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Market Trends in Food and Beverage – 2016
50 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
There are many trends affecting consumers' interaction with and purchasing behavior with food, including the interest in local, organic, free-from and other claims.The consumer is overwhelmed with choice and retailers are trying to satisfy these trends to give them more choices given all of these niche diets and preferences.
Video about Operations for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups | Growing and Scaling
Working with Private Equity In Your Food or Beverage Business
10 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
Private Equity investors are interested in being an owner of a company (perhaps not the controlling interest). This means the business owner must sell the company at some point, and the sale offers a return upon the successful sale or "exit" at sale. Private Equity investors invest in some of the more high-risk investments in the marketplace.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Raising Money for Your Farm Through Value-Added Producer Grants
1 hour 44 minutes Free webinar content by Edible-Alpha®
Tera Johnson interviews renowned VAPG writer and consultant, Jim Gage of JDG Consulting. The webinar gives farm entrepreneurs a better understanding of how a VAPG could help their businesses and if they should be writing one right now.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups
Equity Crowdfunding
15 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
Equity-based crowdfunding (not to be confused with donation or rewards-based crowdfunding) is a new industry and it may not be worth pursuing as a source of capital for such small amounts of money from so many investors who now have an ownership stake in the business.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Raising Money in Food is Complicated
5 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
A business model, not a product, determines whether a food or beverage company makes money. If the entrepreneur has a business model that can work, people will look at their documentation and plan and get how the business going to make money and give it to them. However, most entrepreneurs need help putting together their financing requests.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Get to Know USDA Local Food Grants
52 minutes of Free video content by Edible-Alpha®
This webinar reviews resources available from the USDA, digs into the details of LFPP and FMPP grants, and integrates a live audience Q&A to learn more about what is eligible for award. Listen to learn more about how to submit for these grants funds that support local foods!
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Startups | Pre-Venture | Growing and Scaling
Entity Formation for Your Food Business
1 hour and 10 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
How you form your food, beverage or value-added agriculture business has huge implications for your particular business development and growth path, as well as regulatory and tax considerations. This includes what kinds of money you are able to raise.
Video about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Working with Tier 1 Lenders In Your Food or Beverage Business
10 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
Traditional lenders tend to be very conservative, so they often make loans for less than the purchase value of assets, and look to partner with investors and the entrepreneur to finance growing businesses. They look at things like collateral and business strength when assessing the risk of making a loan.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups | Growing and Scaling
Financing Food and Beverage Businesses, An Overview
55 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
Food, beverage and value-added agriculture businesses need to raise money serially in order to grow. And, they need different kinds of money at different stages of their growth path. And, specific sources of money are often for specific uses, and all of this needs to be documented.
Video about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
The Importance of Raising Money For Your Food or Beverage Business
5 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
All food businesses need money to grow and often grow in rounds or steps. And, in addition, many deals or financial packages often involve putting together multiple sources of money together to fulfill different uses. For example, many food businesses, especially wholesale brands, underestimate the amount of working capital they will need.
Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups