Agenda for BevNET Boot Camp

Print the agenda for Wednesday, March 30

Please note: All times US Eastern Time

• 8:00 AM-9:00 AM

  Registration & Breakfast
• 9:00 AM-9:05 AM

  Welcome Remarks
  

  • Jeff Klineman, Editor-in-Chief, BevNET
  • Carol Ortenberg, Editor, NOSH
• 9:05 AM-9:25 AM

  An Entrepreneur Walks into a Bar Factory: Tales from Zone to Mediterra
  Paul Pruett, CEO, Mediterra
• 9:25 AM-9:50 AM

  Impactful Brand Design
  Paula Grant, CEO, Flood Creative and Stuart Whitworth, Co-Founder, Flood Creative
• 9:50 AM-10:15 AM

  The Big Sell: Meeting Your First Buyer
  Bill Sipper, Managing Partner, Cascadia Managing Brands
• 10:15 AM-10:40 AM

  Tales From the Incubator: A Panel with Commonwealth Kitchen Companies

  • Jen Faigel, Executive Director, Commonwealth Kitchen
  • Kyle Kornack, Director of Sales and Outreach, Jubali
  • Sherie Grillon, Founder, NOLA's Fresh Foods
  • Nicole Ledoux, Co-Founder, 88 Acres
• 10:40 AM-11:00 AM

  Break
• 11:00 AM-11:20 AM

  The Elements of Pricing: Understanding and Maintaining Margin
  Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting Group
• 11:20 AM-11:40 AM

  The Elements of Pricing: The Effects of Trade Spend
  John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales & Marketing
• 11:40 AM-12:00 PM

  The Elements of Pricing: Efficiency in Manufacturing
  Jeff Grogg, Managing Director, JPG Resources
• 12:00 PM-1:00 PM

  Lunch & Networking
• 1:00 PM-1:20 PM

  Test Marketing: What Early Retailing Tells You
  Terry Frishman, Founder/CEO, Culinest
• 1:20 PM-1:40 PM

  The Ingredients of Angel Investment

  • Jeremy Halpern, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
  • Bob Stringer, Founder, Crimson Seed Capital
• 1:40 PM-2:00 PM

  Business Plans in Brief
  Debbie Wildrick, Chief Strategy Officer, MetaBrand
• 2:00 PM-2:25 PM

  Raising Early-Stage Capital: What to Do -- and What Not to Do
  Stu Sturmwasser, Principal, Green Circle Capital
• 2:25 PM-2:45 PM

  Investors: What "Value Added" Means
  Larry Kahn, Managing Director, Beechwood Capital
• 2:45 PM-3:00 PM

  What We've Learned: A Conversation with DrinkMaple's Founders
  Jeff Rose/Kate Weiler, Co-Founders, DRINKMaple
• 3:00 PM-5:00 PM

  Extended Networking with Speakers and Other Experts