S1: Community

👥 Discussion: What does community mean to you?

Jenn Chen

Feb 14, 2024 — 1 min read

As part of Season 1's topic about community, I am opening this post for the entire season to collect answers and host a discussion space around "community."

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Community vs industry

Coffee can be both & some more thoughts on private equity in coffee.

Some post-expo thoughts

Unstructured thoughts, two days after Expo, for paid subscribers.

When community is taken advantage of

The stories of three industry veterans who were hired into companies backed by investment money and founded by non-coffee people. Their community ties were extracted, and then they were laid off.

🔎 In Focus: Leaderboard, Part 2

This is a continuation of the In Focus interview sent out last week. It features Suneal Pabari and Grant Gamble, co-founders of Leaderboard, the worldwide mystery coffee game. Paid subscribers receive bonus interview content when there’s too much to fit into the first part.

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Community vs industry

Some post-expo thoughts

When community is taken advantage of

🔎 In Focus: Leaderboard, Part 2