Beer School, Michael R. Bloomberg
Beer School, Michael R. Bloomberg
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Beer School
Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery

Author: Michael R. Bloomberg, Steve Hindy, Tom Potter

Narrator: Steve Hindy, Tom Potter

Unabridged: 10 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Synopsis

This is the story of a banker and a foreign correspondent, neighbors in Brooklyn, who decide to quit their jobs and start their own brewery in 1986.  Improbably, they succeed. Starting with no knowledge of commercial brewing, they learn that their four combined Ivy League degrees only take them so far.  They nevertheless tackle one of the hardest challenges imaginable: building a sales-driven manufacturing company from scratch in the heart of New York City.  In the next 15 years, they encounter an encyclopedia of obstacles and build a company that is not just economically successful, but one that serves the community as well.  This is a how to do it book for current business managers/owners, and a you can do it, too book for those people that are dreaming of being an entrepreneur. It contains practical and crucial lessons and tells the story of the Brooklyn Brewery rising from the dreary recession of the late '80s and expanding into the urban renewal and growth of the '90s.

About Michael R. Bloomberg

MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG is the founder of Bloomberg LP, a Philanthropist, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and three-term mayor of New York City. His charitable foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, employs a unique data-driven approach, often focused on cities, to its five main focus areas: public health, education, the environment, the arts, and government innovation. A passionate supporter of action on climate change, Bloomberg is involved in multiple climate efforts, including partnering with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, which aims to close half of America’s coal-powered energy production, and supporting state efforts to transition to renewable energy sources. He has served as Chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew

"Business School with a Bit of Beer" might have been a better title. The book does what it hopes to do pretty well: it charts the Brooklyn Brewery from its humble beginnings with Steve's homebrew into the brand recognized today for quality and Brooklyn renewal. But coming from the two guys that were......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

I didn’t exactly know what I was getting into when I started this book, I thought it would be more about beer. But it was really about starting a business and being an entrepreneur. The ups and downs of their journey. An analysis of what they did right and what they did wrong. It turned out to be ve......more

Goodreads review by Rohan

As someone starting off on the alcobev industry, I found this book to strongly resonate with my journey so far, and my vision for the business in the future.......more

Goodreads review by Peter

2.5 stars I wanted to like this book so bad. I love brewing beer and craft beers in general. I have this faraway dream of one day starting a brewpub business and brewing beer for a living. so I thought this would be a great read for me. There are a few problems with this book. 1. it's trying to be a......more

Goodreads review by Liz

My high rating of this book has a lot to do with the good timing of this read. As I'm currently working through the complicated process of building a business plan, looking for investors and considering my future as an entrepreneur, the advice of these local businessmen has really hit the mark. Thei......more

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