Something To Someone – A Conversation with Steven Monti

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4.8 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We’ve got a guest on the pod this week! Chris sits down with our good friend and designer of the Dialed Tamper Steven Monti. Steven, the owner of Artpresso Designs, got his start in the coffee industry by trying to solve the problems faced by professional baristas every day and has since created some of our all-time favorite bar tools. This week, the two are hopping on the mic to discuss his creation process and the understanding that you can’t be everything for everyone. Listen to the full episode to get a peak behind the curtain and learn how to fulfill market desires while remaining authentic to your mission. Check out Steven's collection of espresso tools! https://www.artpressodesign.com/ Do you have a question you’ve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or email us at [email protected] and tell us what it is, and maybe your question will be the one we answer next week! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catcloudcoffee/ Cat & Cloud: https://catandcloud.com/ Chris Baca’s Personal Blog: https://chrisbaca.com/ We are Cat & Cloud Coffee. Started by three friends trying to pursue their passions, with Integrity and intentionally, and it’s our mission to inspire connection, by creating memorable experiences. We're a small independent business and this is our story. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody today? I talk with Stephen Monty from ArtPresso design. ArtPresso makes
0:08.4	interesting barista tools that solve annoying barista problems. He helped me build and create my
0:15.1	dialed tamper, this project that we worked on together. It's basically my dream tamper that we
0:18.9	brought to life. He's done collaborations
0:21.1	with Jimmy Butler and Big Face Coffee doing espresso machine customizations. And as we'll talk
0:26.6	about today, there's a lot more in the works for ArtPresso. Stephen is, he's got such interesting
0:33.6	insight because even though he's in the coffee industry now, he's a designer by trade
0:38.6	and he spent decades in the shoe industry. He worked for the world's largest shoe company.
0:45.1	You fill in the blanks on that one. That's all we can say. And I love talking with him because
0:49.7	he's so thoughtful. The products that he creates aren't just simply widgets. They're incredibly
0:55.8	inspired. They're incredibly thoughtful. And they're built from a designer's perspective.
1:01.4	Not generic. Incredibly focused, incredibly specific. And they're just awesome. I love the stuff
1:08.5	that we've been working on together. I'm just going to quit blabbing, and here is Stephen Monty from ArtPresso Design.
1:17.6	Dude, we're back.
1:18.7	I know.
1:19.3	It's been a while.
1:20.1	Back in the mix.
1:21.2	So whenever you're here, I always want to ask you about transition from the corporate world
1:25.8	into the world you're in now.
1:27.8	And it's been how long since you started ArtPresso?
1:32.6	So 2016 we began and it was a side hustle.
1:39.4	I guess I can say this now.
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