Moonshine University: Full Proof Craft Spirits Distillery Startup Business Planning

Name: Moonshine University: Full Proof Craft Spirits Distillery Startup Business Planning
Start: 2018-8-6T09:00-5:00
End: 2018-8-7T17:00-5:00

06aug(aug 6)9:00 am07(aug 7)5:00 pmMoonshine University: Full Proof Craft Spirits Distillery Startup Business PlanningRegister early and get your hotel nights included with tuition.

Speakers for this event

Leo Sharkey

Leo Sharkey

Partner, Echo Chamber Consulting
Leo is a consultant and owner of Shark Analytics and Echo Chamber Consulting who specializes in helping small and startup businesses. His passion for business plans was developed coaching 9 years of teams for a University of Minnesota business plan competition. He has also taught social entrepreneurship workshops in Thailand, Uganda and Rwanda. Leo is a serial entrepreneur and is currently writing a business plan for a Massachusetts Farmer Distiller’s license.

Partner, Echo Chamber Consulting
Roger Woods

Roger Woods

Partner, Echo Chamber Consulting
Roger is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Michigan Technological University and the Founder and Principle of Homer Productivity, a consulting business that specializes in working with small business startups. He has been helping people develop business plans for over 15 years and has a true passion for market research.

Partner, Echo Chamber Consulting

Event Details

This new class is a much deeper dive into that critical subject: planning YOUR business. Leo Sharkey and Roger Wood of Echo Chamber Consulting work with both brewers and distillers, helping to plan business launch and growth, and now, they are going to help YOU. Experts in entrepreneurship, best business practices, and anticipating regulatory hurdles, these gentlemen are going to help you put it all on paper, before costly mistakes are made – keeping $$ in your pocket! (For a little while longer, anyway.)

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL – Register early and your stay at the Brown Hotel is included with tuition. Check the Moonshine University website for details.

Complete Course Syllabus

Stucture

Day 1

Intro & ice breakers
History of craft brewing & spirits
Being an entrepreneur
- Competencies inventory
How to write a business plan
Market feasibility
- Segmentation
- Competitors (direct & indirect)
- Trends
Market feasibility (cont)
Strategy
- Elevator pitch
- Value proposition

Day 2

Products & Services
Operations, Logistics & Capacity
Legal, licensing & taxes
Pricing strategy
Marketing strategy
Financing

Day 3

Risks
Accounting
Financial projections
Timing & planning

Tuition: $1,995.00 USD

Tuition Includes:

All class-related materials
Breakfast, lunch and refreshments daily
Networking reception, evening following first day of class
Transportation between the Brown Hotel and Moonshine University

Complete Course Syllabus

Still Have Questions? Ready to Get Started?

Contact Christin Head at 502.301.8139 or email Registrar@MoonshineUniversity.com

View all Moonshine University Courses here.