With yet another experienced entrepreneur sharing her knowledge, BevNET FBU L.A. will feature a discussion of strategic pivots for new brands as the event's last talk of the day.

With a lineup that has invested in products like Vitaminwater, Popchips, Mamma Chia and Kind Bars, the “Financing Your Growth” segment of FBU L.A. is stacked with experience and advice.

Seats for BevNET FBU L.A., the premier business education and networking event for early-stage food and beverage entrepreneurs, are filling up fast. Don’t miss your opportunity!

The data will look broadly at the most-subscribed categories for FBU attendees, offering greater understanding of how sales data and information can be deployed to their advantage.

Jim Breen, the founder and CEO of fast-growing Way Better Snacks, will be on hand to discuss the role of differentiation in establishing and helping grow entrepreneurial brands during FBU.

BevNET's one-day educational event for startup food and beverage companies, FBU L.A., will feature more than 20 different speakers and sessions.

The ways that strategics — large consumer companies that are able to buy and sell other brands — operate have large implications for the entire food and beverage world. So while selling to a strategic entity is a rare — but prized — opportunity for most food and beverage entrepreneurs, the language and ideas that...

Interact's strategy director, Adam Spriggs, and client director, Blake Mitchell, will provide attendees with basic guidelines for standing out on-shelf through structure, layout, color and imagery.

Nierenberg, a former Glaceau board member and the founder of B.I.N. Sales and Marketing, will speak on the basic routes to market for new and growing brands, particularly the process of deploying and incorporating sales brokers as part of a sales organization and how it relates to a company's overall forecasting, budgeting, and promotional agendas.

The new group of speakers unveiled as part of BevNET’s Food and Beverage University (FBU) in Los Angeles on Sept. 11 will offer unrivaled assistance for attendees.

BevNET will present the next edition of its Food and Beverage University (FBU) in Los Angeles on Sept. 11. The one-day business education and networking event will take place at the Skirball Cultural Center.

Agenda for BevNET FBU LA 2014 Last updated: September 8, 2014. Lineup subject to change. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 7:30AM – 8:30AM Registration & Breakfast   8:30AM – 8:40AM Welcoming Remarks – John Craven, Founder/CEO BevNET, and Jeffrey Klineman,Editor-in-Chief, BevNET   Building Your Product 8:40AM – 9:00AM 10 Commandments for Entrepreneurs – Greg Fleishman, President...