Jon Ewalt's guest appearances

Jon Ewalt

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Retail Professionals

The Effective Founder

Michael Phillips

Wade Foster

Scott Anthony Barlow

Pete Mockaitis

Jill Schlesinger

Laura Roeder

Steve Rhinehart

Sean Campbell

Brian Casel

Laura Gonzalez

Kyle Gray

Ryan Fisher

Lesley Eccles

Cameron Yarbrough

Nick Disabato

OwlTail

If there is one thing that is certain it is that, as you grow your roastery, you become pulled in a thousand different directions. The need to maintain the operation, drive sales, maintain relationships, improve  quality, etc becomes overwhelming to the point where you are not sure if growing is a blessing or a curse. Luckily for use, as the industry of roasting continues to expand too too do the resources we have at our disposal to help us beat overwhelm and recapture time and energy. In this category RoastTools is leading the charge to help you streamline, optimize, prioritize and focus on the right things for your roastery to truly thrive,  Today we are going to be talking with the founder of Roaster tools Jon Ewald.  As the founder of the award-winning sales and operations software platform for coffee roasters, RoasterTools, Jon Ewalt spends his days strategizing, coding and talking with coffee roasters on how they can get more coffee out the door. Jon isn’t just another developer who got the coffee bug; he spent eight years building a successful roastery with his wife in the tiny community of Bayfield, Wisconsin, where he developed systems that helped his small team roast, package and deliver thousands of pounds of coffee per week.  They sold that business to focus on building (software) tools that help the roasting community achieve that same level of success.  Jon is passionate about helping others avoid the mistakes he made, and freeing up founders to spend more time with the things that drive real change in their businesses: their team, their customers and the coffee itself. In today's conversation we will be covering:  Entrepreneurship and Improving operations Developing systems and inventing RoasterTools Solution to burn out Scaling through automation and delegation Clarifying your identity and focus Current shifts in the industry How Roaster Tools helps roasters Managing Sales channels  Curse of over optimization  Episodes to listen to next: 217 : Should you roast your own Coffee w/ Joe Marrocco of List &amp; Beisler 270 : A Conversation w/ Mark Michaelson of Michaelson Consulting! 152 : Essential Advice for Starting a Roastery w/ Jen Apodaca RoR #1: A Conversation w/ Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters   Visit our sponsors! www.prima-coffee.com/keys www.pacficfoodservice.com www.coffeefest.com

If there is one thing that is certain it is that, as you grow your roastery, you become pulled in a thousand different directions. The need to maintain the operation, drive sales, maintain relationships, improve  quality, etc becomes overwhelming to the point where you are not sure if growing is a blessing or a curse. Luckily for use, as the industry of roasting continues to expand too too do the resources we have at our disposal to help us beat overwhelm and recapture time and energy. In this category RoastTools is leading the charge to help you streamline, optimize, prioritize and focus on the right things for your roastery to truly thrive,  Today we are going to be talking with the founder of Roaster tools Jon Ewald.  As the founder of the award-winning sales and operations software platform for coffee roasters, RoasterTools, Jon Ewalt spends his days strategizing, coding and talking with coffee roasters on how they can get more coffee out the door. Jon isn’t just another developer who got the coffee bug; he spent eight years building a successful roastery with his wife in the tiny community of Bayfield, Wisconsin, where he developed systems that helped his small team roast, package and deliver thousands of pounds of coffee per week.  They sold that business to focus on building (software) tools that help the roasting community achieve that same level of success.  Jon is passionate about helping others avoid the mistakes he made, and freeing up founders to spend more time with the things that drive real change in their businesses: their team, their customers and the coffee itself. In today's conversation we will be covering: <ul> <li>Entrepreneurship and Improving operations</li> <li>Developing systems and inventing RoasterTools</li> <li>Solution to burn out</li> <li>Scaling through automation and delegation</li> <li>Clarifying your identity and focus</li> <li>Current shifts in the industry</li> <li>How Roaster Tools helps roasters</li> <li>Managing Sales channels </li> <li>Curse of over optimization</li> </ul> Episodes to listen to next: <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/roastyourown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">217 : Should you roast your own Coffee w/ Joe Marrocco of List &amp; Beisler</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/markmichaelson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">270 : A Conversation w/ Mark Michaelson of Michaelson Consulting!</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/jenapodaca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">152 : Essential Advice for Starting a Roastery w/ Jen Apodaca</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/annecooperror/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RoR #1: A Conversation w/ Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters</a> Visit our sponsors! <a href="http://www.prima-coffee.com/keys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.prima-coffee.com/keys</a> <a href="http://www.pacficfoodservice.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pacficfoodservice.com</a> <a href="http://www.coffeefest.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.coffeefest.com</a>

285 : Better Systems, Better Connections w/  RoasterTools Founder, Jon Ewalt

For the next 2 weeks, I’ll be releasing an episode on Tuesdays and Thursdays, to gear up for  on April 9th. These episodes will be focused on self-funded, often solo-founders. Some are on the smaller side, while others have ARRs over 7-figures, but they all have valuable lessons to share for any founder. Today, on the Early-Stage Founder Show, I’m talking with , the founder of  a SaaS startup to help coffee roasters run better and more profitable businesses. In our chat, we cover everything from how Jon used his experience running a roastery to launch a SaaS app to the struggles he had getting the product developed as a non-technical founder. What I think is most valuable for you, though, is hearing about Jon’s struggles as a solo founder and his plans to grow his team beyond himself. If you’re thinking it may be time to expand your team but aren’t sure where to get started, this is the episode for you.

28: Jon Ewalt on When to Grow Beyond Yourself