At the age of five, Zarraffa’s Coffee CEO Kenton Campbell already exhibited an entrepreneurial spirit, starting up a bottle collection agency for all the bottles in his neighbourhood and carting them down to the local Safeway in Eugene, Oregon in the USA.

As a 20-year-old in 1990, Kenton worked as a waiter, developing an interest in the money passing through his hands. Key moments in the next couple of years also helped shape his business focus and a love affair with coffee.

After establishing a successful start up coffee cart, Kenton learnt a hard lesson about subleasing when the shop owner wrapped up the business from under him.

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