So, I'm sitting at Peaberry's on its final day of business, thinking that what La Crosse needs is not yet another coffee boutique, but a Kinkos that serves coffee, sandwiches and offers wireless access. Not the caffinated equivalent of a bar, with music too loud to hold a conversation, but a place set up with dampers (such as call center cube farms use) to keep you in your own bubble. Heck, if the real estate's cheap enough--which it should be for some years to come in a lot of markets--why not throw in the conference room version of Japanese capsule hotelling for those who want even more quiet?
I mean, how many startups are all-but-launched in a Starbucks or Caribou Coffee or other coffee shop? Someone needs to find right business model for startup incubators disguised as coffee/copy shops and run with it.
