Owner To Owner Podcast

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.

Episode Summary

Daniel Neuhaus from Six8 Coffee Roasters and Trader & Co. cafe in Yass, NSW shares his experiences of moving from his work on Christian missions to opening these two businesses. We cover how and why the two businesses came about, the importance of ethical sourcing and fair trade, and doing good through business by giving back to those less fortunate.

Episode 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.