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From Bartender to Coffee Bar Owner: Building Bonzi with Brent Hayes & Jeff Juul | Episode 35 of Heavy Lifts Podcast
What does it take to go from slinging cocktails at 2 AM to opening one of Salem's most talked-about coffee and boba spots? In this episode, Nat sits down with Brent Hayes and Jeff Juul — the duo behind Structure Bar Logistics and the newly opened Bonzi Coffee — to talk about a 15-year friendship, building a business out of necessity during COVID, why they gave away ownership to their team, and what it really looks like to build something from the ground up with your own two hands.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a hospitality industry vet, or just someone who loves a great origin story, this one's for you.
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Nat: @natborchers on Instagram
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Bonzi Coffee - Brent Hayes and Jeff Juul
▸ @bonzaicofferteabar on Instagram
#HeavyLiftsPodcast #BonziCoffee #SmallBusiness #SalemOregon
19 Jun 2026
Community is Family and KOFI with Margarita Antunez & Tiffany Morales Baca | Episode 34 of Heavy Lifts Podcast
This week, Nat and Makayla are joined by Margarita Antunez & Tiffany Morales Baca, owners of 45th Parallel's newest coffee and cocktail bar, KOFI.
The community will already be familiar with Margarita and Tiffany from Margarita and Ricardo Antunez's Xicha Brewing, and if the women weren't busy enough, they're now opening a new, vibrant, social, and community-focused coffee-and-cocktail spot and continuing the mission of offering an inclusive, family-friendly, cultural environment by creating a community around Latin American culture, small bites, house-roasted coffee, and cocktails.
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Nat: @natborchers on Instagram
▸ @backlinerealestate on Instagram
▸ www.backlinerealestate.com
KOFI: Margarita Antunez & Tiffany Morales Baca
▸ @kofipnw on Instagram
#HeavyLiftsPodcast #KOFIPNW #LatinaOwned #SmallBusiness #CommunitySupport
12 Jun 2026
A Certain Mystical Experience & Zebra Migration with Chris Fischer | Episode 33 of Heavy Lifts Podcast
In this episode of Heavy Lifts, Nat Borchers sits down with Emmy-nominated filmmaker, alongside returning co-host AJ Nash! Plus, Chris has a major announcement you won't want to miss.
Chris shares his journey from CPA to commercial real estate broker to financial advisor, and finally to the wildlife filmmaker he always wanted to be. From a mystical bear encounter in Alaska at age 10, to a life-changing safari in South Africa at 30, Chris's origin story is one of relentless reinvention, 20,000 hours of craft, and the courage to follow what lights you up.
🎬 The Big News: Chris's documentary on the longest terrestrial zebra migration in Africa — filmed over 21 grueling days in Botswana during COVID — has just landed a 3-year international licensing deal with National Geographic, airing across European, Middle Eastern, and African audiences.
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Nat: @natborchers on Instagram
▸ @backlinerealestate on Instagram
▸ www.backlinerealestate.com
Chris:
@chrisfischerfilms
@rushlightagency
DUST documentary | Self-produced, directed, and shot wildlife documentary on the zebra migration in Botswana:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26770570/
#HeavyLiftsPodcast #WildlifeFilm #DocumentaryFilmmaking #Filmmaking #EntrepreneurPodcast
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