Daniel Neuhaus, from Six8 Coffee Roasters and Trader & Co., on dealing with growth pains in a business started in a domestic kitchen from a passion for coffee and making a difference.

Show Notes

@danielneuhaus from @six8coffee and @traderandco in Yass shares his experiences of starting up an #ethicalcoffee #smallbusiness and his thoughts on where to next for the #coffeeindustry. 

In our discussion we cover;

• Starting a business with a clear #purpose from the confines of a small apartment and growing it to where it is today
• #coffeeindustryexploitation
• How travels and experiences of #underdevelopedcommunities across #Vanuatu, #Thailand, and #Brazil (to name a few) drove the #motivation for creating more #ethicallysourced and traded coffee in Australia
• How these experiences “have shaped #howwedobusiness” and see the businesses still giving back to organisations Daniel worked with on previous Christian missions
• Why Daniels “businesses are a force for good” and how they shape every decision and interaction
  • #businessforgood
  • How this creates a #culture between owners, staff and #consumers
• Challenges all #smallbusinessowners face when taking the big leap to start
• The importance of #educatingconsumers about the purpose and reasoning behind a business as its own marketing tool; to create a cycle of #wordofmouth
• Having a #mentor through any stage of your small business journey
• Understanding how two businesses, although interwind grow at different rates, require different needs and employees
  • The process of separating the 2 businesses to gain better individual insights
• Asking the question “what kind of business do I want to grow?”
• Discussions of business models looking at revenue verses profit when giving percentages back to communities
• Small businesses supporting causes they are championing for
• #Socialenterprise verse self-described business with purpose
• Businesses with dual purpose; building a business that is scalable but also doing good along the way.