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An telecommunications store serving food would hardly be out of place in today’s Tokyo or another major metropolitan city. Forget Toyko, as they never say — we’ve got a quirky cafe of our own, right here in Tacoma, around the corner form Stanley & Seafort's at 3323 Pacific Ave.
Based on the Harvard Business School model of Blue Ocean Strategy — whatever the hell that is — Bluewater Wireless Café Business Center follows the “concept of creating a different kind of business with a customer-centered base” according to their Web site.
Their Web site explains that they built their business on “innovation, values, trust, loyalty, best practices, and a spirit of evolution reaching beyond current demands.”
I’ll tell you what they did. They stuck a café serving coffee and sandwiches in the back room of a telecommunications retail business that also serves as a business center. They sell GPS tracking services, datacards, Blackberries and wireless solutions — and a tasty latte. Check out their products/services here.
I surfed the Web in their café while watching the tragic events in Iran on CNN, sipped coffee and listened to tunes swirl about from multiple speakers.
They have a huge parking lot in the back. Drop by today with your canned food as they’re running a food drive for local charities.
They have locations in Federal Way and Bonney Lake among others.
[Blue Water Wireless Café Business Center, 3323 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.471.2675]
