Bootstrapped venture · consumer operations · coffee
Typo Coffee
Building a profitable multi-site coffee business from zero.
Typo is the clearest proof that I can move beyond analysis into physical execution. We bootstrapped the business ourselves, built a differentiated drive-thru coffee concept, expanded to three profitable locations, added a roastery and wholesale division, and created a team that now manages day-to-day operations independently.
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The operating problem.
Competitive category, no free pass.
Coffee is a daily habit, but it is also a crowded category. The challenge was to build a differentiated customer experience with enough speed, quality, pricing discipline, and brand consistency to win repeat behaviour.
My role.
- Concept creation and customer experience design.
- Operating model optimisation across speed, throughput, quality, and detail.
- Sourcing, pricing, supplier coordination, and commercial judgement.
- Marketing, brand presentation, and public product assets.
- Government grants for roastery and roasting capacity.
- Systems that allow the business to run independently day-to-day.
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Evidence assets.
Product and brand system: live specialty coffee product line and ecommerce-ready collateral.
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What this proves.
Taste + operationsCustomer experience is not decoration; it becomes site design, product, speed, pricing, team habits, and repeat purchase.
Physical-world executionLeases, fit-outs, suppliers, equipment, stock, labour, rush periods, cash flow, and quality have to work in the real world.
System designThe business became stronger as the operating model became clearer: local retail → repeatable sites → roastery → wholesale.
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