Watch Office Hours: Strategy, Pivots, and Planning during the Pandemic
This week’s Office Hours features industry veterans Alan Murray and Brad Barnhorn, who, drawing upon years of experience working with brands as board members and operators, offer advice on forecast planning, organizational strategy and leadership during the pandemic.
Jeff Klineman, BevNET’s Editor-in-Chief hosts the conversation, while viewers watching the livestream can submit questions and call-in via Zoom during the show and get the answers they need.
Brad Barnhorn works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a board member, strategic advisor and investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience. He currently serves on the boards of Flying Embers, Simple Mills, Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Biena, Fishpeople, Red’s All Natural, Gimme Foods and RightRice. He previously served on the boards of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold-Brew and worked with the companies from early-stage through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, PepsiCo and Nestle.
Alan Murray has worked in the world of nutritional foods and supplements for more than 10 years. He has worked in various countries around the world and was the CEO for Tetra Pak North America before joining NextFoods, the makers of GoodBelly. In addition to being the CEO of NextFoods, Alan has and continues to participate on several boards in the natural foods and packaging industries, working closely with the founders, investors and management teams.
Tune in and submit your questions for next week’s show on Tuesday, May 19 at 3 p.m. ET. We’ll discuss changing investor screening priorities, new capital raise realities, and pitching during COVID-19 with Wayne Wu, the managing director at VMG Partners and Robert Brown, the managing director at Encore Consumer Capital. Office Hours will continue every Tuesday for subscribers of BevNET and NOSH.
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About Office Hours
Office Hours brings industry thought leaders in Food and Beverage into conversation with the community to offer advice, answers, and discussion that can help brands and their associates overcome the challenges of both the present days and those to come.
About BevNET
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About NOSH
NOSH is the leading source for informed, comprehensive coverage and context for the growing community of businesses with Natural, Organic, Sustainable, and Healthy packaged food. As the food-focused extension of BevNET.com, NOSH offers products in a variety of media that reaches engaged brands, retailers, investors, distributors, suppliers, and service providers.
