Accounted For

Join in for a conversation with Alex Castellani, Co-owner of Boxcar Social and veteran coffee professional. Boxcar Social is a cafe and bar with 4 locations in Toronto and 1 in Halifax and one of my go to places for some light acidic coffee. Alex got degrees in business and philosophy but instead of embarking on the path of an academic, he would make coffee his career through some fateful encounters from living in Vancouver to taking a break from school. We talk about his journey of building and growing Boxcar Social with his three partners, the state of coffee in Canada, the coffee value chain and more! We touch upon the tactical and philosophical in the world of coffee, food and entrepreneurship.

Show Notes

Join in for a conversation with Alex Castellani, Co-owner of Boxcar Social and veteran coffee professional. Boxcar Social is a cafe and bar with 4 locations in Toronto and 1 in Halifax and one of my go to places for some light acidic coffee. Alex got degrees in business and philosophy but instead of embarking on the path of an academic, he would make coffee his career through some fateful encounters from living in Vancouver to taking a break from school. We talk about his journey of building and growing Boxcar Social with his three partners, the state of coffee in Canada, the coffee value chain and more! We touch upon the tactical and philosophical in the world of coffee, food and entrepreneurship. 

What is Accounted For?

Everyone walks a unique career journey. No matter how "linear" it may look in their LinkedIn profile, it is never that simple. Most people that have careers you aspire to have had to struggle. They had their own obstacles and made their own luck. Some careers you dream about may not even be what you assumed it would be. All assumptions should be tested and that is what I seek to do in this podcast. Follow along as I interview people on what they actually do in their careers and why they made the jumps in their careers, some quite unorthodox.