In this seminar, Pulkit K. Agrawal, Jennifer Briggs, and Garrett Marrero discuss the leadership changes they have faced as they scale up their small businesses into companies with multi-departments and multi-million-dollar balance sheets. These three experts present key learnings on what it takes to build out teams of employees and managers who can independently work together to proceed with a vision of growth and impact on an industry.
Topics include the mindset shifts of being a leader as you scale operations, learning to delegate tasks and empowering teams, managing failures, understanding heavy investment projects, giving tools to managers to help them succeed, team building and motivating a team, running effective meetings, the power of executive coaching, and learning how to focus on operational growth.
Learning Objectives
- Develop leadership qualities and a growth mindset for success in the brewing industry
- Master the art of delegation and empowering teams for independent and impactful work
- Learn to navigate failures and turn them into valuable learning experiences
- Effectively manage heavy investment projects to drive growth in the brewery business
- Build and motivate high-performing teams, run efficient meetings, and focus on operational growth
About the Speakers
Pulkit K. Agrawal, Founder & CEO
Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient
Pulkit K. Agrawal, or PKA, (he/him) is the founder and CEO of Beer30 by The 5th Ingredient, a leading brewery operations management software company dedicated to helping breweries improve beer quality and consistency. After graduating from Harvard College, PKA began working in the beer industry as a process engineer for Ballast Point Brewing, where he focused on packaging lines and nitrogen beer. He soon discovered a need in the market for software that expanded beyond standard inventory management systems, with an emphasis on the brewing process and quality, not just inventory tracking. In January 2018, PKA launched Beer30, a brewery data management system that offers grain-to-glass process data tracking. Beer30 focuses on real-time brewing data input, raw material inventory, cost of goods analysis, quality and sensory tracking, sales and distribution, and accounting integration. Beer30 is currently in more than 450 breweries globally, helping to #BrewMoreBeer and #BrewBetterBeer across the nation. In December 2022, PKA was selected into the Forbes 30 Under 30, Class of 2023, in the Food and Drink category. In his free time, he enjoys traveling and speaking about entrepreneurship and using data to improve brewery efficiency and quality.
Jen Briggs, Contract Executive
Mosaic Creation
Jennifer Briggs (she/her) is a contract executive working on boards and as a strategic advisor focusing on change and brand. Jennifer has been involved in multiple industries, including tech, construction, and engineering, with a primary focus on food and alcohol.
Jennifer is a founding partner of GRITT Business Coaching and her work proves that business can be done differently—purpose-centered, mission-driven, and values-powered using tenants of inclusive capitalism to attain success. She is a Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing Executive Fellow and Commissioner and former Chair of the Colorado Commission of the Office of Employee Ownership in the Office of Economic Development. She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, graduate studies in Enterprise Project Management, studies in behavioral economics, and a Bachelor of Science in Community Health. She was a member of the New Belgium Brewing executive leadership team for over a decade as Vice President of Organizational Development, turnaround CEO for Modern Times Brewing, board member to PFS Brands and Brinkman Construction, and served as Chairperson of the Board for GISinc. She was named person of the year in the beverage alcohol industry by Brewbound and a Signifier by Good Beer Hunting in 2022. She currently serves as a contract executive with Karl Strauss Brewing.
Garrett Marrero, Founder & CEO
Craft 'Ohana & Maui Brewing Co.
Garrett has led numerous legislative initiatives, succeeding in changing laws to better support the growing craft industry in Hawaii. The brand 'Ohana now includes MBC craft beer, Island Sodas, Maui Hard Seltzer, and Kupu Spirits. Recently, MBC announced the acquisition of Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California. Garrett holds bachelor's degrees in both economics and international relations, and an associate's degree in finance. He is passionate about craft beer, food, and Hawaii.
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