Iron Bean Coffee Company on Creating Raging Fans Around Your Passion

<h2>Iron Bean Coffee Company on Creating Raging Fans Around Your Passion</h2><p>I’m big on connecting the dots, so I can understand how my past experiences influence my current actions, beliefs, and mindsets.</p><p>If you know me by now, you know how open I am about growing up severely tormented and bullied. In fact, I had bullies all the way throughout college.</p><p>Being bullied made me crave acceptance, which I thought for a long time came in the form of popularity. I now understand the acceptance I craved comes in the form of community.</p><p>Being bullied was a blessing in disguise because it’s the catalyst for my strong beliefs in inclusivity, connection, positivity, and empowerment.</p><p>It’s why I created the <a href="http://bit.ly/PCFBGroup">FREE Perspective-Collective private Facebook Community</a> where isolated creatives all over the world can tap into a like-minded tribe of people who think differently and want more out of life.</p><p>It's why I coached football in the past, which evolved into coaching creatives today on how to build fulfilling and profitable side hustles.</p><p>Community is everything to me. That's why I'm trying to build through my podcast and brand—a place where people feel welcomed and inspired.</p><p>At the end of the day, it’s about the bigger picture. We’re just small cogs working in a scheme that’s <i>so much bigger</i> than ourselves.</p><p>Today’s guest is two people who understand the importance of community because they’ve built a thriving, raving, and raging fan base around their biggest passion: coffee.</p><p>I’m talking about Fred and Chanell Dedrick of Iron Bean Coffee Company in Ohio.</p><p>They’re a premium small-batch, roast-to-order, veteran-owned coffee company. They import their high-quality coffee beans directly from Colombia, Brazil, Uganda, Honduras, Peru, Ethiopia, Indonesia, & other far-off lands. Then, they personally roast every one of their kick-ass coffees to be shipped directly to you.</p><p>Not to mention they crush it in the merch department becaus