Today I will introduce you to the founder of the international food & fintech startup Big Smile Coffee, Kirill Popov. In this episode, we will talk about coffee vending in the Dubai market, tell you how to negotiate with landlords, what difficulties an entrepreneur faces when entering the international market, and how much you can earn selling coffee in self-service coffee shops. Subscribe to Kirill Popov's Telegram channel "It's not about coffee": https://t.me/+2TLSJDGfdDRmOThi 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Meeting the founder of Big Smile Coffee 01:26 How did the coffee business start? 03:44 How did the idea to enter the international market come about? 07:20 Old-format coffee shop design 08:31 Coffee shop equipment features 09:14 Rental area and cost 09:50 Difficulties with location rentals 11:22 Attracting customers to a coffee shop 12:12 New-format coffee shop design 12:53 Product marketing 13:45 Self-service coffee shop features 15:47 Frequency of control and maintenance of outlets 16:05 Additional assortment in coffee shops 16:51 Vandalism at the outlet 17:22 Coffee shop production in Dubai 18:47 What is the average daily sales per outlet? 19:22 Average bill, revenue and net profit per outlet 19:56 Time to launch one coffee shop 21:10 Mistakes and difficulties when entering the Dubai market 28:19 Competition in business, how to stand out? 32:50 Coffee shop format with hot and cold drinks 34:37 ​​Area and rental cost 35:10 How does a self-service coffee shop work 38:09 Cost of coffee shops of different formats 39:14 Company development plans 40:12 Business development model 43:35 How to choose the right location for coffee shops? 44:15 Competition with large chains 45:28 Employees in the company 46:47 How to attract customers to outlets? 49:05 Benefits of doing business in Dubai 50:28 Documents for doing business in Dubai 53:16 Tips for entrepreneurs Advertising. Advertiser: Lifehacker Com LLC, INN: 1831206161, OGRN: 1221800010244, erid: LjN8K45da For cooperation and advertising - [email protected] Subscribe to me on social networks: Telegram channel - https://t-do.ru/razborshik VKontakte group - https://vk.com/razborshikchannel