Guided business planner
Work through your idea, customers, location, budget and target opening date in 10 guided sections.
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Shopping lists, menu and drink cost calculators, startup budgets and a launch checklist for your coffee cart, trailer or café.
Compare business formats, calculate your funding gap and daily sales target, and save your plan as you work.
One-time purchase. No subscription.
Shopping lists for cart, trailer and café
Menu and drink cost calculators
Startup budget and funding gap calculator
Monthly budget and break-even sales forecast
Launch checklist with dates and progress
Plan in a day. Opening takes research, approvals and preparation.Follow one of three paths, explore a completed example, then build a plan around your actual quotes and decisions.
Example numbers only. Your costs depend on your menu, equipment, location and local requirements.
Use the guided online workspace, then download the plans, checklists and workbooks for your own business.
Work through your idea, customers, location, budget and target opening date in 10 guided sections.
Compare the three business formats before choosing which one to plan.
Equipment and supply lists for each format, organized into essentials, conditional purchases, later upgrades and often-forgotten costs.
Add equipment and other startup expenses, contingency and cash reserve. See your total startup budget and funding gap.
Calculate ingredient-by-ingredient costs, packaging, waste and payment fees, then check pricing against your target margin.
Calculate break-even drinks per month and daily sales targets, including owner cash needs and debt payments. Test a 25% drop in sales.
Use lender-preparation questions, a document checklist and links to funding resources to prepare for financing conversations.
Keep track of local requirements and the questions to ask each office before committing to a location or equipment.
Assign task owners and dates, track progress and see your next three actions.
Explore illustrative cart, trailer and café plans before entering your own numbers.
Download the Quick Start Guide PDF, editable Excel workbooks, shopping and launch checklists, local-office questions and your personalized plan PDF. Checklist exports include PDF and CSV formats.
Your signed-in work saves to your account so you can return to update quotes, costs and launch tasks.
Explore completed cart, trailer and café plans before entering your own numbers. Every example is clearly labeled as illustrative.
Work at your pace. Your signed-in plan saves to your account, so you can return when quotes and answers arrive.
This simple preview uses one average drink. The full toolkit connects your actual menu mix, fees, owner cash needs and selling days.
500 drinks / month
Illustrative inputs. Fixed costs ÷ contribution per drink. This excludes owner pay and debt unless included in your inputs.
$19.99one time · USD
One purchase includes the online planner, calculators, shopping lists, launch checklist and downloads. No subscription.
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$19.99 total, including applicable sales tax. Secure payment through Stripe.
One payment gives your account ongoing access to this Quick Start Toolkit and its downloads for your own business planning. No subscription required. You may share your completed plan with your team and advisers. Do not resell or redistribute the blank toolkit. Other paid Academy resources are not included. Active All Access members can use the toolkit while their membership is active; downloaded files remain theirs to use.
People taking their first serious look at a coffee business, or turning scattered research into an actionable first plan.
The one-day goal is a first plan. Permits, funding, equipment, site preparation and opening depend on your situation.
No equipment, financing or permits are included. Links are examples to investigate; local officials and qualified advisers confirm what applies to you.
Get all the tools above for $19.99 once. Save your work online and keep your downloads.
Active membership includes this toolkit. Sign in to open your workspace. If you also want the broader Academy resources, explore All Access membership.
One payment gives your account ongoing access to this Quick Start Toolkit and its downloads for your own business planning. No subscription required. You may share your completed plan with your team and advisers. Do not resell or redistribute the blank toolkit. Other paid Academy resources are not included. Active All Access members can use the toolkit while their membership is active; downloaded files remain theirs to use.
Educational planning resources. Estimates, example prices and calculations are not quotes, lending offers or legal, tax or financial advice. Verify local requirements before committing money.
Toolkit price: $19.99 USD total, including applicable sales tax.