Conference Footage: BevNET FBU LA 2014
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Description
What exactly was FBU LA?
Food & Beverage University (FBU) was an entry-level crash course to the CPG food and beverage industries. Over 20 experts and industry veterans addressed the dos and don’ts surrounding a variety of topics that early stage entrepreneurs face in their first few years of business. Topics covered included initial formulation and packaging design, identifying the different retail channels and routes to market, understanding the existing distribution models to deliver your product to stores, positioning your company for different types of investment, and how to best utilize available sales and marketing tools.
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Details
- Category
- BevNET FBU Conference
- Tags
- Beverages , Craft Beer , Snacks
- Run Time
- 7 hours 3 minutes
- Last Updated
- 9/19/2014
Table of Contents
- Welcoming Remarks – John Craven, Founder/CEO BevNET, and Jeffrey Klineman,Editor-in-Chief, BevNET
- 10 Commandments for Food & Beverage Entrepreneurs
- Commercialization, Co-packing, and other Product Development Challenges – Rob Leichman, Founder/CEO, The Lyric Group
- Product Design Dos and Don’ts – Adam Spriggs, Strategy Director, Interact On-Shelf; Blake Mitchell, Partner & Client Director, Interact On-Shelf
- Claims, Trademarks, and Other Landmines – Justin Prochnow, Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Differentiation as the Key to Growth – Jim Breen, Founder & CEO, Way Better Snacks
- Understanding Incubation Channels – Tim Sperry, President and Owner, The Tim Sperry Group
- Brokers – Bruce Nierenberg, Founder, BN Partners, BIN Consulting
- DSD – Debbie Wildrick, Chief Advisory Officer, Metabrand
- Grocery and Club — Small SKUS, Big Impacts – Joe Ragusa, Senior Category Manager, Fresh & Easy
- Trade Spend – Bob Burke, Owner, Natural Products Consulting Group
- Current Dynamics in the Food and Beverage Investment Market - Brent Knudsen, Founder & Managing Partner, Partnership Capital Growth
- Growth Stages and Financing – Mike Burgmaier, Managing Director, Silverwood Partners
- How Investors Think – Brad Barnhorn, President, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
- Seed Capital – Pat Finn, Managing Partner, Finn Capital Partners
- Funding Lean Growth - Tyler Gage, Co-Founder, Runa
- How Strategics Look at Entrepreneurs – Michael Sands, Executive VP of Snacks, B&G Foods
- Funding Remixed: Thinking about Alternative Strategies – Greg Steltenpohl, CEO, Califia Farms
- Your Marketing Toolkit – Lee Brody, CMO, Splash Beverage Group
- Using Numbers – Bobbi Leahy, VP Business Development, SPINS
- Online Brokerage and Small Footprint Brand-Building – Quinn Fitzgerald, Director of Business Development, Buyer’s Best Friend
- Graceful Pivots: Rolling with Change as an Entrepreneur - Liane Weintraub, CEO and Co-Founder, Tasty Brand, Inc.