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Intrapreneur spotlight: Tackling homelessness one coffee at a time

Intrapreneur spotlight: Tackling homelessness one coffee at a time

Whilst working at Hutt St Centre, Olivia Betro was provided with seed funding to start a social enterprise. The idea was a coffee cart that would provide training and skill-building opportunities for their clients who are struggling with homelessness. The vision was crystal clear, but the road map was a blank sheet of paper. Olivia was surprised to find that rather than feeling paralysed with fear and inadequacy as she ventured into the unknown, she embraced the challenge and jumped in head-first, and the “Beans Talk” coffee cart was born. What she didn’t realise at the time was she had just taken her first steps as an intrapreneur.