Koko Samoa: Fipe Preuss on taking risks and founding a chocolate company
About this episode
Fipe Preuss discusses her journey as a risk-taker and co-founder of a chocolate company that collaborates with Samoan farmers.
Fipe Preuss is wired for the leap. At 16 she skydived without telling her parents, then learned to find calm midair, underwater, and in rooms full of people. That is the person we are meeting, the risk taker and community maker, who later co-founded Living Koko, a Melbourne chocolate company working with small-plot Samoan farmers to turn fair-priced cacao into small-batch chocolate, drinking cacao and teas. Stories From The Pacific’s host Wendy Mocke speaks with Phoebe (Fipe) about her roots, the leaps that shaped her, and the future she wants on the ground. Listen to this episode on ABC Radio Australia.
People in this episode
Host: Wendy Mocke
Guest: Fipe Preuss
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- risk-taking
- community building
- sustainable agriculture
- chocolate production
Keywords
- Fipe Preuss
- Living Koko
- chocolate
- Samoa
- entrepreneurship
- risk-taking
- community
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Living Koko
Products: chocolate, drinking cacao, teas
Places: Samoa, Melbourne
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