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I'm not seeing this as an option.","answer":"Problem solved! Thanks so much for the kind words and investment, Nathan."},{"question":"Hi- We already enjoy your products at local breweries and are considering investing, but have a few questions 1. Can you disclose your lead investors? 2. Is there a difference to the investment type if done before or after 4/15? 3. How is this new round of investing going? 4. ...","answer":"Hello, Jaime! That's great to hear. Thanks for posting these thoughtful questions and thanks for your patience (need to get my notifications sorted). Happy to shed some light on them: 1. LEAD INVESTOR: We'll be announcing our lead investor for this round this week, so please stay tuned. Our current largest investor and lead on our most recent financing prior to Wefunder is an oncologist and majority owner of Alaska's largest distillery, and they own roughly 14% of the company at present. 2. B..."},{"question":"Hello Phil! 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So for starters, we have limited resources, and we're interested in growing our business into large target mark..."},{"question":"As a huge craft beer nerd, this sounds like a great business model and a great idea! I'm less knowledgeable about the malt that goes into craft beer than the final product, though, so i just had a couple questions about the specifics of your ideas for growth: 1. It sounds like...","answer":"Hey Adam! Oh yeah, these are good ones. Thanks for chiming in here. 1: You're correct, we have a relatively small number of active accounts right now. And if you're suggesting that most customers do in fact need to be convinced to upgrade, I think you'd be correct there as well. For now. One important thing to note is that our current customers are some very significant, \"early adopter\" type accounts. 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