Ep. 15: Founder and CEO of Bluestone Lane, Nicholas Stone: How a Shit American Coffee Scene Drove This Australian to Open Up His Own Spot - a podcast by Grit Player Services

How the f**k did Nicholas Stone go from playing professionally in the Australian Football League to founding his own chain of coffee shops? Today, we chat with Nicholas about earning a degree in business as a professional athlete, his investment banking career that included a pitch to the C-Suite of Apple, and starting his own coffee company. Nicholas grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He got recruited to play in the AFL right out of high school. He went on to play at the sport's highest level for SIX years. After working with the largest bank in Australia for a few years after his athletic career ended, his fascination and passion for traveling led him to New York City. For three years, Nicholas was methodically opening up his own coffee shops and building the brand Bluestone Lane. All the while, he was still working as Director of Corporate Finance and Head of Americas (what a title) for ANZ. So how did Bluestone blow up to over 50 locations? And why was Cameron Diaz freezing outside one of his shops in the snow?

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