<description>&lt;p&gt;Kurtis Cummings founded Switchyard Brewing Company in his garage and then spent 7 years developing the business plan before opening his doors.  In this episode, he breaks down the 8 guiding principles that he developed to get there.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We're glad you joined us! &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Topics covered include:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Starting the business (5:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Serving great beer (16:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Creating a great place to hang out (20:30)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Open book management (26:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A great place to work (37:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A place to learn (41:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Giving back to the community (44:00)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="p1"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Special thanks to Kurtis Cummings for taking the time to share the &lt;a href= "http://www.switchyardbrewing.com/"&gt;Switchyard Brewing&lt;/a&gt; story with us&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p2"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Contributors to this episode include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="ul1"&gt; &lt;li class="li4"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt;Host - &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/355796818131225/"&gt;&lt;span class= "s4"&gt;Jeremy Goodrich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Music - &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinten.1"&gt;&lt;span class="s6"&gt;Mark Vinten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Editing - Christopher Lang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;If you enjoyed this podcast, there’s a couple of things we need you to do right now: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="ul1"&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;SUBSCRIBE to Scratch Entrepreneur on &lt;a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/gh/podcast/scratch-entrepreneur/id1071707939?mt=2"&gt; &lt;span class="s6"&gt;itunes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=94009&amp;refid=stpr"&gt;&lt;span class= "s6"&gt;Stitcher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href= "https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp"&gt;&lt;span class= "s7"&gt;Google Play&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or wherever you listen to podcasts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;While your there, please REVIEW the show &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;SHARE with friends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="li4"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt;Finally, please, JOIN the &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/355796818131225/"&gt;&lt;span class= "s4"&gt;Scratch Entrepreneur Facebook Group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="p5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Then, please share the show with whoever you think it will inspire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p5"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Until the next time, We truly appreciate you listening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p5"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Need Shine?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img class= "aligncenter wp-image-1019 size-medium" src= "http://www.shineinsure.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Contact-Us-300x60.png" alt="contact shine insurance" width="300" height="60" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;More great stories &amp; information at:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h5 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGO-atb8JOo7usmRuVzG-BA"&gt;Youtube&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.shineinsure.com/blog"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href= "http://www.scratchentrepreneur.com"&gt;Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;h5 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/ShineInsuranceAgency"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ShineInsure"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;</description>

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Guiding Principles of Switchyard Brewing Company

DEC 16, 201949 MIN
Scratch Entrepreneur

Guiding Principles of Switchyard Brewing Company

DEC 16, 201949 MIN

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Kurtis Cummings founded Switchyard Brewing Company in his garage and then spent 7 years developing the business plan before opening his doors.  In this episode, he breaks down the 8 guiding principles that he developed to get there.   We're glad you joined us!  Topics covered include: Starting the business (5:00) Serving great beer (16:00) Creating a great place to hang out (20:30) Open book management (26:00) A great place to work (37:00) A place to learn (41:00) Giving back to the community (44:00) Special thanks to Kurtis Cummings for taking the time to share the Switchyard Brewing story with us   Contributors to this episode include: Host - Jeremy Goodrich Music - Mark Vinten Editing - Christopher Lang If you enjoyed this podcast, there’s a couple of things we need you to do right now:  SUBSCRIBE to Scratch Entrepreneur on itunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you listen to podcasts  While your there, please REVIEW the show  SHARE with friends Finally, please, JOIN the Scratch Entrepreneur Facebook Group Then, please share the show with whoever you think it will inspire. Until the next time, We truly appreciate you listening.   Need Shine? More great stories & information at: Youtube - Blog - Podcast Facebook - Twitter