Mick & Mat from thevillageco.com on using tech to 'keep more money in the local village'.

Show Notes

Mick, Mat and all of the management team sort of got tired of the corporate lifestyle. The thought "how do we come out and actually live our life with purpose and develop a company that excites us to get out of bed every day?". 

This was why The Village Co. www.thevillageco.com.au was born. 

It is now based in regional New South Wales. 

They are on a mission to create a positive future for local communities by combining creative people with the latest technology to design innovative solutions that disrupt the food service industry.

Their Virtual Supply Chain (VSC) product is an artificial intelligence backed supply chain solution that enables small businesses to compete with big businesses.

Right now, they are working in the retail butcher's sector. They have branded that platform Butchers United and are looking to unlock the value and the potential in the three thousand odd retail butchers around the country. 

Mick and Mat cover;

• Their planned disruption of the foodservice industry
• The limitations for small farmers and producers of the incumbent, large business dominated supply chain
• The future of local-to-local sales
• The tech and logistic solutions they are developing to give small farmers and producers the confidence and support to grow their product sales
• The extraordinary lengths they went to understand the retail butcher industry - they bought a butcher shop and ran it themselves to properly understand the challenges and opportunities
• Making the most of the large amount combined infrastructure that small business owns through providing accessible tech
• The consumer lead move to 'shop local'
• How food provenance is reshaping buying habits
• Their program to link growers of indigenous products into their own logistic network
• Their own personal challenges in getting their start-up running and funded