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Real stories from building Rad Coffee, raising three girls, teaching myself everything, and making the software I always wished existed. Grab a coffee — 4 shots, over ice.

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How Rusty & I Started Rad Coffee With One Shop and Zero Clue

The full story of 2015 — the single shop, the stubborn idea, and everything that went sideways in year one. Still writing this one between espresso shots.

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Running a Company as a Mom of Three

People ask me how I "balance" running companies and raising three daughters. I don't. There isn't always someone else to call when you own the company — you are the someone else. Here's what that really looks like.

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My Brain Isn't the System Anymore. DeskPanther Is.

For a really long time, my brain was basically the operating system for my businesses. Did we order cups? Is something broken? Did the cash get counted? If I didn't remember to ask, sometimes nobody did. Here's why I'm building the system instead.

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