ITL183: Behind the Scenes of the Sporty Citrus Business—with Special Guest, Austin Andrews
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, we have Austin back in the studio with us to talk about his business, Sporty Citrus.
This business has taken off in a way that I don't think we could have imagined a few years ago.
- It's amazing what Austin is able to grow in pots—he grows grapefruit, satsumas, oranges, Meyer lemons, and a lot more.
- If Austin is running behind or has a really big job, I'll help with the trimming or will drive him around.
- Apparently I don't get paid very often, and I haven't been able to get myself fired yet, but Austin really handles most of the work by himself.
- He started with a little trailer on his bicycle.
There was a point where Austin was hired to work on a property with 25 mature citrus trees.
- The entire property had not been touched in 15 years.
- We would go there every single week all summer for a couple hours.
- I knew it was worth the sweat when he would be working on the tree next to me and I realized it provided a wonderful opportunity just to think of new things to talk about with one another.
- That time with him was something special.
We also got to talk to Austin himself this week, about Sporty Citrus and a lot more. Here are a couple excerpts:
What's been the coolest experience that's come out of Sporty Citrus?
Coming up, I'm going to get to speak at the Business Council of Alabama.
Is there any pressure on you because your dad is an author and people are seeking out his advice on what to do with their kids?
I wouldn't say it's weird, but it's definitely something I keep in mind…and I'm cautious.
In the full episode, you'll hear how Andy's wife, Polly, took advantage of a prime teaching moment when the boys began a silly argument about a chore…
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective |
| 0:06.5 | with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. |
| 0:10.4 | Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi and welcome once again to In the Loop with Andy Andrews. |
| 0:17.3 | I'm David Loy. |
| 0:18.2 | I'm your host, and we are honored, Andy, to have with us once again, |
| 0:21.8 | your son, Austin. Austin, thanks for joining us again. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. We're back |
| 0:26.1 | talking about Austin's business. We're talking about Andy, your side job. I know. I'm embarrassed, |
| 0:31.4 | though, that I don't know what y'all were talking about the four. Oh, we're testing the microphones |
| 0:37.2 | right before we started. |
| 0:38.7 | I mean, how do you and Austin know something that I don't know about thumb words? |
| 0:43.3 | You know what? My gut tells me that it's because Austin and I both have brothers. |
| 0:48.6 | And you did not. |
| 0:49.6 | This is true. But say it. |
| 0:52.8 | He said testing one, two, three, four, one, two, 3, 4, and I said, I declare a thumb war. And that is just that. That's the old thing where, you know, you're thumb wrestling with somebody and you start 1, 2, 3, 4. That's how you start the war. Well, I've heard. You have to do the 1, two, three, four, and then declare the thumb war. |
| 1:11.1 | The beginning of the match. How else are you going to start it? I don't know. I knew about the thumb war, but I never knew the poetry involved. Would you say you've never declared? I've never declared. So as you do, you just say, go? Yeah, just go. All right, one, two, three, go. But I do like the one, two, three, four I declare a thought. |
| 1:10.5 | I like that. Yes, all right. Well, there you go. That's so funny. All right, we're back here talking about sporty citrus. The business, Andy, that Austin started a couple of years ago, he's 15. this has taken off in a way that I don't think any of you could have imagined a couple of years ago, |
| 1:49.6 | but it's all in a great way. |
| 1:51.9 | And actually, real quick, before we jump into the conversation, I want to remind everyone |
| 1:55.6 | that through May 31st of this year of 2015, there is a special half-off offer going on on sporty citrus.com. |
| 2:06.4 | Austin, tell us again real quick about what that deal is. |
| 2:10.4 | Like you said, it's half-off, and it's a personalized document that is really easy to understand. |
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