Fostering connections across the coffee community - A conversation with Laughing Man Coffee

5THWAVE - The Business of Coffee and Hospitality

English - April 29, 2024 09:20 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Business Arts Food coffee cafe coffeeshop hospitality leader marketing technology entrepreneur culture espresso Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Nurturing relationships at origin - A conversation with La Cabra

Next Episode: The art and science of building wholesale coffee accounts

In this episode we’re speaking with David Steingard, CEO and co-founder of New York-based coffee business, Laughing Man.

David founded Laughing Man in 2009 with his business partners, united by a vision to foster connection, positivity and community through coffee. The company has also set up a related charitable initiative The Laughing Man Foundation and more recently, the content creation space Laughing Man Studios.

In this conversation, David shares incredible insight and wisdom from his years building and scaling a boutique business and discusses his upcoming plans for expanding via franchising. He also shares Laughing Man’s mission to improve the lives of coffee growing communities, supporting better housing, education scholarships and women-led cooperatives.

Credits music: "Aurora" by Matt Kent in association with The Coffee Music Project and SEB Collective

Subscribe to 5THWAVE on Instagram @5thWaveCoffee and tell us what topics you'd like to hear