Athan Didaskalou – Coffee, Luggage & Mothers

Athan Didaskalou is an Australian entrepreneur and the co-founder of direct-to-consumer lifestyle and luggage brand July. In this episode we hear about what led to his decision to take on global brands in an established market and how he’s making waves. Starting with simple, elegant and functional carry-on, the brand has since grown to include checked luggage and in August 2019 opened their first retail space in Melbourne’s Emporium Shopping Centre. The company is on track to achieve $5 million of revenue in its first year of operations. A serial entrepreneur, Athan is also the founder of Australia’s largest online specialty coffee retailer, Three Thousand Thieves.