The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan
442: How to Lead a Mission-Driven Business with KeepCup Co-Founder Abigail Forsyth
After running a small cafe chain for over a decade, Abigail Forsyth experienced firsthand the amount of packaging waste used in the food and beverage industry. So, in 2008 she co-founded KeepCup and created the world’s first barista standard reusable cup. In the last 15 years, she built KeepUp into a multi-million dollar brand with reusable cups and bottles sold in 65 countries worldwide. Learn how she’s built a mission-driven business and adapted to the changing nature of sustainable products.
Listen to Nathan and Abigail discuss:
- Bringing KeepCup to life while running her cafes
- Getting her first B2B order using a shoebox
- Why behavioral change is the hardest thing to do
- The challenge of having B2B and B2C customers
- Scaling internationally and managing a growing team
- Becoming one of the first Australian B Corporations
- When a TV program doubled orders overnight
- The impact of Coivd-19 on the reusable industry
- How to deal with copycats
- And much more on mission-driven business…
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