by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Oct 8, 2026 | Podcast
Beer distributors have no shortage of data. The challenge is turning all that information into better, faster and more profitable decisions. In this episode, I talk with Lucinda Ochwat, Sales Manager from VIP about how technology, AI, and smarter workflows are...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Oct 1, 2026 | Podcast
In this episode, Karen Kovtun, Managing Director at Ippolito Christon, joins the Beer Business Finance podcast to discuss the current state of beer wholesaler valuations, mergers and acquisitions, and transaction planning. Karen describes an active transaction...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Sep 15, 2026 | Podcast
Beer wholesalers have more data than ever but it’s scattered across accounting, payroll, ERP, sales, inventory, and other systems. In this podcast episode, I talk with Jeremy Carney of Central Coast Analytics about how AI can help connect those data sources and turn...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Aug 31, 2026 | Mergers and Acquisitions
Selling a business can be complicated and fraught with pitfalls. There are many points during the process where problems can arise and threaten to kill the deal. Below are three big things that can go wrong during a sale process and what you can do to avoid them: No...
by Kary@BeerBusinessFinance.com | Aug 24, 2026 | Mergers and Acquisitions
“I have never cared what something costs; I care what it’s worth.” — Ari Emanuel Brokers and M&A experts know that the sale of a business should follow a pre-defined set of steps from planning to marketing, to closing the deal. Taken as a whole, the...
