Lessons Learned: Harvey Jelks of Jelks Gourmet Coffee
“Lessons Learned” is a biweekly series where we ask ecommerce business owners to share their experiences and advice. For this installment, we interviewed Harvey Jelks, president of Jelks Gourmet Coffee, an online retailer of roughly 1,500 freshly roasted coffees and Cajun food products. Jelks has been in the coffee business since 1972, and in 1978 he purchased the F.E. Morgan Coffee Company, which has been roasting beans since 1896. Jelks went online with the business in 1999, and the Shreveport, La.-based store now employs six and garners just under $1 million in annual revenue. Here we give you Jelks’ experience and advice.
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Lessons Learned: Harvey Jelks of Jelks Gourmet Coffee
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