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
  • 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
Please note that event agendas are subject to change.