Week-one Seattle licenses: a Capitol Hill espresso tech's route

Maya services espresso machines across Capitol Hill and Ballard. She needs to show up the week the Seattle business license posts — before another vendor locks the soft-open service contract.

Cold dumps failed. Seattle licenses and permits (trailing 7 days) are the trigger.

What changed

She bought SeaLead for $19. After Stripe, packs were emailed directly from Armorlight.

That week

• Mon: five fresh food licenses near Broadway; booked Tuesday café walkthrough.
• Wed: quoted a group-head clean + water-filter package before the soft open.
• Thu: a Ballard bakery license became a second install slot.

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