The 30-second spot, which was purchased directly from WFXT, a Fox affiliate, was a truncated version of the company’s 2015 “Love Beer. “We’re more about, ‘Come down here and drink this great beer surrounded by a lot of great people as well and interact and have a wonderful time.’” Don’t settle, don’t work with or for bad people, and work at it long enough so that you find something that you just happen to get paid for because you love it so much.“We’re not just about, ‘Hey come down here and try this exotic beer you’ve never had any place else,’” he said, as footage from the brewery rolled. He advises young, aspiring businesspeople to start early, before marriage, kids and a mortgage come into play, but also to “follow your passion and follow your interest and do it. Kenary encourages pursuing a career not just as a way to make money, but also to become your best self and realize and express your values. “With AIM, you’re involved in a lot of different public policy issues where you’re trying to make the state a better place to do business and create a balanced approach, like with the pay equity legislation that went through last year.”Īdvocating what he terms “Worcester values,” Mr. “With Save the Bay, our brewery’s right on the waterfront, and you really saw the impact that cleaning up that water had on millions of people’s lives,” explained Mr. ![]() Kenary takes particular pride in the work he’s done for Save the Bay and as chairman of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Out of the many other causes and organizations he’s been a part of, from founding the Massachusetts Brewers Guild to delivering newspapers for the Worcester Telegram for 10 years, Mr. ![]() The concept “treat others the way you want to be treated,” is valued higher in the economic market than people would expect, but “if you don’t promote character and virtue from the top, you can never expect any culture or corporate rules to make up for it.” For a business that’s 30 years strong, employee engagement from the employers is vital. “If you educate and engage your employees as owners of the business, you can get improved performance across the board,” Mr. By providing employees with shares over time instead of having them pay, employees become full-time participants in the financial success of the company. Harpoon Brewery became employee-owned in August 2014 after establishing an employee stock ownership plan. Kenary, who earned a degree in American history from Harvard College in 1982, appreciates the thousand-year cultural origins of his craft and sharing that with his employees and customers. ![]() Kenary puts these ideas into practice working at the second oldest profession at Harpoon Brewery, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary since opening in 1986.Ĭreated in 1986 by beer lovers and for beer lovers who wanted more variety in a time when craft beers were new options, Harpoon was issued the state's first official commercial brewing permit in 25 years. I think if you believe in the system like I do, there’s a creative force for good, prosperity that we need to be vigilant of and make sure it gets the support it needs in a democracy like ours, and restraint is one way to do that,” explained Mr. ![]() I’m not adjudicating for major changes, other than for business people to show more restraint and not take advantage of the system. “Thirty years ago, the average CEO made 30 to 40 times what their average employee made, and now it’s over 200 times. Kenary took the stage Wednesday evening to lead the last 2016 meeting of the club, hosted at the College of the Holy Cross. WORCESTER - Harpoon Brewery CEO and co-founder Dan Kenary told the Worcester Economic Club Wednesday evening that business leaders should work to make capitalism a team sport by changing the system in places that would better spread wealth, stamp out greed and improve working conditions.
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