The Mobile Business Podcast

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The smartest startup of 2026 fits in a van. Coffee Carts, Bar Carts, Dessert Carts, Graze Boards, Photobooths. The mobile event service business is booming, and we are here to walk you through it all, from starting to scaling. Hosted by the Founders of Flashquotes, the #1 software for mobile businesses, each weekly episode covers the hot topics and burning questions of cart owners. You don't want to miss out on the wealth of knowledge shared by host Justin Goodhart, founder of Goodhart Coffee, one of the largest Coffee Catering operations in the US with over 70+ carts. Plus, guest interviews with successful mobile business owners of all types. Catch us every Friday at 9am PST.

  1. 1d ago

    77.Luxury Event Strategy: How to Charge More for Your Coffee Cart

    A 1980s Arizona jewelry store couldn't move its turquoise. The owner's note said cut the price in half. Her manager misread it and doubled it instead. Sold out in a day. In this episode Daniel, Zach, and Justin break down the buying psychology behind mobile business pricing: why discounting your coffee cart kills bookings, how social proof and Google reviews close event clients, why cold email isn't working, and the free tasting math that beats paid ads. Plus the foot in the door move that turns one corporate event into a recurring monthly contract. Timestamps: 00:55 Intro + Mobile Business School replay 02:21 Influence by Cialdini and the turquoise jewelry story 06:28 Expensive equals good: pricing psychology for event services 08:08 Veblen goods: Rolex, Birkin, and Ferrari 09:36 Why discounting your coffee cart hurts bookings 10:50 Social proof, Google reviews, and trust before the sale 13:44 Reciprocation, liking, authority: branded aprons and your website 17:26 Cold email for catering: why you're getting crickets 21:19 $300 to Google Ads vs. a free tasting: the real CAC math 22:39 Foot in the door: landing recurring corporate coffee accounts 24:36 Owning the client relationship instead of Thumbtack and Amazon 29:35 Default settings that 2-3x your gratuity 31:20 Founder dissatisfaction: a skill, not a personality 37:21 Martha Graham's blessed unrest 40:28 The Dream 100 and running better meetings Links: Mobile Business School (free community) → https://mobilebusinessschool.com Flashquotes, booking and quoting software for mobile businesses → https://flashquotes.com Goodhart Coffee → https://goodheartcoffee.com Resources Mentioned: Influence by Robert Cialdini  Nudge by Thaler & Sunstein  The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes Mark McLeod on founder dissatisfaction  Martha Graham's "blessed unrest" #CoffeeCartBusiness #MobileBusiness #EventCatering #CoffeeCatering #MobileBartending #SmallBusinessPricing #EventProfessionals #Entrepreneurship

  2. Sep 11

    76.The 5 Levels of AI for Business Owners: Turn Claude Into Your Employee

    Most business owners are using AI at Level 1 and don't know there are four more levels above it. In this episode, Zach walks through the five levels of AI usage: from basic chat all the way up to autonomous agent loops that write the Flashquotes newsletter while he's away from his keyboard. Every level comes with real examples: an SEO audit of flashquotes.com, a corporate lead list built from scratch in Denver, a live P&L artifact wired to QuickBooks, and a 20-agent newsletter assembly line. 👉 Grab every prompt from this episode: https://go.mobilebusinessschool.com/prompts TIMESTAMPS 00:00  Intro 00:59  LEVEL 1 — Chat: treating AI like a smarter Google 14:18  LEVEL 2 — MCPs and connectors: giving Claude your data 20:32  LEVEL 3 — Artifacts: build your own mini apps 24:24  LEVEL 4 — Custom Skills: teaching Claude your preferences 28:47  LEVEL 5 — Agentic loops: work that happens without you 30:40  Inside the Flashquotes newsletter loop 38:50  Wrap-up LINKS & TOOLS MENTIONED Claude → https://claude.ai Wispr Flow (voice-to-text) → https://wisprflow.ai Superwhisper → https://superwhisper.com PostHog (web analytics + MCP) → https://posthog.com Ahrefs (SEO) → https://ahrefs.com Kit (email) → https://kit.com Astro (website framework) → https://astro.build Flashquotes → https://flashquotes.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Found this useful? Drop a comment and let us know if you want more AI episodes, and don’t forget to subscribe for weekly episodes.

  3. Sep 4

    75.From $500 Weddings to a Photo Booth Empire: Brandon Wong's Story

    Brandon Wong spent $15,000 on a photo booth that needed a rented U-Haul trailer, two hired hands, and two hours to set up. So he sketched a better one on graph paper, had a local fab shop build it, and took the prototype to a trade show that cost him another $15k. He sold $100,000 worth in three days, and then doubled it the next week. Thirteen years later, Photo Booth Supply Co has sold tens of thousands of booths in all 50 states and 30 countries. We sit down with Brandon for one of the most tactical episodes we've done. Open-book financials, the hire that took the company from $1M to $3M, why he was wrong about executive recruiters, and a live demo of a free tool that builds you a photo booth business plan from your zip code. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Welcome: every state, thirty countries 04:34 — The pipe-and-drape era: PVC pipe, red curtains, and a $15k mistake 06:31 — Betting $15k on a trade show booth at 22 years old 07:29 — $100k in three days, doubled the next week 09:32 — The insight that changed the industry: killing the enclosure 16:07 — Most owners have one booth. Here's what separates the ones who scale. 20:41 — When do you quit? The 3x rule for going full-time 27:14 — Justin's selfish question: adding photo booths to an existing event business 31:31 — 🖥️ Live demo: the free profit calculator that builds your business plan 36:14 — Hiring your first employee: the mistake almost everyone makes 40:31 — Scorecards: public KPIs, green cells, red cells, no hard conversations 43:03 — Profit sharing, open books, and why 2020 was their best year ever 50:51 — "I was vehemently against executive recruiters. They work." 56:40 — The three jobs of a CEO, and the 1-to-3 rule for business stages More from Brandon: Photo Booth Supply Co: https://photoboothsupplyco.com Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothsupplyco/ Free profit calculator: https://profit.photoboothsupplyco.com Flashquotes: https://flashquotes.com Join our community: mobilebusinessschool.com Mentioned in this episode: The Great Game of Business — Jack Stack (open-book management, scorecards) Traction — Gino Wickman (the EOS framework) Peer groups: EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization), Vistage, YPO WPPI — Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Subscribe for new episodes weekly.

  4. Aug 28

    74. How the Top Mobile Cart Owners Use FlashQuotes to Quote in 10 Seconds and Book More Events

    If you run a mobile cart business, speed wins bookings. In this FlashQuotes masterclass, the founders break down exactly how the top mobile cart owners use FlashQuotes to quote in 10 seconds, automate follow up, and run operations without the chaos. This is not theory. This is the quoting, sales, and operations system the best operators use to charge more, book faster, and keep every event on point. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - How to set up auto drafting so your quotes are perfect every time with no manual edits - The cost plus pricing formula top carts use instead of flat packages, including staffing rules, mileage, and supplies - How dynamic pricing, instant quoting, and trust thresholds let clients book and pay immediately - The sales pipeline and automated follow up sequences that close more deals without chasing - The operations system for task templates, staff checklists, invoices, and calendar sync that keeps service consistent ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Why top coffee cart owners quote faster and book more 02:33 Auto drafting and pricing your cart to quote in 10 seconds 17:43 Dynamic pricing and instant quoting that clients trust 34:27 Sales pipeline and automated follow ups that close bookings 50:33 Operations, task templates, and getting paid before the event ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LINKS AND RESOURCES Try FlashQuotes for your coffee cart: https://flashquotes.com Book a live demo: https://flashquotes.com/demo Join the free Mobile Business School community: https://mobilebusinessschool.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT MOBILE BUSINESS SCHOOL Mobile Business School is for operators building freedom with mobile service businesses. No storefront, no lease, just smart systems and high margins. We interview the top founders in coffee carts, mobile coffee, and catering to give you the playbook. Want more cart masterclasses like this? Subscribe and comment what system you want us to break down next. #coffeecart #mobilecoffee #coffeecartbusiness #mobilebusiness #flashquotes

  5. Aug 21

    73.How to Automate Your Mobile Business with Zapier (Save 20+ Hours a Week)

    Zapier can save your mobile business hours every week, no code required. In this masterclass, Daniel builds real workflows that connect your booking software to the tools you already use, so leads, scheduling, and feedback move on their own. If you run a coffee cart, a food truck, or any mobile service, these automations are built for you. WHAT'S INSIDE 00:00 What this masterclass covers  01:05 What Zapier actually is  02:50 Webhooks vs polling  05:20 The "if this, then that" mindset  06:10 Flash Quotes + Zapier integration  08:10 Building a Connect Team workflow 10:10 Setting up your first trigger  15:10 Loops explained  18:00 AI agents that qualify leads  22:00 Sending lead alerts to Slack  23:00 Auto-adding subscribers to email  24:00 Post-event feedback forms  28:00 Scheduling automations with code  32:00 Looping events and staff  35:00 How to get your use case built Join the free Mobile Business School community: https://mobilebusinessschool.com Try flashquotes for free: flashquotes.com

  6. Aug 14

    72.How to Hit Your First $100k With a Coffee Cart (with Christian Lynch)

    Christian Lynch built Phase Two Coffee from a single cart in Kansas City into one of the largest mobile coffee catering operations in the country. In this masterclass he breaks down the exact path to your first $100,000 with a coffee cart: the math, the outreach, and the data tracking most operators skip. IN THIS EPISODE • The $100k breakdown: why it's really $8,300 a month and how seasonality changes the plan • Why "track your numbers" is the advice everyone gives and almost nobody follows • The 20% rule for cutting underperforming events without the FOMO • Two hours a day of outreach: the system Christian used to fill his calendar • Why LinkedIn is the most underrated lead source for coffee carts in 2026 and 2027 • Cold outreach that actually gets replies • The minimum effective dose of content marketing • How to test demand with a Google Business Profile before you over-invest CHAPTERS 02:19 Christian's origin story 06:48 The path to your first $100k 09:23 The $8,300 a month math 12:12 Why tracking changes everything 17:01 The 2 hour a day outreach system 19:26 LinkedIn is the most underrated lead source 26:21 Cold outreach that gets replies 37:49 The minimum effective dose of content 56:54 Staffing your second cart 1:03:11 Testing demand before you invest 1:05:49 Christian's AMA and how to connect LINKS Mobile Business School community: https://go.mobilebusinessschool.com Phase Two Coffee: https://phase2coffeeco.com/ Christian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christian.j.lynch/ Phase Launch coaching (Christian's coffee cart coaching): https://stan.store/phaselaunch  Join the free Mobile Business School community to join Christian’s Hot Seat Coaching on August 24th: https://community.mobilebusinessschool.com/c/events/christian-lynch-ama

  7. Aug 7

    71.One Chairlift Conversation Led This Coffee Cart Owner to Making Millions

    Justin Goodhart didn't set out to build the biggest coffee catering company in America. He started with one sketchy cart towed by a 1999 Camry, and one conversation on a chairlift that changed everything. In this episode of the Mobile Business School podcast, Justin Goodhart, founder of Goodhart Coffee, breaks down exactly how he turned a hobby cart into a multi-city, high-volume catering operation. No fluff, no hype, just the real systems, the real numbers, and the real turning points that made it click. In this episode, he explains why a professional website is your digital home, how he split sales and operations into separate roles, and why he refuses to buy a cart that's too big. If you run a coffee cart or a mobile coffee business and you want to scale past "just one cart," this one's for you. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:08 The premier coffee caterer on the planet  3:42 Born a survivor  14:28 The coffee cart that started it all  17:18 Building the first cart out of a 1999 Camry  20:59 The first big break that validated everything  26:52 The chairlift conversation that changed everything  33:32 First warehouse, building the fleet  56:59 Splitting sales and operations into human-sized roles  1:09:11 From founder force to a self-perpetuating machine  1:16:16 The fastest path to your first paid event  1:20:53 The money line on loving your business In this episode we cover: The exact story of how one cold outreach landed a $12,000 event and proved the business could workWhy the chairlift conversation made Justin realize his "cute little fun business" could be seriousHow to split sales and operations so both teams actually stay motivatedThe "human-sized roles" framework for hiring you can scale without breakingWhy a professional website beats social media as your long-term digital homeThe fastest path to your first paid catering event (it's your existing network) Join the free community for mobile business and cart owners: https://www.mobilebusinessschool.com Try Flashquotes, the quoting tool built for mobile service businesses: https://www.flashquotes.com

  8. Jul 31

    70.We Reacted to 7 Mobile Business Ideas. Here's What We'd Actually Start (July Q+A)

    Which mobile businesses are actually worth starting? In this episode of the Mobile Business Podcast, Daniel, Justin, and Zach react to seven highly profitable mobile business ideas and break down what makes each one viable. They evaluate market demand, profit potential, organic lead generation, average order value, and how difficult each business would be to operate. The episode covers mobile wheelchair repair, childproofing, pet transportation, locksmithing, knife sharpening, luxury restroom rentals, dumpster rentals, and other overlooked service businesses. They also explain how to validate a business idea before investing, generate leads, close more sales, and build a mobile business around real customer demand. Plus, our monthly Q+A where we answer questions from the Mobile Business School members. Join the free Mobile Business School community: https://go.mobilebusinessschool.com/community Timestamps: 00:00 Episode intro and mobile business ideas 09:49 Mobile Wheelchair and Scooter Repair 15:25 Mobile Dentistry 16:06 Mobile Childproofing 23:08 Mobile Pet Transportation 26:38 Mobile Locksmith 29:01 Mobile Knife Sharpening 31:12 Ice Cream Catering 44:34 Following Up With Lost Leads 46:17 Tracking Sales Data in Slack Try out the best software for mobile businesses for free: flashquotes.com/demo

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The smartest startup of 2026 fits in a van. Coffee Carts, Bar Carts, Dessert Carts, Graze Boards, Photobooths. The mobile event service business is booming, and we are here to walk you through it all, from starting to scaling. Hosted by the Founders of Flashquotes, the #1 software for mobile businesses, each weekly episode covers the hot topics and burning questions of cart owners. You don't want to miss out on the wealth of knowledge shared by host Justin Goodhart, founder of Goodhart Coffee, one of the largest Coffee Catering operations in the US with over 70+ carts. Plus, guest interviews with successful mobile business owners of all types. Catch us every Friday at 9am PST.

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  • Creator
    flashquotes
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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