Rohan Molligoda bet on himself before he had any reason to.
No track record. No safety net. Just a pizza shop in Woolacombe, a belief that it'd work out, and a quiet decision. If it falls apart, we rebuild.
It didn't fall apart.
Two businesses. Four kids. Winters in Sri Lanka. A community that showed up when everything got hard. A life built entirely on his own terms.
In this conversation, he breaks down exactly how that happened. The risks he took, the stuff that nearly broke him, what changed when the kids arrived, and why he still gets in the water even when the surf is rubbish.
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00:00 — Accepting support is the hardest part
00:21 — How Rohan set the pathway for everyone
00:53 — Doing everything before his friends — marriage, kids, business
01:54 — Skiing, Steph, and the first no that became a yes
02:36 — How do you have your coffee?
03:30 — How Rohan got into coffee by accident
05:05 — Starting a coffee business with a surfing accountant
06:29 — Getting into Woolacombe at the right time
07:13 — Where the entrepreneurial spark really came from
09:06 — The pizza shop freehold and the people who believed in him
10:04 — Crisis management as a superpower
10:29 — If it fails we're young — we can just rebuild
11:53 — How kids changed everything
13:05 — This is a lifestyle business not a make me a millionaire business
14:41 — What Woolacombe actually means to him
15:57 — Why the water fixes everything
17:20 — Watching the next generation skate and surf
18:06 — Risk, age and watching your kids have zero fear
18:51 — Work life harmony is actually seasonal harmony
19:49 — Sri Lanka, the Iran situation and two months away
21:05 — How old are the kids now
22:02 — What he wishes he knew as a parent on day one
23:36 — Accepting support is the hardest part
24:09 — What he wishes he knew when he started his business
26:56 — Have a flexible plan — not a fixed one
28:01 — Photography, surfing and protecting what you love
30:51 — When your passion becomes your business
33:35 — Why he will never turn surfing into a business
34:08 — The one song that gets him going every time
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Andy Casey
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Rohan Molligoda
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