#74 Saxon Wright - Co-Founder of Huskee and Pablo & Rustys

In this episode, I interview Saxon Wright - co-founder of Huskee and founder of Pablo & Rusty's coffee roasters. Coffee lovers will be familiar with the Pablo and Rusty's brand that Saxon started in 2003 and still owns today. Huskee was born out of an idea to eliminate single-use disposable coffee cups and now employ 30 people and recently merged with packaging company BioPack.

Throughout the episode, Saxon discusses the pros and cons of raising capital and how it has influenced each one of his businesses. He also explains how he has learnt to become a leader and when exactly to delegate tasks instead of doing it yourself.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Highlight Clip
• 0:54 Introduction
• 4:02 When Did Saxon Start Pablo & Rusty's
• 5:47 When Saxon Wright Realised Pablo & Rustys Would be Successful
• 7:45 Looking Back Would Saxon Wright Have Taken Capital on his First Business
• 9:46 Saxon's Thoughts About Capital Raising for Huskeew
• 13:09 Competitors of Huskee
• 14:52 How Long was Idea to Product Stage
• 15:56 Huskee's Big Win with Nespresso
• 18:04 Huskee's Growth and Employee Count
• 18:28 How Saxon Wright has grown as a Manager
• 20:13 How Being an Impact Driven Company Helps Develop Culture
• 21:19 Saxon Wright's Biggest Strength in Business
• 22:10 When is the Best Time to Bring Someone Else onto the Team
• 24:08 How Have You Overcome or Outsource Your Weaknesses Over Time
• 26:00 The Biggest Leargning Saxon Took from his Previous Businesses
• 27:08 How Does Extra Ambition Accelerate the Business
• 28:40 How Merging With BioPack will Help Accelerate Huskee
• 29:43 The Challenges Saxon has Found with Merging Huskee
• 31:44 What Saxon Enjoys Most About the Business
• 32:38 Saxon Wright's Business Inspirations
• 33:52 What does the Future Hold for Huskee and Saxon
• 35:58 Saxon's Favourite Coffee and How He Judges Them
• 37:58 Outtro