This planning doc for the 📝D2C Happy Hour lays out potential topics, guests, and distribution channels.
The first one will take place April 8th 4:30 PST framed around emerging trends in e-commerce.
Hosts
- Evan Kesner - 📝StraightUp Growth
- 📝John Zdanowski, co-founder 📝Assembled Brands, co-incorporator of One Inc Cooperative
- Michael Lipkin, President of 📝Assembled Brands
- 📝Sam Kaplan, ecomm systems expert, co-creator 📝One Gatherings & 📝One Financial
Agenda
- 4:30 to 4:45 - Social milling about Topia
- 4:45 to 4:00 - Assembled Brands Presents [Business Insights] / Q&A
Topics to Explore
Macro
- Navigating online commerce in a post-COVID world (emerging trends?)
- Fostering a purpose driven brand identity
Micro
- Best practices in Inventory Accounting
- Building strong accounting practices (weekly procedures, monthly closes, budgeting, etc.)
- The importance of a financial model
Featured Guests (Confirmed)
Possible Guests (1st round invitees)
Evan's list
- Danny DiMichele, Quiver
- Andrew Farris, 4x400 - holding company with 5 brands
Brands
- Marysia Reeves of www.marysia.com
- 📝Jeff Abrams, St Midas & the candy brand
- Bruno, founder of SandCloud.com
- Stephan founder of BluffWorks
- Livio Bistro founder of Green Park Brands - Hippeas just raised $50m, raising $3m for Reel Paper
- Hil Davis from Digital Brands Group
Ecommerce Service Providers
- Greg Writer LaunchCart.co
- Greg Moser, founder of 📝ShipCalm
- Sam Hayes, founder Tango Trade
Bankers
- Marissa Lepor, Sage
- Richard Kestenbaum, Triangle Capital
- Tim Barnes, Axis Group Ventures
Marketing Service Providers
- John McKusick founder of next left
- Matt Stafford - Build Grow Scale
- Rachel Mack of DGTLMTR
- Brian Swichkow, Managing Director One Studio & Reddit Marketing Expert
- 📝Joey Spanjers, consumer brand expert
Distribution Channels
- Lean Luxe Connect Slack Group (1000+ people)
- Consumer Packaged People the-cpp.slack.com
- Shopify Plus Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/shopifypluscommunity (7.1k)