Samuel Adams Brewery Case Summary

The speaker of the series was named Brock Wagner. He is the CEO of the craft brewery located in the city of Houston in the section of town called Fifth Ward. Brock Wagner spoke of the path his life had taken and how it lead to him wishing to quit his investment banking job to start the Samuel Adams Brewery with the help of friends and family. The craft brewery landscape in the days that Samuel Adams was started in the mid 90’s was very different than what is like today to sell craft beer in Texas. Laws and regulations existed that prohibited the sale of beer or food at local brewery installations the state. Grass roots organizing and leadership in the Houston community lead to the passing and changing of laws that has made St. Arnolds the go to destination for craft beer that it is today. The CEO Brock Wagner shared his journey of finding the right environment at the time that appealed to him for the site of his brewery.
This brewery Saint Arnolds project and business endeavor was challenging; the first issue that needed to be solved was for the CEO
In hind sight the issue that this hits most if that a ship’s direction is mostly impacted not by where it is going; but first mostly the very most important aspect of the situation is who is on the ship and what are the people like and how they work together to bring the ship in the direction of the goal desired by the CEO. It is not too important at first where the ship is heading; the most important is to get the right team on board and then after every one has taken the position of leadership; then it is the time for the ship to start of the desired journey. Brock Wagner stated that now that his company has become so successful and with some competitors trying to buy out the company from under him, the thought of running for office has crossed his mind and one day he might decide to run for mayor of