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For the last little while I’ve been playing around with Replit to build a few apps for my coffee roasting business East Coast Roast. In this article I’ll break down some lessons learned over the last few months. You hear a hell of a lot of opinions about ‘vibe coding’, ranging from ‘it’s impossible to […]

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First off, if you were an investor in Black Hops or a creditor that got screwed in its collapse, there is no need to buy the book. I have released all the relevant information publicly for you to have the full picture of what happened.  The reason the book is not free, is you can’t […]

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At the same time as publishing this post, I also released the book “Black Hops Down: The Rise and Fall of Australia’s Most Loved Craft Beer Brewery”. This post is an excerpt from the book. If you were a BH investor, please read this post, there is no need to buy the book, I’ll explain […]

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In February 2023 I finally left Black Hops for good. I’d started the company with Eddie and Govs, I was the major shareholder, CEO and one of only 2 Directors for the entire time minus a few months (when Tony Sutherland came on board to break the deadlock between me and Eddie).   I’d given […]

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In early 2022, when we upgraded the canning line at Black Hops I signed off on a multi-million dollar loan from Judo Bank. I was sold on them being friendly to founders, and at that time our business assets were worth more than the amount owing, so I wasn’t super worried about it. But I […]

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In July 2022 I was the CEO, Co-founder, major shareholder in Black Hops Brewing Pty Ltd, Australia’s favorite craft beer Brewery.   Eddie, my co-founder came into my office.  “Are you dating Erin?” He said.  “Um, yeah”.  “People are not happy, they are saying it’s inappropriate”.  After a few months of being together, the news finally […]

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I wrote this post in my journal a while ago. I thought I’d share it now to help people understand the ups and downs of running a business. Everyone talks about failure after the event when they have overcome it, and are now successful. I figured I’d talk about it while it’s happening. Today I […]

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I don’t often share thoughts when people pass away. I never really know what to say, plus I’m scared of delivering the wrong words. But this time I think I’ll share a few things, because if I don’t, they won’t ever be seen. I first came across Kerwin Rae about 20 years ago. I went […]

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A while ago I bought a small hosting business VIP Digital, and at the same time I started a small WordPress support business WP Master. Shortly after, I was able to purchase my coffee business East Coast Roast and my focus has been on the coffee business. I haven’t been able to give the hosting […]

After years of content, I’ve finally decided to start with video. In this post I’ll detail the plan for April 2024, and at the end of the month I’ll report back with the results. Background In 2015 I wrote ‘Content Machine‘, a book about Content Marketing, which focused around the businesses I’d been able to […]

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