#245 - Man Sells $1,400 in Coffee to Neighbors with NextDoor App

Synopsis

A California man teaches himself to roast coffee (nearly burning down his apartment), then uses the Nextdoor app to sell around $1,400 of coffee to his neighbors. The episode covers a hyper-local, social-network-driven food product sold door-to-door on a neighborhood app. Startup cost is essentially a home roaster.

Ideas in this episode

• DTC ecommerce brand

  A California man teaches himself to roast coffee at home and uses the Nextdoor app to sell about $1,400 to neighbors. The episode frames it as a hyper-local direct-to-consumer coffee brand started with a home roaster.