BevNET Boot Camp 2016 - AGENDA |
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 | |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM |
Welcome Remarks
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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
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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
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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 |
Please note that event agendas are subject to change. |