Because I travel a lot and stay in a lot of hotels with club floors and use airline lounges religiously, I have had the opportunity to test drive just about every leading coffee technology out there, especially those using prepackaged coffee, the current craze.

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Mini-experiments do not need to be expensive, they just need to involve the target customer group and test assumptions you have about your business model.

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