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Virginia SBDC

Dialing In Your Craft Beverage Operations

Aug
27
2026
Thu, Aug 27 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Online
Facilitated by Virginia SBDC
Topic: Marketing and Sales

In times of industry stress, craft beverage producers with a good handle on operations stand the best chance of coming out ahead. But how can company leadership ensure that the right systems, talents, and resources are in place?

In this session, Craft Beverage Assistance Manager Chris Van Orden will speak with Mike McGarvey of Minded, LLC about the vital role that the COO plays in the craft beverage space and how even the smallest producers can adopt best practices established by much bigger firms.

Speaker: Mike McGarvey, Managing Director of Minded, LLC, spent a decade as founder and CEO of 3 Stars Brewing Company, where he ran production, supply chain, pricing, and P&L for a regional, multi-site brewery from the ground up. He now leads Minded, LLC, advising executive teams on operations, data, and technology strategy — including fractional COO work for growth-stage businesses. He brings a rare combination of hands-on brewery operating experience and outside strategic/analytics expertise.

A confirmation email with the Zoom login information will be sent after registration - a day before before the event - please be on the lookout for it.


Fee: No Cost

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