by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Dec 4, 2023 | Financial
The cost of goods keeps going up and margins are shrinking. How can a brewery operator drive profits in a market like this? There are three ways to drive brewery profits: Increase sales, increase margins, and/or decrease operating expenses. In this post we’ll...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Nov 27, 2023 | Financial
“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.” -Ben Franklin Here are two financial tools that may be useful when making a decision about borrowing money for your brewery: Financial pro forma This tool answers the question: Will the...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Nov 20, 2023 | Financial
How to Find Funding for a New Brewery (Part 4) Now that you’ve got a sources and uses schedule, financial pro forma and a business plan, it’s time to go raise money for your brewery. Below is a listing of common (and not-so-common) funding options: SBA...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Nov 16, 2023 | Financial
How to Find Funding for a New Brewery (Part 3) In Part 1 we covered the sources and uses schedule, and in Part 2 we reviewed how to build the financial pro forma. Next comes the business plan. The business plan outlines the vision, the dream brewery, that you will...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Nov 14, 2023 | Financial
How to Find Funding for a New Brewery (Part 2) The first step to find funds for a new brewery is to create a sources and uses schedule. We covered that in Part 1, which you can find here: create a sources and uses schedule. The next step is to build your financial pro...
