BevNET Live Summer 2023: The Finance Forecast for Beverage Brands

What’s going on behind the dreadful headlines on investment and inflation? What does the immediate financial future look like for beverage entrepreneurs in terms of capital availability, deal terms, lending, and the strategic marketplace? What kinds of alternative financing and partnership arrangements are out there? Our panelists provide a planning strategy for the short and medium term.

Elliot Begoun is a 30-year industry veteran, author, and Founder of TIG Brands, a platform for natural product entrepreneurs providing community, advisory support, education, and access.

Mike Burgmaier is a Co-Founder and Managing Director with Whipstitch Capital, the largest independent investment bank in the US solely focused on emerging consumer brands.

Erin is responsible for leading the firm’s sourcing and origination initiatives. Erin’s goal is to democratize credit for founders building omni channel businesses.

Transcript

Marty Caballero [00:28] I'm Marty Caballero. I'm the managing editor at BevNET.com. It's a real pleasure to have you all here. Thanks so much for coming. Now just like you guys, myself and the rest of the editorial team at BevNET has been following the economic forecasts and trend lines of the past year, often through clenched teeth. Without rehashing recent history, we can say it clearly that the beverage beverage business landscape looks different than it did in the 2010s. The calculus has shifted from growth to profitability. The era of easy money appears to be over, and while early stage…

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