A Podcast & A Beer – Startup to Storefront

This month we talk business, with Startup to Storefront. I interviewed Diego Torres-Palma that I have pitched and that is where I learned about this great podcast. He and his co-hosts Nick Conrad, Natalya Cappellini cover ground that you don’t usually hear about. Finding the right space, earnings, how to find an architect. You get the backstory on each business but then it goes into the nitty and the gritty of getting a start-up started.

To drink with this podcast, I would go out and find the newest brewery in your area, then take a seat with a taster flight and take a good long look at your surroundings to see what you like and don’t like about the space. Are there not enough seats at the bar? How does the space affect the service? Then take a few sips and see what you would do different and if it matches with the lessons learned on the podcast.

Business & Science Progress


Unless you are a Trojan fan more than a beer fan, you should be interested in this talk that is part of UCLA Welcome Week.

Read on….
“With craft beer production on the rise, craft beer is more ubiquitous than ever in the U.S. So, what are craft breweries doing to separate from the pack? Join the Los Angeles Chapter of the UCLA Anderson Alumni Network as we peel back the business and science of craft brewing with Diego Benitez ’19, owner and brewer at Progress Brewing. Find out how Benitez’s education in chemistry and experience in technology influenced him to start a microbrewery in the San Gabriel Valley. Learn about his unique approach to brewing, growing the business, and setting his own terms for success.”