Best-laid plans: Lessons from a brewer who put down $800,000 for new equipment — and then his supplier went bankrupt | Wiley Management Updates

Posted February 10th, 2019 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Management, Negotiation, Operations Management, Strategy.

Description: What can a business do if the setback doesn’t qualify for insurance coverage?

Source: FinancialPost.com

Date: Feb 05, 2019

Link: https://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/blindsided-when-even-the-best-laid-business-plans-come-up-against-catastrophe?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Financial%20Post%20-%20Entrepreneur%202019-02-06&utm_term=FP_Entrepreneur#comments-area

Questions for discussion:

Why do you suppose Jason Fisher made such a large down payment?
Why should this have been a warning that the supplier was cash shy?
What lessons should entrepreneurs take away from this story?

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