#42 Coffees ☕️
In my popular LinkedIn post series I introduce small business professionals from my network after meeting them for a coffee sharing their tips.
G’day, welcome to my LinkedIn series with the hashtag #42coffees!
Please let me explain what stands behind that unusual title.
In August 2023 I met copywriter Nick Bendel for a brekkie in a café in Cammeray, a suburb in Sydney’s Lower North Shore not far from my place.
Nick runs a series under the hashtag #500lunches on LinkedIn where he meets self-chosen people from his network he didn’t know well for a lunch to share what they do. I had the pleasure of being his guest #50 before the pandemic and kept connected to him ever since.
He got the idea from Kaley Chu from Melbourne, a formerly shy introvert who herself created #100lunches which she turned into a book of the same title and even became a movement.
In my view a coffee meeting is the ideal occasion to meet someone we already know (compared to a phone call to a stranger), therefore my series covers a coffee meeting instead of lunch.
As I started it in August 2023 and the financial year down under ends by 30 June, I called it #42coffees for roughly one post per week with Nick Bendel as my first guest.
Here are all episodes of the series so far - feel free to check them out!
Gunnar
Episodes Season 1
All guests are located in Sydney and the coffee meetings took place in Sydney unless stated otherwise. The links show the episode directly on LinkedIn.
Nick Bendel, 4 August 2023
Thomas Beresford, 11 August 2023
Jane Jackson, 18 August 2023
Sez Erbag, 25 August 2023
Alexandra Quinn, 1 September 2023
Sabina Sulovsky, 8 September 2023
Audrey William, 15 September 2023 - based in Kuala Lumpur
Craig McAlpine, 23 September 2023 - based in Auckland
Leanne Shelton, 6 October 2023
Petra Marková, 13 October 2023
Ursula Stroh, 27 October 2023
Alexandra Habitz, 3 November 2023
Anthony Vallario, 10 November 2023
Katrina James, 18 November 2023
George Hawwa, 24 November 2023
Laura Serra, 1 December 2023
Bryan Williams, 11 December 2023 - based in Melbourne
Shuba Paheerathan, 22 December 2023
Sylvia Huang, 29 December 2023
Razz Khan, 5 January 2024
Anna Bashkirova, 12 January 2024
James Partington, 19 January 2024 - based in Manchester
Karen Au-Yeung, 3 February 2024
Sonya Furlong, 9 February 2024
Michael Haynes, 16 February 2024
Nadia Lee, 1 March 2024
Priya Mishra, 8 March 2024
Urs Humm, 15 March 2024 - based near Zürich
Adam Lysle, 26 March 2024
Eric Vigo, 28 March 2024
Bianca Schwartpaul, 5 April 2024
Jane Thorpe, 8 April 2024
Arjun Rai, 15 April 2024 - based in New York, meeting in San Francisco
Alex Glenn, 19 April 2024 - based in Chicago, meeting there
Martin Thomas, 11 May 2024
Nidhi Sharma, 17 May 2024
Michele Gennoe, 25 May 2024
Jane Turner, 31 May 2024
Melanie Disse, 7 June 2024 - based in New Zealand
Aaron Huey, 15 June 2024
Timo Topp, 24 June 2024
Mario Bekes, 28 June 2024
Episodes Season 2:
Restarting the series into the second season with a new range of coffee meetings.
Sarah Levarre, 26 July 2024
Vinnie Romano, 2 August 2024 - based on the Gold Coast
Jamie & Cybill Getgood, 15 August 2024 - based in Adelaide
Camelia Vasile, 23 August 2024
Marie Alassi, 20 September 2024
Natalie Tran, 27 September 2024 - based in Melbourne
Steve Bambury, 4 October 2024
Rema Lolas, 14 October 2024
Shehzad Bhanji, 18 October 2024 - based in Adelaide
Alice Chou, 26 October 2024
Garima Singh, 2 November 2024
Lison Mage, 27 November 2024 - based on the Gold Coast
Francis Yim, 7 December 2024 - based in Melbourne, meeting there
Karen Crombie, 16 December 2024 - based in Adelaide
Nathan Linsley, 21 December 2024
Shivangi Dubey, 27 December 2024
Ujjwal Sharma, 3 January 2025
Brent Marcombe, 6 January 2025 - based in Melbourne, meeting there
Rachel WingMan, 7 February 2025
Sal Gallaher, 23 February 2025
Nicholas Eng, 25 February 2025 - based in Singapore
Ivan Kaye, 7 March 2025
Olga Bubnova, 21 March 2025 - based in Melbourne, meeting there
Veronica Llorca-Smith, 2 May 2025 - based in Hong Kong
Lloyd Thompson, 9 May 2025
Joanne Baldwin, 16 May 2025
Anne McKeown, 23 May 2025
Latha Karthigaa, 30 May 2025 - based in Melbourne, meeting there
Vishal Ahuja, 6 June 2025
Billy Bowyer, 13 June 2025
Oksana Koriakova, 17 June 2025
Daniel Biasi, 29 June 2025
Do you want to be part of the series as well?
Typically I select those I already know and built a relationship with, either in and around Sydney or at other places.
In order not to show too many professionals of the same profession or industry, I am careful how to select.
If you have something unique worth sharing and would like to meet with me - for this series or in general - please let me know by email.
The art of networking covered in my book
I cover the topic of networking online and offline also in my book, “Connect & Act - Systematic Social Selling”. You can learn more about or order it on its own website www.connectandactbook.com.
Thank you for learning about my #42coffees series, appreciated. Please share your thoughts, add your comments and maybe even some recommendations. Keen to learn from my readers!
Love the connections you're creating here, Gunnar. Can't wait to be part of your network.
I am so thankful Gunnar for our coffee epidode and I cannot wait to read about it! I could have talked to you for hours...I love inspiring conversations. There is always something new to learn...to share! Thank you :) Gaia