When did the speaker buy the business?

Name: Learn How SBA's 7(a) Loan Program Can Help Your Business
Uploaded: 2012-09-21T18:29:44+00:00
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Channel: Your Advisor
Description: A brewery owner recounts buying a small startup brewery in 2004 and the rewards of manufacturing a product in the United States ("from start to finish…

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Learn How SBA's 7(a) Loan Program Can Help Your Business

21 Sept 2012 · 2 min

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A brewery owner recounts buying a small startup brewery in 2004 and the rewards of manufacturing a product in the United States ("from start to finish, from grain to glass"). The speaker notes joys—creating a tangible product and enjoying the finished beer—and challenges including employee growth, competition, and managing people. They state they worked with the Small Business Administration (SBA) when expanding their brewery and that they would not be at their current location without the SBA's assistance.

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My wife and I bought this business in 2004 from a small startup. The advantages we saw from our past experience was that we enjoyed having a business that manufactured a product in the United States. Some of the joys of owning this business are the fact that you've created a product, you've taken it from start to finish, from grain to glass, as they say, and at the end of the day, it's nice to kick back and have a good beer. Some of the challenges are you have more and more employees. Growth is always a challenge, competition and working with people. We got involved with SBA when we were looking to expand from the little brewery we had in 2004. We started looking at additional space to be able to grow and expand. We would not be at this location if it wasn't for sba.