An Inside Look at Sugar Bot Sweet Shop and Creamery: Building a Successful Business with Unique Products and Valued Employees. In this interview I talk to Jackie Huebbe the owner of two successful businesses, Sugar Bot Sweet Shop and Creamery. She details how she started with the bakery after leaving the corporate world. Jackie emphasizes building community through inclusive hiring practices and competitive pay. Overall, Jackie's focus on unique products, valued team, and giving opportunities to all lays the foundation for Sugar Bot's ongoing sweet success.
1. Jackie's background in graphic design and her decision to leave corporate work to pursue baking
2. Starting the Sugar Bot Sweet Shop bakery out of her home in 2012
3. Quickly outgrowing two storefront locations due to business growth
4. Acquiring the Little O's soda shop in 2016 and transforming it into the Sugar Bot Creamery
5. Facing challenges in sourcing high-quality ingredients and equipment
6. Implementing inclusive hiring practices and competitive pay to build employee loyalty
7. Educating staff on full business finances and costs to boost understanding
8. Continued growth leading to a new larger Creamery production space in 2020
9. Advice to others to plan for scaling up by defining roles and hiring help early on
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