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How Breckenridge Distillery’s Gustavo Valverde Is Selling an Experience, Not Just a Brand

Each month, ForceBrands partners with The Tasting Panel magazine. The Tasting Panel offers an insider’s look at the tastemakers and trendsetters in today’s growing beverage industry. From winemaker profiles, to brands that are the bartenders’ best friend, this monthly publication gets up close and personal with today’s influencers and explores the products they love the most. […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED March 11, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

The Toasted Oat’s Erika Boll On the Challenges of Launching a Brand with Limited Funding and Industry Connections

Real Talk is an ongoing, co-branded article series in partnership with AccelFoods that aims to highlight workplace and brand building topics that often go undiscussed. The goal of the series is to not only shed light on these topics but to ultimately open up the conversation and spark a meaningful dialogue about it with industry influencers […]

CATEGORIES Food
PUBLISHED March 1, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

Start It Sunday: JAJA Tequila’s Co-Founders Share Their Monday Mentalities

JAJA Tequila (pronounced ha-ha) is quite literally putting the fun back in tequila. We caught up with the brand’s co-founders Martin Hoffstein and Maurice Tebele to learn more about JAJA Tequila’s story and how they’re adjusting to life since its launch in 2018. How do they Start It Sunday? Read on to learn more about […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED February 22, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

How JAJA Tequila’s Co-Founders Martin Hoffstein and Maurice Tebele Are Putting the Fun Back in Tequila

JAJA Tequila has all the fun. With its brightly colored label that translates to laughter in Spanish, it stands out on the shelf from its older, more well-established counterparts with sophisticated branding. And although the brand launched in 2018 and is created by founders who don’t come from the beverage industry, the joke is not lost […]

How Editorial Director and Publisher Meridith May Harnesses the Power of Print to Capture the Heart of the Beverage Trade

Most consumer magazines offer snippets about industry leaders and glimpses of the stories behind the brands. But Meridith May approaches content differently. As the Publisher and Editorial Director of The Tasting Panel and its sister publication The SOMM Journal, May understands the nuances of the beverage industry and uses her knowledge of and expertise in […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED February 7, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

Start It Sunday: Beanfields’ CEO Arnulfo Ventura’s ‘Hustler’s Mentality’

Plant-based snack company Beanfields is entering hyper-growth mode, and ‘Chief Bean Aficiando’ Arnulfo Ventura could not be more excited. When Ventura stepped into his role as CEO last July, he knew it was an opportunity that he couldn’t turn down. “There’s plenty of challenge [in my role leading Beanfields], and on top of that, you […]

CATEGORIES Food
PUBLISHED February 6, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

How Beanfields’ ‘Chief Bean Aficionado’ Arnulfo Ventura Is Unlocking the Company’s Next Stage of Growth

There are few things that excite Arnulfo Ventura more than a healthy challenge. As CEO and ‘Chief Bean Aficionado’ at Beanfields, he’s bringing his expertise in helping to build some of the most innovative brands in the business and applying it to the newly rebranded plant-based snack company that he says is in ‘hyper-growth mode.’ […]

CATEGORIES Food
PUBLISHED February 1, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

How BevStrat Is Helping to Make Smaller Alc Bev Brands More Discoverable

Brian Rosen knows that it takes a lot for brands to stand out in today’s competitive market. Dubbed the “Brand Whisperer” by Adult Beverage Trend Magazine, Rosen is regarded globally as the leading authority in the three-tier system, retail off-premise, marketing, merchandising, e-commerce, and go to market strategy for the adult beverage space in any tier. […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED January 29, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

Founder and CEO Josh Wand Talks Cannabis and the Launch of ForceBrands’ New Division HerbForce

ForceBrands started off 2019 with the official launch of HerbForce, our specialized cannabis division that follows in the footsteps of BevForce, FoodForce, and BeautyForce, offering executive search services, board of director assembly, and a digital job board. The growth of the cannabis industry is at an all-time high. And although this is a new space, […]

How Max Baumann Built Credibility as a Serial Entrepreneur in His Early 20s

CATEGORIES Food
PUBLISHED January 9, 2019
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

How the Founder and CEO of Recess Is Building a CBD Beverage Brand for Creative Consumers

Just as people associate Gatorade with sports, Recess‘s Founder and CEO Ben Witte is on a mission to have consumers associate the CBD-infused sparkling beverage with creativity. “Recess consumers are makers: fashion designers, musicians, entrepreneurs, and journalists,” Witte told ForceBrands exclusively. “Recess is the brand that people will gravitate toward when they want to make something […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED December 7, 2018
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

Start It Sunday: Weekends with the Founder and CEO of Recess, Ben Witte

Ben Witte never set out to launch a beverage company although now, as CEO and Founder of Recess, he has big ambitions to disrupt the space with his cannabis-infused sparkling water. Introduced in October, newcomer Recess aspires to be an all-new consumer lifestyle brand creating products to help people feel more balanced in an increasingly stressful […]

CATEGORIES Beverage
PUBLISHED December 1, 2018
AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer

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