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A Pitch Competition for Beer & Beyond

Name: Brewbound Live Winter 2024
Start: 2024-12-11T08:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-12-12T15:00:00-08:00
Location: Marina del Rey Marriott

The Brewbound Live Pitch Slam returns this year to the Brewbound Live stage. The business pitch competition is designed to encourage entrepreneurship and build awareness for startups within the beer, cider, hard seltzer, alcoholic kombucha, and canned cocktail segments. We encourage a wide range of products from a diverse pool of entrepreneurs.

The competition will be livestreamed on Brewbound.com and Brewbound's social platforms, reaching thousands of beer industry professionals watching online from home. It will also feature live audience voting during the semi-final round.

Competition Judges

Rebecca Maisel

SVP Legal & Government Affairs, Gulf Distributing
Samuel Chawinga

Co-Founder, People's Republic of South Central
Eric Phillips

Chief Commercial Officer, Schilling Cider

Eric Phillips

Chief Commercial Officer, Schilling Cider

Eric Phillips is the Chief Commercial Officer at Schilling Hard Cider – overseeing both sales and retail teams. Eric has successfully applied the skills gained from his past life as a public school teacher to building a world-class sales organization that has outperformed the industry by a wide margin every year with him at the helm. Eric focuses on putting people first and finding smarter ways of working that often look very different than industry norms. He believes in changing the industry for the better and creating opportunities for people of every background.
Nathan Grover

Executive Director, Bar & Beverage, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar

How It Works

Semfinals on Day 1

The morning of day one, up to 12 semi-finalists take part in the opening round of back-to-back pitches. Each pitch is only 2 minutes with immediate feedback from the judges. Six finalists are chosen by the judges at the end of the day to continue to the finals.

Finals on Day 2

Finalists have five minutes to deliver their pitches, followed by four-minute Q&A sessions with the judges. Participants provide two different product samples, one to be tasted prior to the competition and one during, that the judges evaluate.

The Grand Prize

The champion receives an industry awareness advertising package with Brewbound and free registration to Brewbound Live Winter 2025. They'll also be interviewed live on Brewbound.com and receive their own engraved trophy.

New this year! As part of the grand prize package, NIQ and 3 Tier Beverages are providing the winner one year of data and consulting - which is a package valued at $35,000.

All semifinalists will benefit from 30 days of data and consulting from NIQ and 3 Tier Beverages, including NIQs BYZZER package which is tailored to emerging businesses.