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#KCStartup101 goes live at Cinder Block Brewery in North Kansas City to get the truth about running and owning a brewery. (Ryan Hennessy | Flatland)

KC Startup 101 | The Business of Beer

We Go Live at Cinder Block Brewery to Talk Community, Passion and Those Unexpected Turns

September 22, 2017  |    |  1 min read

 

Our Facebook Live series, #KCStartup101, sits down with Calibration Brewery, Callsign Brewing, Colony KC, The Big Rip Brewing Company and Cinder Block Brewery in North Kansas City to discuss the business of beer. Hear from the roundtable as these gentlemen talk honestly about the good and the bad of being in the business of beer.

Join our Facebook page for the next #KCStartup101 at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5 for more local entrepreneurs talking the ups, downs and in-betweens of being a startup in the metro area.

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