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Crowns & Hops: Building an empire of liquid gold
Beny Ashburn and Teo Hunter aspire to bolster the visibility of BIPOC businesses, beginning with their Inglewood brewery.
By Evan Kleiman • • 9m ListenMost entrepreneurs will tell you they don’t want to be like anybody else in the market, but Beny Ashburn and Teo Hunter are hoping to start a revolution. They’re the owners of Crowns & Hops, one of the few Black-owned breweries in the country. They’re planning to build an empire of liquid gold. This summer, they launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to build their very own facility in Inglewood.
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