55 min
Building a Dope Family Business with Michelle Loyd, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Dope Coffee Company The Transition by Bunker Labs
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- Entrepreneurship
What's up Everybody, welcome to the inaugural episode of the transition, a show aimed at demystifying the entrepreneur experience for those of you looking to make the transition from the military into entrepreneurship. I'm your host Mike Steadman a Marine Corps Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, and member of the Bunker Labs Team.
In this inaugural episode, we interview Michelle Loyd, a Badass female founder & military spouse, who's the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Dope Coffee Company, an Atlanta based E-commerce coffee brand, looking to challenge the status quo of coffee culture, by blending hip-hop with coffee, dope branding, meant to amplify and elevate people of color. I've known Michelle and her husband Mike, for almost 10 years now, dating back to our time serving together in the Marines. Michelle was a contributor for my first blog, Fighting Mojo, and Mike and I actually produce another podcast, called Confessions of a Native Son. Michelle opens up about the challenges she and Mike fasted launching their first business, Solar Cafe, a Coffee Kiosk in Hempstead, N.C. Despite generating upwards of 100k+ in revenue per year, they racked up tons of debt and took a devasting loss after their kiosk was destroyed by a Hurricane. Michelle and her family picked up the pieces, rebuilding the brand, and making a hard pivot into what become Dope Coffee. Michelle gets intimate in this episode, discussing what felt like a loss of self while serving a military spouse, finding her new identity as an entrepreneur, and future plans for her family and company. I hope you enjoy the show and that it helps accelerate you on your entrepreneurial journey.
What's up Everybody, welcome to the inaugural episode of the transition, a show aimed at demystifying the entrepreneur experience for those of you looking to make the transition from the military into entrepreneurship. I'm your host Mike Steadman a Marine Corps Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, and member of the Bunker Labs Team.
In this inaugural episode, we interview Michelle Loyd, a Badass female founder & military spouse, who's the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Dope Coffee Company, an Atlanta based E-commerce coffee brand, looking to challenge the status quo of coffee culture, by blending hip-hop with coffee, dope branding, meant to amplify and elevate people of color. I've known Michelle and her husband Mike, for almost 10 years now, dating back to our time serving together in the Marines. Michelle was a contributor for my first blog, Fighting Mojo, and Mike and I actually produce another podcast, called Confessions of a Native Son. Michelle opens up about the challenges she and Mike fasted launching their first business, Solar Cafe, a Coffee Kiosk in Hempstead, N.C. Despite generating upwards of 100k+ in revenue per year, they racked up tons of debt and took a devasting loss after their kiosk was destroyed by a Hurricane. Michelle and her family picked up the pieces, rebuilding the brand, and making a hard pivot into what become Dope Coffee. Michelle gets intimate in this episode, discussing what felt like a loss of self while serving a military spouse, finding her new identity as an entrepreneur, and future plans for her family and company. I hope you enjoy the show and that it helps accelerate you on your entrepreneurial journey.
55 min