managing staff. “On any given day, we’re wearing a lot of hats,” Erin said, “but this is the element of being an entrepreneur that keeps things interesting.” To pay their bills while growing their business, Jon and Erin took on other jobs such as construction, landscaping, and property management for alternate sources of in- come. “We did not take a wage from the business for seven years. We just kept rolling the money back into it as much as we could,” Jon said. “We did get free coffee though,” he teased. The Sissiboo Coffee Roaster wholesale side of the business grew alongside the coffee shops. “I think people realized we were in it for the long haul and we’re worth investing in,” Erin said. They have now been picked up by over 100 businesses, from small coffee shops to restaurants, hotel chains, and grocery stores. Our customer base is very diverse at this point, but the majority are other small businesses,” she add- ed. When buying Sissiboo Coffee from either whole- sale or retail markets, people can expect high-quality,
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