Brewing Up a Business

Description

Entrepreneurial dreams do come true! Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione founded Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and made it America's fastest growing independent beer. This unconventional business story reveals how Calagione found success by dreaming big, working hard, and thinking differently-and how you can do it too. "Rarely is a book as good as a beer but this one is. It's written with humor, humility, and passion, essential ingredients for any entrepreneur." -Bob Guccione Jr. founder of Spin magazine and Gear magazine "Brewing Up a Business will inspire both entrepreneurs and aspiring small business people to have the confidence in following their dreams." -Jim Davis Chairman and CEO of New Balance "Sam Calagione embodies the spirit of a true Delaware entrepreneur. Starting out as the smallest brewery in the nation, Sam's ambition, acute business sense, and vi...

Description

"This is the success story of a man who really likes beer - so much so that he decided to make a business of it. Starting with nothing but a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality and built the country's fastest growing brewery - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Brewing Up a Business is the story of Dogfish and Calagione, of the power of unconventional thinking, and of the hard lessons every entrepreneur learns along the way."--Jacket.

First Sentence

My dad backed our red pickup truck beneath the second-story window of my dormitory bedroom.

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Other Editions

• Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft BreweryWiley2005-05-05
• Brewing Up a BusinessWiley2006-10-06
• Brewing up a BusinessWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2007-01-01
• Brewing up a BusinessWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2011-01-01
• Brewing up a BusinessWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2011-01-01
• Brewing up a BusinessWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2011-01-01