Synopses & Reviews
Brewing Up a Business reveals how Sam Calagione built Dogfish Head Craft Brewery from a tiny operation to one of the fastest growing breweries in America by dreaming big, working hard, and thinking differently. Packed with real-world lessons every businessperson can learn from, this revised edition includes new chapters on Sam's most innovative and unconventional marketing techniques, including how Dogfish uses social media to level the playing field against bigger competitors—and how you can too.
"Rarely is a book as good as a beer, but this one is. It's written with humor, humility, and passion, essential ingredients for any entrepreneur."
—BOB GUCCIONE JR., founder of Spin magazine and Gear magazine
"Brewing Up a Business will inspire both entrepreneurs and aspiring small business owners to have the confidence to follow their dreams."
—JIM DAVIS, Chairman and CEO of New Balance
"Sam Calagione embodies the spirit of a true Delaware entrepreneur. Starting out as the smallest brewery in the nation, Sam's ambition, acute business sense, and vision have allowed Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to successfully enter an extremely competitive market as Dogfish Head continues to leave an indelible mark on the beer industry."
—RUTH ANN MINNER, former Governor of Delaware
"Everything you want to know about succeeding in business you can learn from beer. At least, you can if it's the remarkable story of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Brewing Up a Business is like a how-to manual for entrepreneurs. With humor, creativity, and wisdom, Sam Calagione has crafted a new kind of business book that's as unique as his great beer!"
—JOE CALLOWAY, author of Becoming a Category of One and Indispensable
Synopsis
This is the exhilarating success story of a man who really likes beer--so much so that he decided to make a business of it. Starting with nothing but a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality and built the country's fastest growing brewery--Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Brewing Up a Business is the enlightening and entertaining story of Dogfish and Calagione, of the power of unconventional thinking, and of the hard lessons every entrepreneur learns along the way.
In this updated second edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to run a booming business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing strategies. In particular, he explains how social media has become an integral part of his business model and offers advice on how small businesses can use it to level the playing field with larger competitors. Calagione also presents his passionate, compelling argument for choosing to keep his business relatively small and artisanal, despite market demands for Dogfish to grow faster.
Synopsis
Updated business wisdom from the founder of Dogfish Head, the nation's fastest growing independent craft breweryStarting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America's best and fastest growing craft breweries.
In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing ideas, including how social media has become an integral part of the business model and how other small businesses can use it to catch up with bigger competitors. Calagione also presents a compelling argument for choosing to keep his business small and artisanal, despite growing demand for his products.
- Updated to offer a more complete look at what it takes to keep a small business booming
- An inspiring story of renegade entrepreneurialism and the rewards of dreaming big, working hard, and thinking unconventionally
- Shows how to use social media to reach new customers and grow a business
For any entrepreneur with a dream, Brewing Up a Business, Second Edition presents an enlightening, in-depth look at what it takes to succeed on their own terms.
Synopsis
In this updated Second Edition, Calagione, the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to run a booming business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing strategies.
Synopsis
A guide for anyone who dreams of owning their own food business, showing prospective entrepreneurs how to build a business out of the food they love through the stories of nationally-known food entrepreneurs.
About the Author
SAM CALAGIONE is the founder and owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, one of the nation's fastest growing independent breweries, and Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. His innovative style has earned him a reputation as one of America's most adventurous entrepreneurs and brewers. A Small Business Association Businessman of the Year and a Huffington Post Game Changer for 2010, he is the star of the Discovery Channel's new show Brew Masters. He lives in Lewes, Delaware.
Table of Contents
Foreword: The Passion of the Individual vii
Preface ix
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 THE UNCONVENTIONAL BEGINNINGS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR 1
Chapter 2 BUSINESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT: Self-Discovery, Inspiration, Passion 21
Chapter 3 KEEPING YOUR BALANCE: Creating a Harmony between Work and Life 37
Chapter 4 CREATING A BUSINESS OFFERING: Developing Goods and Services 55
Chapter 5 CRAFTING A BRAND IN A COOKIE-CUTTER WORLD: Embracing Your Inefficiencies 73
Chapter 6 MARKETING ON A SMALL–BUSINESS BUDGET: Promoting Your Business with Little or No Money 89
Chapter 7 GOING SOCIAL 119
Chapter 8 PUBLICITY STUNTS (ARE POORLY NAMED) 125
Chapter 9 STALKING THE KILLER APP: Creating Innovation 153
Chapter 10 SELLING DISTINCTION, SPECIALIZATION, AND VARIETY 179
Chapter 11 CASH IS KING (WELL, SORT OF) 195
Chapter 12 LEADERSHIP: In Theory and in Practice 213
Chapter 13 EFFECTIVELY MANAGING COWORKERS 231
Chapter 14 WORKING TOWARD IRRELEVANCE 243
Chapter 15 HOME BREW RENDEZVOUS 257
Chapter 16 TO SMALL-BUSINESS SUCCESS 265
Index 271