Some great stories start with “I’ve totally got this”. Stories of epic disasters and drunken failures.
On that note, I’ve got some news from the Personnel department. Kell and I had a big chat last week, and decided that opening a business together was a bad idea. Mostly, if Mad Haven ever were to get off the ground with both of us at the helm, our friendship would not survive. We figured it was a good idea to have that sort of chat before any actual money was involved in the brewery. So, I’m taking the reins solo, and Kell will be my first customer. And an advisor. And maybe an investor. And still my friend and roommate.
He, and a bunch of other people, will still be involved. I like to ask smarter people than I for help all the time. Targeted crowd-sourcing, if you will. So Kell, Jason Lundberg (financial wizard extraordinaire), Jess Hunter (marketing [better word than guru goes here]), Bess Dougherty (gets that whole “distribution tier” thing really well) and a boat load of other people will be helping, but it’s my ship now.
In other news, no new news on any front. To cross metaphors, I’ve got some irons in the fire that I’m waiting on before I make my next move on sailing the ship. More on that toward the end of next week, hopefully.
Anyway, I’ve got this.
This is so awesome. The hubs and I are striving to start a brewery here in the Capital City of SC. There is so much to it but we are chuggin along.
Will be in Denver in Sept. Hope to see your brew at a restaurant or two!
I dig the blog man, and especially the Off The Wagon stuff ive been following from the start. I too aspire to start a brewery in the Denver area and have been researching, reading, asking and visiting local brewers like a fiend. Most fun Ive had with any research, anyway Cheers. Hope to try your beer someday
Any news since this post?… It’s been a while!
I’ll write something soon. My attention has been elsewhere as of late, but I’ll explain fully in an actual post.
I’m not sure its crowdsourcing if you’re looking for a specific person. “Anyone who wants to help with this is more than welcome aboard. Anyone who’s name is Jeff. Jeff… Baker, lets say.”
Wise decision. It’s hard to run a company with friends. Very smart move here.