Mark

"And that's where the, uh, that's where the, the idea for Cafe Lux was, was born."

"My main responsibilities are coaching and mentoring and training if necessary. And inspiring and motivating the team to do their best."

"Being updated regularly on the happenings at the cafe. Oh, you know, so and so celebrity showed up today."

"The most important attribute is being curious. Uh, wanting to continue to learn, wanting to continue to grow as a person, as a teammate, as a member of a team."

"I enjoy being on a really tight-knit team, um, where everybody's bringing their best every day and seeing that and egging that on is really fun."

"If I make a mistake, depending on the size of the mistake, all 90 of us are, all, a hundred of us are out of a job."

"The people who are in this industry are really awesome people."

"I think the people who thrive in this industry are people who have a demonstrated passion for something, whether it's music, whether it's art, whether it's food, whether it's sports."

"If you don't love what you do, you should do something else and find that thing that you love to do."

"What people miss or don't, or don't truly understand is that a coffee business is a business like any other."

"Once you know what you want, don't be afraid to ask for it. Be clear about what you want, and asking for it isn't a bad thing."

"I learned humility...I thought I was the bomb. I was a big fish in my small pond of my high school, and then I went to college and I was with a group of people who were also the big fishes of their parts."

"Find what it is that you like, find that passion where you can direct all of that energy towards what you're doing."