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Happy December, damn this year flew by. Brewery owners are obsessed with revenue. Sometimes referred to as “Sales” or “Top Line” “Bruh, sales are down 20% quarter over quarter and we don’t know what to do.” I am getting the sense that as long as revenue remains the same or grows, you think everything will […]

Below you’ll find a replay of the coronavirus cash flow contingency planning webinar we held on Thursday, April 2nd, which walks through the cash flow planning template we’ve developed. Here’s the link to use the template: Cash Flow Contingency Planning Template The Objective What’s most important now is making informed decisions and doing what we

Last week the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was passed into law, which provides two federal tax relief options available to us. Below are a few segments from our call on Tuesday, March 24th that walk through those options and their implications. For reference, here are two documents (first, second) that contain some additional details.

Welcome to the New Year! I hope yours is off to a bangin’ start. Now before we jump in, you should know… Here at SBS we’re billing 2020 as The Year of Intelligent Action. More on this in today’s video, but suffice it to say that those in craft who (a) make the best decisions

Last week I shared a short excerpt from my most recent talk and couched one of my core beliefs with a caveat… Belief: Craft as a whole is still an underdog, and there is a clear path forward to profitable growth. Caveat: Without a strong vision, a well-thought-out strategy, and intelligent leadership team decision-making, the

Spend just a short amount of time around me and you pretty much get the gist of what I’m all about… Yes Chris, we know. Numbers, operational discipline, and accountability. Run the brewery like a business. Remove the bottlenecks to growth. Yup, you’ve got me pegged. But one thing I don’t always get across… Is

Alright, so we’re a week back from the NC Craft Brewers Conference… And what an amazing conference! The NC Brewers Guild knows how to put on an A+ performance. Today I want to recap a few takeaways that I think reflect that state of the industry as a whole. Shoot, this may the precursor to

In Part 2 of our Holiday Dip series, we’re transitioning from defense to offense through what we’re calling: creative revenue generation. But first… Turning The Holiday Dip On Its Head It’s a pretty badass paragraph: “Our actions may be impeded… but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and

This is Part 1 of our Holiday Dip Series, where we tackle the problem from the finance side of the fence. But first, before we get started… “Do we have enough?” “Will we have enough?” These are the age-old questions I get from most of the breweries I speak to about the topic of cash