In 1995, I was running a highly profitable advertising agency in Sydney with 200 people. When I was approached by my business partner with the Gloria Jean’s concept, I said: “I don’t know a lot about fashion.” All I had heard was “jeans”. My business partner said: “It’s coffee.” I thought we could open a … Continue reading “Aim high – if you shoot at nothing, you’ll hit it every time”: John Irvine, Gloria Jean’s Coffees