Lara Feltin

About Lara Feltin

In her current iteration of entrepreneurship, Lara has partnered with Matt Lawrence on Camp Colvos Brewing, a craft brewery located on Vashon Island, 25 miles outside Seattle in the beautiful Puget Sound. CCB began manufacturing and selling handcrafted beer in June 2018. In January 2019, CCB opened Campsite, a taproom and eatery in downtown Vashon. In June 2021, CCB opened their second venue Outpost, a taproom and pizza kitchen in Tacoma\'s Historic Brewery District. Lara\'s responsible for the numbers—including fundraising, setting manufacturing and selling milestones, and metering expansion—serving the role of CFO, Controller and Vice President.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Camp Colvos Brewing

   Jul 2017 — Present · Vashon Island, WA, US

   In her current iteration of entrepreneurship, Lara has teamed up with Matt Lawrence on Camp Colvos Brewing, a craft brewery located on Vashon Island, 25 miles outside Seattle in the beautiful Puget Sound. Launched in 2018, join us at the Campsite Taproom + eatery in downtown Vashon, and at the Outpost Taproom + Pizza Co in Tacoma\'s Historic Brewery District—for the best Brooklyn pizza-by-the-slice outside of Brooklyn with locally sourced ingredients.Lara\'s responsible for the numbers, serving the role of CFO, Controller and Vice President.As the Co-Founder and CEO of Biznik.com, a social network for small business owners founded in 2005, Lara spent ten years developing a custom social networking platform while building and managing a selected community of small business owners. During that time she cultivated an expertise both in social software design, development and iteration, as well as in online community development and engagement. Her experience provides her with unique perspective on the changing habits and expectations of members of an online community; and the daily challenges of micropreneurs and indie business owners.Leveraging 10 years in the business networking and indie business space, Lara developed MyFive, a tool for SMBs and independent workers to get more business from their bloated networks. By tracking your gigs and keeping tabs on the folks who send them to you, MyFive reveals who *your five* most valuable people are.

Education

• University of Washington

  BS

  1988 — 1993

Skills

• Small Business
• Entrepreneur
• Product Launch
• Early-Stage Startups
• Communication
• Bootstrapping
• Strategic Partnerships
• Online Publishing
• Product Development
• Product Design
• Angel Investing
• Content Strategy
• Social Media Marketing
• Business Networking
• Entrepreneurship
• Organic Search
• Online Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Blogging
• Web Analytics
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Strategic Planning
• E-Commerce
• User Experience
• Social Networking
• Leadership
• Mobile Applications
• Networking
• Team Building
• Film Production