Coffee Lunch Coffee

What Coffee Lunch Coffee does

Coffee Lunch Coffee is a privately held, solo-practitioner business networking coaching and consulting firm founded in November 2011 by Alana Muller and based in Shawnee Mission, Kansas (Kansas City metro). The company commercializes a proprietary methodology called 'Coffee-Lunch-Coffee,' which structures professional networking around a sequence of coffee and lunch meetings, and delivers it through three core service lines: keynote speaking engagements, one-on-one and team coaching, and strategic consulting and facilitation (including strategic planning, meeting facilitation, and writing coaching). Its stated customers are individual professionals seeking career advancement, corporate teams and leaders seeking to improve internal communication and business development, and associations and educational institutions booking training and speaking engagements.

The firm's product surface beyond services is a small direct-to-consumer e-commerce catalog operated on its own WooCommerce storefront at coffeelunchcoffee.com and distributed additionally through Amazon: a $5 networking tips mini-book, a $15 networking methodology book authored by Alana Muller, a $17 anthology chapter contribution ('Growth – Deconstructing GRIT Collection'), and a $20 branded 15oz Kona mug. Pricing for coaching, speaking, and consulting engagements is not publicly disclosed and is assumed to be quote-based. The company holds WBENC certification as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE).

Coffee Lunch Coffee has no proprietary technology platform, no app, no API, and no disclosed integrations. Its distribution is exclusively direct (engagements booked via the website contact form or email to Alana Muller) plus the e-commerce storefront and Amazon retail presence. Marketing is anchored by an active blog of 300+ posts dating to November 2011, supplemented by organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest) and an email newsletter. The company is privately held with no disclosed investors, parent entity, subsidiaries, or funding rounds, and operates as a founder-led service practice.

Name

Coffee Lunch Coffee

Legal name

Coffee Lunch Coffee

Website

https://coffeelunchcoffee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coffee Lunch Coffee is a Kansas City-based business networking coaching and consulting practice founded in 2011 by Alana Muller, delivering keynote speaking, one-on-one coaching, and strategic facilitation built around the proprietary 'Coffee-Lunch-Coffee' networking methodology for individual professionals, corporate teams, and associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Speaking Engagements: Fees charged for speaking engagements at corporate events, conferences, retreats, associations, and meetings where Alana Muller delivers networking training and motivational presentations.
2. Coaching Services: One-on-one coaching engagements focused on networking skills, brand reputation, and career advancement.
3. Strategic Consulting and Facilitation: Strategic planning services, writing coaching, meeting facilitation, and special project work leveraging corporate management and strategy background.
4. Book and Digital Product Sales: Sale of published books and mini-guides through the company's e-commerce shop and Amazon (paperback and Kindle editions).
5. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including 15oz orange Kona mugs imprinted with the Coffee Lunch Coffee logo.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Coffee Lunch Coffee is a networking coaching and consulting practice founded by Alana Muller that delivers speaking engagements, one-on-one coaching, and strategic consulting and facilitation built around the founder's proprietary Coffee-Lunch-Coffee networking methodology. The company helps individual professionals and corporate teams build stronger professional relationships, improve internal communication, and execute on networking strategies. It also generates revenue through the sale of published books, a mini-guide, an anthology contribution, and branded merchandise via its e-commerce shop.

Product overview

Coffee Lunch Coffee is a business networking coaching company founded by entrepreneur and executive leader Alana Muller, based in Kansas City. The company operates as a coaching and consulting practice rather than a software platform. Its product portfolio consists of three core service offerings (Speaking, Strategic Consulting and Facilitation, and Coaching) designed to help individuals and organizations build stronger professional relationships and achieve networking goals. Additionally, the company sells four products through its online shop: a networking tips mini-book ($5), a comprehensive networking book by Alana Muller ($15), a chapter contribution to the GRIT Growth anthology ($17), and branded merchandise (15oz orange mug, $25). The company is WBENC-Certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Speaking Engagements Engagement service in which Master Networker Alana Muller speaks at corporate training events, meetings, conferences, retreats, and association meetings on professional networking topics. Aimed at audiences seeking to strengthen relationship-building skills.
• One-on-One Coaching Personalized one-on-one coaching engagements with Alana Muller focused on bolstering networking skills, building brand reputation, and determining next career steps. Designed for individual professionals and corporate leaders.
• Strategic Consulting and Facilitation Strategic planning services, writing and writing coaching, meeting facilitation, and special project work provided by Alana Muller. Draws from her corporate background in general management and strategy and is targeted at organizations seeking an evergreen, action-oriented approach to strategic planning.
• Coffee Lunch Coffee: A Practical Field Guide for Master Networking Alana Muller's essential networking book offering an accessible, immediately actionable approach to professional networking. Helps readers formulate a strategic mindset around networking while creating a game plan to connect with others. Also available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle editions, with personally inscribed copies available directly from the author.
• Tips for Making the Most of Networking Events A convenient mini-book providing five easy-to-implement tips that bolster confidence, comfort, and effectiveness during networking interactions. Aimed at professionals preparing for networking events.
• Growth – Deconstructing GRIT Collection An anthology in which more than 40 women share inspiring stories of stepping into courage, leading from the heart, and personal evolution. Alana's chapter, 'Discover Your Purpose,' provides a roadmap to creating a personal mission statement. Available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, with personally inscribed and signed copies available directly from Alana.
• Coffee Lunch Coffee 15oz Orange Kona Mug A 15 oz orange Kona mug imprinted with the Coffee Lunch Coffee logo. Sold as branded merchandise through the company's e-commerce storefront.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• American Public SquareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican Public Square provides a forum for non-like-minded people to engage in civil discourse about controversial and potentially polarizing local, regional, national and world issues. Coffee Lunch Coffee partners with American Public Square as part of its community engagement and networking philosophy.
• Max Muller & AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMax Muller & Associates is a training and consulting organization that believes education is a lifelong endeavor. Its training and educational programs use adult learning principles to promote learner engagement and information retention. Listed as a partner organization on Coffee Lunch Coffee's Partners page.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Mind Tools: A digital library of business and career skills content, including networking resources, sold via subscription to individuals and corporate L&D departments. Comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee in subject-matter focus but offers scalable digital delivery rather than personal coaching.

Direct peers

• Strategic Coach: A coaching firm for entrepreneurs and executives structured around recurring group workshops and personal coaching. Comparable in its reliance on a single founder's methodology, structured framework, and high-touch coaching delivery.
• Vistage Worldwide: A peer advisory and executive coaching organization for CEOs and business leaders, with a methodology centered on facilitated group meetings and one-on-one coaching. Highly comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee's coaching + facilitation model, serving a similar senior-professional segment.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: A global training and coaching company offering courses in leadership, communication, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Directly comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee in the business skills coaching space, with significantly greater scale and a licensed-training delivery model.
• BNI (Business Network International): The world's largest business networking referral organization, built around structured weekly meetings and relationship-building methodology. Highly comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee's networking-focused methodology and target audience of relationship-driven professionals.
• Toastmasters International: A global membership organization focused on communication, public speaking, and networking skill development. Comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee in its skill-development mission and community-driven approach, though delivered via a non-profit club model rather than paid coaching.

Broad incumbents

• Robbins Research International: A personal development and business coaching empire built on a single founder's personal brand, books, events, and coaching programs. Comparable to Coffee Lunch Coffee in the founder-driven coaching model, but operating at vastly greater scale.
• FranklinCovey: A global training and consulting firm offering leadership, productivity, and execution solutions to enterprises. Overlaps with Coffee Lunch Coffee in the corporate training space, but operates at much greater scale and with a broader portfolio beyond networking.
• Center for Creative Leadership: A leadership development organization offering executive education, coaching, and research. Overlaps with Coffee Lunch Coffee in the leadership/relationship-building coaching space, but serves a much larger enterprise and government client base.

Emerging players

• BetterUp: A tech-enabled coaching platform combining AI with a network of coaches for enterprise leadership development. Represents the technology-mediated evolution of the coaching model Coffee Lunch Coffee operates in, and a potential competitive threat in the corporate coaching segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alanamuller
• Facebookfacebook.com/coffeelunchcoffee
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alanamuller

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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