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Beverage School: Education to Get You Started
The day before BevNET Live, industry newcomers can learn the basics of running a beverage business and jumpstart their networking at Beverage School. Experts will present on the 5 topics early-stage beverage brands need to know, including finance, sales, marketing, design, and operations.
Following the presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to sit down with the experts and ask them their toughest questions.
Beverage School helps lay the foundation for success. If you're just getting started in the natural packaged food industry, we recommend you attend the segment.
Past Beverage School Speakers
Beverage School Example Agenda
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Please note: All times US Pacific Time
- 12:00 PM12:30 PM
Beverage School Registration & Networking
Location: Catalina, 4th Floor
The day before BevNET Live, industry newcomers can learn the basics of running a beverage business and jumpstart their networking at Beverage School. Experts will present on topics early-stage beverage brands need to know, including finance, sales, marketing, design, and operations. - 12:30 PM12:50 PM
Beverage School: Basic Beverage Design
Kelly Criswell
- 12:50 PM1:10 PM
Beverage School: Inside Co-Packing
- 1:10 PM1:30 PM
Beverage School: Sales Strategy
- 1:30 PM1:50 PM
Beverage School: Funding Stages for Beverage Entrepreneurs
- 1:50 PM2:10 PM
Beverage School: What Investors Look At
- 2:10 PM2:30 PM
Beverage School: An Entrepreneur's Playbook
Henry Kasindorf
- 2:30 PM3:00 PM
Beverage School Expert Tables
- 3:00 PM6:30 PM
RTD Spirits Entrepreneurial Track
Location: Palisades, 5th Floor
On Sunday, December 4th, from 3PM to 5:30 PM PT, the BevNET team will kickstart BevNET Live with a spotlight on spirits and RTD cocktails. The program will include an investor panel and the Cocktail Showdown pitch competition, featuring the most promising new RTD cocktail brands on the market. Attendees will be able to sample the products of all participants, as well as continue their networking at the BevNET Live Welcome Reception.
Our spirits coverage will carry over to day 1 of BevNET Live with a morning main stage presentation and afternoon breakout session track. Registered attendees of BevNET Live, NOSH Live and Brewbound Live are invited to attend the Sunday spirits program. - 3:00 PM3:30 PM
Ambition and Proof: Sourcing, Supplying, Deploying Investment for Spirits Brands
This panel will take the stories of two successful brands, SIA Scotch Whiskey and Beatbox, and talk about their capital journey as they grew, what their capital needs were in terms of strategy and growth, what role investment played, what the money factor has been with regard to key decisions in the brand and entrepreneur's journey. Blending the aims of investors, from institutional capital to strategic brand houses to angels and other sources into the mix, this talk will show how capital, product, and strategy can blend into a successful growth cocktail. - 3:30 PM5:00 PM
BevNET Cocktail Showdown 3
- 5:00 PM6:30 PM
BevNET Live Welcome Reception
Location: Arcadia Foyer, 5th Floor
