In 1908, Edward and William Manning launched Manning’s, a successful coffee and restaurant business that operated for 76 years. At its peak, the company employed over 800 people and operated over 65 coffee stories, cafeterias, and bakeries on the West Coast. In...

Business Success Rates Building a successful business is challenging, and every year, businesses around the world fail. Even a business that manages to survive for a few years is not guaranteed to be a long-term success. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of...

Manning’s was a successful coffee and restaurant business that implemented best practices in business management and operated for 76 years. Edward and William Manning, the brothers who founded the company, adeptly applied sustainable business practices, and developed...

In 2011, I moved from Kansas City to Washington State for a few years. I knew that coffee was reputedly a major part of Pacific Northwest culture—let’s join Frasier at Café Nervosa!—but I was surprised to find that coffee was part of just about everything. At work,...

Sometimes, life doesn’t go exactly as planned. Years ago, we owned several rent houses together, and we needed a legal partnership. We were also writing together, primarily about ethics, and wanted the partnership to include a legal basis for our writings. We formed...