Here we are..

My first post at A Thought Over Coffee was on January 28th, 2005. For those of you who have been here reading this blog over the nearly 600 posts since that time know, it has not been an easy or graceful journey to this point. It is nice to say that Cafe Evoke (Catering) has finally served it's first cup of coffee! We are still on the journey of finding the right location for our brick and mortar storefront, but we now have the ability to serve this community and get our name out there and introduce ourselves in tangible form. We still have a long way to go to make this business successful and there are quite a few things on the to do list for this week -- still. I am very excited with the response we had this weekend at our first two events but I have to remember that now is the time to pedal harder and faster. There are letters to be sent, follow up phone calls to be made, and marketing plans that need to be acted on. Here is my list for this week as it looks on my dry erase board: 1. Budgets 2. Website Contract Approval 3. Reports from this weekend 4. Distribute information 5. Discuss current job situation 6. Financial Forecasts/reporting systems This will be a busy week of paper work and planning. We have been hired already for an event next Sunday afternoon just by serving this weekend but we cannot rely solely on word of mouth marketing. There are many banks, real estate offices, and businesses that host events that would suite Cafe Evoke Catering very well so they need to have our information in their hands. We want Cafe Evoke Catering to be the first thing people think when they begin planning their next event. I will be working full time at my current job while trying to get Cafe Evoke Catering up and going. The idea is to try and switch to part time work to free up some time during business hours to work on catering stuff. As it stands now, I will be getting paperwork together in the evenings and putting stuff in the mail the next morning. This has been a great journey over the past several years but not every minute has been enjoyable. I have learned alot and know that I have a long way to go with this business to really get it off the ground. It has been a long road but we have finally reached our first milestone here in Bozeman. ..be bold Tagged: Cafe Evoke Catering, coffee, bozeman, montana,espresso