Deb Carey, co-founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Co., just lately obtained the Ken Hendricks Memorial ‘Seize the Day’ award on the annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Convention, held in Milwaukee. After accepting her award, Carey participated in a Q&A with Tom Nonetheless, president of the Wisconsin Know-how Council. New Glarus’ beers are distributed completely in Wisconsin and the corporate expects to provide about 240,000 barrels of beer this yr.
- “I by no means thought we might be this massive. That wasn’t the objective. Our objective is simply to make world class beer and handle the folks round us.”
- “Anyone who desires to work for us has to return to work for 3 days first. Everyone who works with them charges them. This offers everyone a voice in who will get employed. The flip aspect is additionally they have possession in making this individual profitable.”
- “Individuals typically don’t perceive when they give thought to enterprise simply with reference to cash. I see it as, we now have a hit crew. Not every week goes by that anyone doesn’t name and say, ‘Don’t you wish to bid out your insurance coverage?’ Or ‘Don’t you want a brand new banking relationship?’ Why? No, I’m not going to dump the individuals who have introduced me right here. We’re a part of a crew.”
- “There’s at all times house out there that’s about {dollars}, for positive. However that isn’t the house the place you’re going to create revenue. To ensure that me to have the ability to make world class beer, I want a crew that I can depend upon.”
- “When we now have a brand new beer that’s popping out, in my thoughts I’m considering of various names. It’s laborious to give you a reputation that matches for our space and suits for the beer. So, I simply attempt them out on unsuspecting clients. I wait to see what their response is.”
- “Now we have the flexibility to alter the lives of the folks round us in a really optimistic manner. All of us wish to be handled respectfully. All of us want medical health insurance. All of us need a paycheck we will depend upon. And people are the issues that we’re capable of give to our folks and that can resonate by the neighborhood and create change for others. So, I hope (enterprise leaders) will proceed to put money into their folks, in training and in our nice state of Wisconsin.”
