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The Action Component: How owners and operators bring Intelligent Action to life

Well, I feel comfortable saying that we have officially outdone ourselves. We’ve laid down some serious knowledge over the course of this series. Knowledge that NO ONE else in the industry is sharing, I might add. (I know because quite literally everyone we’ve spoken to recently tells us exactly that.) I know because my brain […]

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Leadership and Vision: The Brewery Benchmarks Assessment Step 5

This portion of the Intelligent Action Series walks through our Brewery Benchmarks Assessment process, step-by-step. Step 1: Context & Endgame Step 2: Financial Analysis Step 3: Taproom, Distribution & Operations Step 4: The Annual Goals Step 5: Leadership & Vision If you believe an assessment is the right move for your brewery this year, reach

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Annual Goals: The Brewery Benchmarks Assessment Step 4

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Taproom, Distribution, Operations: The Brewery Benchmarks Assessment Step 3

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Financial Analysis: The Brewery Benchmarks Assessment Step 2

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Context and Endgame: The Brewery Benchmarks Assessment Step 1

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Lehman Brothers graph about Market Capitalization

Making Intelligent Decisions in The Brewery: The Building Blocks

Entrepreneur and business philosopher Keith J. Cunningham has a theory. It’s a bit advanced, so bear with me here. His magnum opus? Smart people do dumb things. Pow! He goes on (from The Road Less Stupid): Here’s the proof: How much money would you have right now if I gave you the ability to unwind

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Intelligent Action: Make-or-break decisions in practice

When I first saw these videos… Not gonna lie, I kinda sh*t myself… (Metaphorically of course.) And it seems like most people in the comments section share a similar sentiment: If you’re not familiar, these freaky, future-glimpsing videos come to us compliments of Boston Dynamics, a quaint little MIT spin-off that has quietly been developing

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The Intelligent Action Series: The brewery’s pathway to profit through decision-making

Last week I gave you my Crystal Ball predictions. And I littered that bad boy with the theme for 2020: Intelligent Action. Now it’s time to cut the B.S. and explain myself. The “How” in Turning Pro Last year we went hard in the paint on this concept of Turning Pro as a brewery. If

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