The Professionally Managed Brewery - Portland Beer Podcast Episode 96

The Professionally Managed Brewery - Portland Beer Podcast Episode 96  The Portland Beer - Telling the Stories of the Portland Beer and Cider Scene and Beyond! In this episode of the Portland Beer Podcast our Host Steven Shomler and special Co-host Don Scheidt visit with Brad Windecker Founder and CEO OrchestratedBEER / Orchestra Software talking about The Professionally Managed Brewery.  This episode opens with Brad, Don, and Steven covering the #1 issue that breweries needs to address if they want to succeed - "Who?" Who is the person that is running your brewery/ business? Who is in charge? Who does the buck stop with? Without a clearly defined and empowered "who", you can't have a professionally managed brewery.  Then Brad, Don, and Steven cover 5 topics that professionally managed breweries have covered incredibly well, and that other breweries often miss the mark on: #1 Finances #2 Branding & Marketing #3 Legal #4 Compliance #5 Business Planning    iTunes – You can subscribe to the Portland Beer Podcast on iTunes / Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2 Spotify - You can subscribe to the Portland Beer Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/07lsGwMXcKAT5Am2riGAAA    Other Podcasts Mentioned During this Episode  Brad Windecker OrchestratedBEER Orchestra Software – Portland Beer Podcast Episode 93 - www.portlandbeerpodcast.com/brad-windecker-orchestratedbeer-orchestra-software-portland-beer-podcast-episode-93 What is OrchestratedBEER? What is Orchestra Software? – Portland Beer Podcast Episode 94 - www.portlandbeerpodcast.com/what-is-orchestratedbeer-what-is-orchestra-software-portland-beer-podcast-episode-94  Nat West Reverend Nat's Hard Cider Why OrchestratedBEER? – Portland Beer Podcast Episode 95 – www.portlandbeerpodcast.com/nat-west-reverend-nats-hard-cider-why-orchestratedbeer-portland-beer-podcast-episode-95 You can go to www.PortlandBeerPodcast.com to see the other 95 episodes we have created and shared.   Follow Brad Windecker LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/bradwindecker  Twitter – www.twitter.com/bradwindecker   Follow OrchestratedBEER Website – www.orchestratedbeer.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/OrchestratedBEER Instagram – www.instagram.com/orchestratedbeer  Twitter – www.twitter.com/brewerysoftware Follow Orchestra Software  Website – www.orchestrasoftware.com  Facebook – www.facebook.com/OrchestraSoftware Instagram – www.instagram.com/orchestrasoft  Twitter – www.twitter.com/orchestrasoft  The Portland Beer Podcast 411  The Portland Beer Podcast is brought to you by Portland Culinary Radio, and this episode was recorded during Orchestrate – the annual conference for those who use OrchestratedBEER and Orchestra Software.  Steven Shomler is the Host and Creator of the Portland Beer Podcast.  You Can Listen to the Portland Beer Podcast on the Portland Beer Podcast website itself, on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Libsyn – Liberated Syndication, Stitcher, Spotify, Tune In, Radio Public, the Overcast podcast app, the Castro podcast app, and the Castbox podcast app, with more outlets coming very soon!  Many thanks to Ken Wilson a true Media Maestro for his excellent sound engineering and editing!   Follow The Portland Beer Podcast iTunes / Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-beer-podcast/id1122710910?mt=2  Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/07lsGwMXcKAT5Am2riGAAA  Facebook – www.facebook.com/PortlandBeerPodcast  Instagram – www.instagram.com/portlandbeerpodcast    Twitter – www.twitter.com/PDXBeerPodcast   The Portland Culinary Podcast  The Portland Beer Podcast has a sister podcast - the Portland Culinary Podcast www.PortlandCulinaryPodcast.com