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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.
Brewery planning offers opportunities to explore prospective decisions in equipping the brewery. Using tools such as ROI and Life Cycle Cost Analyses to evaluate options, viable options are compared and choices are supported. Clarity can be brought to possibilities that …Read More
Bill draws on his experience of recently launching Port City Brewing Company to offer brewery startups information on financing their business. Topics will include bank and SBA loans as well as outside equity. Read More
In this presentation, Emily of Santa Cruz Brewing Company shares successful strategies for raising funds for larger capital expenses and brewery improvements, including a brewhouse remodel as well as the purchase of new tanks, a forklift, keg washer and keg …Read More
Timothy presents examples of how Excel spreadsheets can be used throughout the brewery, from business proforma, beer formulation and brew sheets to brewery inventory and cost analysis. Read More
Craft Brew News (and Beer Marketer’s INSIGHTS) editor Benj Steinman takes a deep dive into the shifting competitive dynamics of the craft scene, analyzing its many ongoing successes as well as the emerging pressure points. Those include a growing number …Read More
GuestMetrics provides on-premise data to view craft beer sales trends across the country. Read More
This seminar is all about numbers. The first half of the seminar focuses on analyzing and presenting the latest industry data, shaping a forecast for the future of the craft segment. Since forecasts are always wrong, Matt dives into strategic …Read More
Danny Brager employs the resources from Nielsen’s extensive consumer information collection and analysis to get at who is buying craft brewed beer and why. The seminar reveals opportunities for brewers from a foundation of data. Read More
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