Meet Luis Angel

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Luis Angel. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Luis Angel, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?

I get my work ethic from amazing parents who work so so hard. I believe their hardwork and dedication to provide for me and family truly has shown me how important it is to work hard for everything you have. They truly have inspired me to do what I do now. They have given me the ability to see how important it is to have the courage to work hard and never give up on my hopes and dreams. I have been able to work so so hard to the ability where I have grown and expand my business so far just because of their help and encouragement.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

Hello my name is Luis Angel I am the proud owner of LA Coffee Shop. I began LA Coffee Shop at the age of 10 years old as a lemonade stand straight from my house. I then carried out my lemonade stand all up to the age of 13 years old. I then turned 14 years old and knew I wanted to make a change to my business and turn it into a coffee shop. I then started exploring and researching all about coffee as I loved drinking and trying coffee from multiple different coffee shops. I then knew I needed to create a name and logo and knew I wanted to create a business name with my first name in it which consisted of it being LA which stands for my first name Luis Angel. I then began exploring and researching about cool logos and was inspired by a Green leaf and the concept of the color Green. Green represents prosperity,harmony, and growth which truly resonates with me and my business. I then created my logo and did my research all about coffee and various drinks which then inspired me to started selling coffee straight from my house just like my lemonade stand. I then began selling to numerous people in my neighborhood such as close family,friends and neighbors who are so supportive and generous. I then began finding events which landed me to my first ever event at CampBell Elementary School which truly help me to promote and expand my business to my community. I still to this day have connections with the amazing people from CampBell which have hired me and helped me find events all over places here in Denver. I then hired friends and people from school to help me out with LA Coffee Shop who have sticked with me for over so many years. From there me and my team began selling at multiple events such as Craft Fairs,Famers markets and much more! I then did events for the Children Entrepreneurs Market which lead me to winning a $1,000 dollar scholarship from them 2 times in a row which was a huge blessing! I then began investing more into LA Coffee Shop with those scholarships and have expanded over the years. With the help of my amazing parents,team and community we have been able to grow bigger and better into a larger company. I am know 17 years old and have invested and worked so hard to build and grow my business with the amazing people that have leaded me to a road of success. Till this day we currently still operate out of my house as a home-based coffee shop which we have a online ordering app which people can order online and do curbside pick from my house or get delivery. We also do pop up shops,events and caterings to multiple locations here in the Denver area. I truly am so honored and blessed to have build an amazing community and team within my business and feel so so grateful that my dreams and goals are slowly becoming true to reality. Thank you so much for hearing my story.

~Luis Angel Dominguez Hernandez
(Owner Of LA Coffee Shop)

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Three skills that I feel are very important and impactful for me upon my journey on LA Coffee Shop are consistency,dedication and passion. These three skills are truly so beneficial as they have helped me and taught me how important it is to be consistent when carrying and maintaining a business and finding portions of time to carry consistency in your business to be able to succeed. Dedication is truly another important skill as gives you as business owner the confidence and ability to work so hard to achieve your business objectives and achieve your hard working abilities on growing bigger. Lastly the biggest skill that truly means so much to me is passion. Having the passion to be able to work so hard and do something so meaningful shows how important your goals and dreams are to creating and growing your business as a business owner. These three skills are truly so essential and impactful for me as I have given my all to my business.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

The people who have truly helped me develop essential skills,qualities and knowledge are my team! My team truly has helped me so so much that I truly cannot imagine myself without them. They inspire me to get up everyday to overcome the hard challenges and skills that I thought I could not accomplish. They give me the love and passion to continue working hard to build a successful business and team upon LA Coffee Shop. Skills,Qualities and Knowledge I have build with them is patience,organization and management skills. These skills have taught me crucial lessons about how important it is to have these skills and qualifications as it not only builds an amazing business but an amazing team. My team is always in my heart and I truly love and appreciate every little thing they have done for me and helping me build these skills. I love you guys!!!

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Dayanara Lozano
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