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It can be easy to forget that every brewery is also a business that requires strong leadership, a positive company culture, stable finances, and more. This section is for everything beyond the brewhouse, including regulation and government affairs; promotion of diversity and inclusion in the craft beer industry; establishment of best practices for human resources, management and leadership in breweries; maintaining healthy finance and accounting practices; and understanding the statistics and trends that are affecting the indsutry overall.
The nano brewery model is gaining popularity and becoming commonplace in the industry. The question is, can it be done with success and be an effective way to enter the craft beer industry? This seminar covers things to consider, how …Read More
Over the past several years, raising money through the Internet, also known as crowdfunding, has emerged as a means of raising seed money for start-up breweries across the U.S. Despite its popularity, however, details on whether and how to use …Read More
In this seminar you’ll find ways to engage and contribute to the needs of the community while reducing local advertising costs. Read More
This session will cover moving past the start-up phase to managing a business for growth and profitability. Learn what key performance metrics to rely on, as well as what they mean and how to hit upper quartile performance. Once you …Read More
With new breweries opening nearly every day, it’s important to make sure your brewpub and brand stand out. This panel of experts will share ideas for keeping your brand relevant in a growing and changing market. Read More
If you missed the previous iteration, this is the second edition of a new quarterly series on the state of the craft brewing industry. Q1’s updates can be found here. For Q2 of 2015, update topics include (click to jump to that …Read More
This Power Hour presents findings from on a Nielsen survey commissioned by BA of a large number of adults 21+ who enjoy drinking craft beer.Read More
The Brewers Association (BA) recently conducted its bi-annual comprehensive survey of America’s craft brewers to establish and share industry benchmarks and brewery operations data. This survey was developed in response to BA member requests for data that they could use …Read More
Chris Swersey, Brewers Association Technical Brewing Projects Manager, provided additional input and writing for this article. Since American beer lovers apparently can’t get enough hops (IPAs are up another 42% YTD in scan data), one of the most interesting semiannual reports is …Read More
Welcome to “craft update.” The goal of this post (and future iterations) is to provide more timely updates of the craft beer industry along the lines of the State of the Industry presentation Paul Gatza and I give every year …Read More
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