte is going. and chris shares is option on what tipping someone should mean. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or email us at podcast@catandcloud.com and tell us what it is, and maybe your question will be the one we ...
May 27, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This recording comes from January of this year, when Chris and Nick from Beeline sat down to talk through some of the challenges that come from running a business. Listen to the full episode to hear the guys talk through operational struggles and getting organized to tackle big projects. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or email us at podcast@catandcloud.com and tell us what it is, and...
May 27, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you build in a curated experience to your business? Is greeting people when they come in, and helping them land enough? This week the guys are sharing what they believe is thee secret sauce to offering something so curated and so awesome, that your guests cant help but recommend you to their friends, co-workers, and strangers on the street. Are you curious about our Best Friends Club? Listen to the full episode to hear Jared share a bit about his most recent trip to Honduras, and the impa...
May 20, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ooooh the mails here! Cue the Blues Clues mail song! Welcome back to the second half of the Cat & Cloud Podcast, After Hours Were back in the roastery with our cocktails, and Chris, Jared, and Charles are opening some mail from our listeners! Yall have been sending in your questions about the coffee industry, running your own businesses, and even requesting career advice, and today the guys are gonna answer. Listen to this week's full episode to hear their thoughts on your burning question about...
May 13, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud Podcast, After Hours This episode is dedicated to Andre. As promised. This week Chris, Jared, and Charles are sitting down with a couple of cocktails and bringing out the Hot goss about SCA. Jared revisits the debate topic of the moment from the expo; to co-ferment or not to co-ferment, and the guys spend some time really diving in on the ethics, and the impact these coffees will have on our coffee scoring systems. Just dont yuck anybody's yum, ya know? Do you hav...
May 06, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud Podcast! This week yall are getting a blast from the past, were revisiting a previous episode where Chris and Jared were answering some questions about how to progress in the coffee industry. Whether that means in your career or your life at large, the guys shed some life on finding your vision for growth and working toward it. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/po...
Apr 29, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud podcast! This week were back with Chris and Jared as they discuss how important common language is within an organization. Creating a lexicon that is universally understood in all aspects of your company can be a huge challenge, whether youre talking about content creation or roast profiles. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on how creating universally understood terms, and standards have helped them communicate and align with their teams. Do you h...
Apr 22, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud podcast and to White Ivy, Jared's long-lost email address! On this weeks podcast the guys are tackling a pretty huge question, what is your favorite processing method, and why. Listen to the full episode to hear some of their hot takes on why washed processing is the elite form, and why natural processes are sometimes more overwhelming than they are enjoyable. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Vis...
Apr 15, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud podcast! A couple of months ago Chris and our Marketing Team Leader Michael took a trip out to Seattle to hang out with La Marzocco. While there they had the chance to connect with Kent Bakke, their former CEO turned Board Member, and figured they might as well record a podcast! This week's episode is all coffee and espresso geekery; a chat between two friends about their lives in the coffee industry, and Kents lifelong obsession with coffee. Listen to this week's...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud podcast! This week Chris, Jared, and Charles are covering a whole host of topics from prepping for SCA, the creativity that goes into connecting all the arms of our company, and even reminiscing on some of the weird and wild times of early Verve. Listen to this week's episode to hear how theyve built their Quality Check skills and the work that goes into not just chasing goals but flowing through the process. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do y...
Apr 01, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Were throwing it all the way back to 2021 for this weeks episode. This week we are revisiting a freshly quarantined Chris and Jared as they discuss the natural eb and flow of progress. Listen to this weeks episode for some perspective on taking that first step into the unknown and how we learn and grow even in the failures. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or email us at podcast@catand...
Mar 25, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Cat & Cloud podcast is connecting to the source. In this week's episode, Jared goes full Neo, talking about his experience test roasting for SCA, and shares his insight on intuitive forecasting. We also hear about the dream for a Cat & Cloud Beach Bodega, Chriss East Coast-inspired limited menu surf shop. And finally, Chris gets to ask Chuck the big question; how do you live your dream? Listen to the full episode to hear Chuck drop some serious wisdom on finding your dream life in whats happ...
Mar 18, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the very first Cat & Cloud After-Hours Podcast Chris, Charles, and Jared are staying late tonight to chat about all the different facets of our business and industry. From the coffee buying experience online and in store, to the complicated world of Green Buying even speculating on what might be our own brand stereotypes. Listen to this week's episode to hear from all three owners and their takes on how remaining true to yourself and your mission benefits both your business and the co...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud Podcast! This week Chris and Jared have each returned from some pretty spectacular visits with our coffee partners, and are hoping on to sharing both their experiences and the insights theyre bringing home with them. Listen to the full episode to hear the guys share their unique experiences in Costa Mesa with the Steelehead team, and Seattle at the La Marzocco espresso museum. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on...
Mar 04, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on the podcast is a Rerun from 2021 where Chris Jared and Charles Talk about ways to grow leaders in your company, how hands off or hands on to be, and what they had been discovering as owners of a small business. If you have heard this before or if you are listening for the first time it is a great conversation with a lot of insight. Enjoy! Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our websitecatandcloud.com/podcast, or...
Feb 26, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mr. Miyagi, Yoda, Jaime Escalante - all great mentors that helped those around them improve and become better. On this weeks episode of the podcast Chris asks Chuck about this same idea, as Charles is apart of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). EO is a community of people in similar entrepreneurial roles, who gather together helping one another with perspectives and real experience. For Charles it has been a great resource for him to grow, and receive various perspectives. This idea of communi...
Feb 19, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Well, Chuck didnt come back this week. But maybe next week! Well hold the space for him. This week on the podcast Jared gives us his full list of dream cafe improvements; from new grinders for improved product management to speakers that play the podcast in the bathrooms. And Chris dives in on how to help people find their opportunities at work, and build the confidence we all need to see our wins every day. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on where to look to find the twinkle. ...
Feb 12, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chuck is back on the podcast (maybe forever??)! This week on the Cat & Cloud podcast the whole ownership team sat down to discuss the importance of guest feedback. In an industry like hospitality, it can be hard to measure the success of guest interactions through all of our cafes, all of the time. But is it more important to hear from the folks who see us every day, or the folks whove come in for the first time? Listen to this week's episode to hear their thoughts on setting up and distributing...
Feb 05, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever been old people tired? Its rough sometimes. But fatigue or not Chris and Jared are here sharing some thoughts on the year ahead, changes coming to the podcast, even their opinions on moving to New York! Listen to the full episode for some reflections on the Vintage Chris Baca, the downfalls of transitional time, and ideal workspaces. Do you have a question youve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or em...
Jan 29, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys are back and bringing high-level looks at the difference between you and your work, and communicating our values through a feeling rather than the scripted words. Chris shares a bit about his experience diving back in with the marketing team, and Jared reflects on the changes currently in process with our retail leadership teams. Listen to the full episode to hear their thoughts on the progress theyve made in their departments, and how all that work intersects. Stay tuned till the end o...
Jan 22, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud podcast! This week Chris and Jared are keeping things fresh and are hopping on Instagram live to answer the questions that come through from our followers, and the end result is pretty awesome! Yall sent out a wide variety of questions; from how to progress in your own coffee journeys, to their dream origin trips or cafe cities, and even get into the nitty-gritty of our business structure. We loved having this chance to hear directly from our virtual community and...
Jan 15, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its 2024 yall! First podcast of the new year, which means its time for some self-reflection, and intention setting in the upcoming year. The start of a year is always a good time to look back on all the things weve learned, about our business and about our team. Listen to the full episode to hear Chris and Jared discuss, discovering team members hidden talents and passions through interviewing, finding ways to engage curiosity on the day-to-day, and bringing your team in on the process of creati...
Jan 08, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lets talk automation. This week on the podcast Chris and Jared discuss Chriss recent visit to the La Marzocco innovation gallery tour. La Marzocco has been touring the country with Mahlkonig showing off some of their newest innovations, and one of them has made quite a stir. The E80W Grind by Sync is the latest in automation technology, syncing with your espresso machine so that it can adjust itself to ensure the perfect grind. It has brought up the question of how much automation is too much? L...
Jan 01, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy holidays yall! Were coming to the end of the year and that means setting new intentions, company goals, and clearing out the grey areas. This week on the podcast Chris and Jared sit down to discuss their roles as Cat & Cloud owners. It can be hard to define your job as an owner of a company, but gaining clarity into your duties, writing out your own job description, and building intentional teams around you will create the solid foundation you need to grow. Listen to this week's episode to...
Dec 25, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast The podcast crew is on the move! We are recording from the car this week, and we have a captive interviewee, Marc Gessler. Chris takes this opportunity to ask his favorite question, Why do you work here? Whether its being able to contribute to and grow the community he grew up in or seeking those moments of connection, Marc shares his passion for working in the service of others. Listen to the full episode to hear Marc's take on why he connects so deeply to his work with Cat & Cloud. Do you have...
Dec 18, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Weve got a guest on the pod this week! Chris sits down with our good friend and designer of the Dialed Tamper Steven Monti. Steven, the owner of Artpresso Designs, got his start in the coffee industry by trying to solve the problems faced by professional baristas every day and has since created some of our all-time favorite bar tools. This week, the two are hopping on the mic to discuss his creation process and the understanding that you cant be everything for everyone. Listen to the full episod...
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