Daniel Mercer's guest appearances

Daniel Mercer

Two Star Podcast

Inside the 405

Oklahoma Venture Forum Podcast

AudaCity: the VeloCityOKC show

Donald Trump

Donna Miller

Chris Sells

Brett Goldstein

James Acaster

Steve Mason

Roy Williams

Milton Keynes

Jean Paul Gaultier

Rob Reynolds

Piyush Patel

Ed Gamble

John Robbins

Mike Knopp

Chad Whitehead

OwlTail

What started with “poor decisions and lots of circumstances,” COOP Ale Works has grown into a company with a $20 million expansion plan at the former 45th Infantry Armory. Despite feeling like an outsider in the brewing community from not being a brewer himself, Daniel Mercer, CEO of Coop Ale Works, sees positives in his business-focused skill set.“Once you get into the core of it, we ’re taking this brewery model, and we ’re expanding it and adding other new businesses to our model that put us right back in the same boat that we were in 10, 12 years ago,” Mercer explained. “We ’re getting into the hotel business or we ’re getting into this culinary business that involves a taproom in a restaurant and a speakeasy and all these event support spaces that have culinary features and a pool club, bar. Banks have been interested but not receptive to the total deal structure and scale. It ’s a large deal, and when you take a package to a bank that says you ’re going to spend $36 million over 20 months, including the money we ’ve already spent over the past couple of years in development, it becomes a scenario where virtually every bank is casting doubt, and then your solution, there, is to try to find alternative methods to finance your deal.”“We spend a lot of time talking about diversifying industry in Oklahoma, and a lot of that talk is around, either, high-impact or high-level concept industries,” Mercer said. “Whether it ’s biomedical research or autoimmune disease treatment or mechanical devices... things centered around the oil and gas industry that may be new technologies and hardware technologies. But there are also plenty of other industries that just aren't ’t near as sexy, frankly. And I think, in Oklahoma in particular, we ’ve done a great job of focusing on the resources that we have. Particularly around the OU Health Science Center, around the oil and gas base that exists here and all the new technologies that have sprung out of that industry over the past, say, 20 years.”https://coopaleworks.com/

What started with “poor decisions and lots of circumstances,” COOP Ale Works has grown into a company with a $20 million expansion plan at the former 45th Infantry Armory. Despite feeling like an outsider in the brewing community from not being a brewer himself, Daniel Mercer, CEO of Coop Ale Works, sees positives in his business-focused skill set. “Once you get into the core of it, we ’re taking this brewery model, and we ’re expanding it and adding other new businesses to our model that put us right back in the same boat that we were in 10, 12 years ago,” Mercer explained. “We ’re getting into the hotel business or we ’re getting into this culinary business that involves a taproom in a restaurant and a speakeasy and all these event support spaces that have culinary features and a pool club, bar. Banks have been interested but not receptive to the total deal structure and scale. It ’s a large deal, and when you take a package to a bank that says you ’re going to spend $36 million over 20 months, including the money we ’ve already spent over the past couple of years in development, it becomes a scenario where virtually every bank is casting doubt, and then your solution, there, is to try to find alternative methods to finance your deal.” “We spend a lot of time talking about diversifying industry in Oklahoma, and a lot of that talk is around, either, high-impact or high-level concept industries,” Mercer said. “Whether it ’s biomedical research or autoimmune disease treatment or mechanical devices... things centered around the oil and gas industry that may be new technologies and hardware technologies. But there are also plenty of other industries that just aren't ’t near as sexy, frankly. And I think, in Oklahoma in particular, we ’ve done a great job of focusing on the resources that we have. Particularly around the OU Health Science Center, around the oil and gas base that exists here and all the new technologies that have sprung out of that industry over the past, say, 20 years.” <a href="https://coopaleworks.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://coopaleworks.com/</a>

OVF Podcast Ep31: Daniel Mercer, CEO & Co-Founder of COOP Ale Works

Want video? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXBg5_c4VxGGR_kxMHb2wg For this episode, we’re live at Chamber member COOP Ale Works with a great interview with Co-Founder Daniel Mercer on the origins of the business and brand, how things have changed in the craft beer world in OK, and what’s coming in terms of new offerings and their ambitious new facility and buildout in the 23rd Street Armory project. We talk about some of the exhibitions at the National Cowboy &amp; Western Heritage Museum and OKC Museum of Art you should check out, some of our favorite sushi/pasta spots, and some of our springtime in OKC favorites, along with a couple quick development updates on Wheeler and Embassy Suites NW. Want audio and/or show archives? http://www.velocityokc.com/audacity Links, Chamber members and resources mentioned in this episode: COOP Ale Works: https://coopaleworks.com/ COOP Ale Works announces plans to redevelop historic 23rd Street Armory:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/coop-ale-works-announces-plans-to-redevelop-historic-23rd-street-armory/ COOP 11th Anniversary Party Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/192573645130390/ COOP 11th Anniversary Party tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coop-ale-works-11th-anniversary-party-tickets-91686872905 Chamber’s new lifestyle PR effort to begin in 2020:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/economy/chamber-s-new-lifestyle-pr-effort-to-begin-in-2020/ Mixed-use building coming to the Wheeler District:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/mixed-use-building-coming-to-the-wheeler-district/ Champion Hotels reopens former Marriott as Embassy Suites Hotel:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/champion-hotels-reopens-former-marriott-as-embassy-suites-hotel/ Sushi Neko: https://www.sushineko.com/ The most comprehensive collection of Andy Warhol’s love of the West is visiting Oklahoma City:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/lifestyle/the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-andy-warhol-s-love-of-the-western-genre-is-visiting-oklahoma-city/ Renewing the American Spirit: The Art of the Great Depression: https://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/renewing-american-spirit/ OKC Memorial Marathon: https://okcmarathon.com/ Festival of the Arts: https://www.artscouncilokc.com/festival-of-the-arts/ OKC Thunder: https://www.nba.com/thunder/ OKC Energy FC: https://www.energyfc.com/ OKC Dodgers: https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city OKC Dodgers National Anthem standby auditions March 28:  https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city/community/national-anthem-tryouts A Better Life OKC blog/Spring Break camps: https://www.abetterlifeokc.com/blog OKC RIVERSPORT Adventures: https://www.riversportokc.org/ Sign up for a weekly VeloCity email to stay up on what’s going down in OKC:  https://www.velocityokc.com/index.php?src=forms&amp;id=enews&amp;category=&amp;email=EMAIL&amp;submit.x=40&amp;submit.y=28 Feedback: networking@okcchamber.com or Chamber social media (@okcchamber) - https://www.facebook.com/okcchamber - https://twitter.com/okcchamber - https://www.instagram.com/okcchamber/ - https://www.linkedin.com/company/greater-oklahoma-city-chamber/

Want video? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXBg5_c4VxGGR_kxMHb2wg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXBg5_c4VxGGR_kxMHb2wg</a> For this episode, we’re live at Chamber member COOP Ale Works with a great interview with Co-Founder Daniel Mercer on the origins of the business and brand, how things have changed in the craft beer world in OK, and what’s coming in terms of new offerings and their ambitious new facility and buildout in the 23rd Street Armory project. We talk about some of the exhibitions at the National Cowboy &amp; Western Heritage Museum and OKC Museum of Art you should check out, some of our favorite sushi/pasta spots, and some of our springtime in OKC favorites, along with a couple quick development updates on Wheeler and Embassy Suites NW. Want audio and/or show archives? <a href="http://www.velocityokc.com/audacity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.velocityokc.com/audacity</a> Links, Chamber members and resources mentioned in this episode: COOP Ale Works: <a href="https://coopaleworks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://coopaleworks.com/</a> COOP Ale Works announces plans to redevelop historic 23rd Street Armory: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/coop-ale-works-announces-plans-to-redevelop-historic-23rd-street-armory/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/coop-ale-works-announces-plans-to-redevelop-historic-23rd-street-armory/</a> COOP 11th Anniversary Party Facebook Event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/192573645130390/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/192573645130390/</a> COOP 11th Anniversary Party tickets: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coop-ale-works-11th-anniversary-party-tickets-91686872905" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coop-ale-works-11th-anniversary-party-tickets-91686872905</a> Chamber’s new lifestyle PR effort to begin in 2020: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/economy/chamber-s-new-lifestyle-pr-effort-to-begin-in-2020/?utm_source=ChamberF&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=IntProOKC&amp;utm_content=LifestylePR2_18_20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/economy/chamber-s-new-lifestyle-pr-effort-to-begin-in-2020/</a> Mixed-use building coming to the Wheeler District: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/mixed-use-building-coming-to-the-wheeler-district/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/mixed-use-building-coming-to-the-wheeler-district/</a> Champion Hotels reopens former Marriott as Embassy Suites Hotel: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/champion-hotels-reopens-former-marriott-as-embassy-suites-hotel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/champion-hotels-reopens-former-marriott-as-embassy-suites-hotel/</a> Sushi Neko: <a href="https://www.sushineko.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sushineko.com/</a> The most comprehensive collection of Andy Warhol’s love of the West is visiting Oklahoma City: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/lifestyle/the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-andy-warhol-s-love-of-the-western-genre-is-visiting-oklahoma-city/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/lifestyle/the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-andy-warhol-s-love-of-the-western-genre-is-visiting-oklahoma-city/</a> Renewing the American Spirit: The Art of the Great Depression: <a href="https://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/renewing-american-spirit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/renewing-american-spirit/</a> OKC Memorial Marathon: <a href="https://okcmarathon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://okcmarathon.com/</a> Festival of the Arts: <a href="https://www.artscouncilokc.com/festival-of-the-arts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncilokc.com/festival-of-the-arts/</a> OKC Thunder: <a href="https://www.nba.com/thunder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nba.com/thunder/</a> OKC Energy FC: <a href="https://www.energyfc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.energyfc.com/</a> OKC Dodgers: <a href="https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city</a> OKC Dodgers National Anthem standby auditions March 28: <a href="https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city/community/national-anthem-tryouts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.milb.com/oklahoma-city/community/national-anthem-tryouts</a> A Better Life OKC blog/Spring Break camps: <a href="https://www.abetterlifeokc.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abetterlifeokc.com/blog</a> OKC RIVERSPORT Adventures: <a href="https://www.riversportokc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.riversportokc.org/</a> Sign up for a weekly VeloCity email to stay up on what’s going down in OKC: <a href="https://www.velocityokc.com/index.php?src=forms&amp;id=enews&amp;category=&amp;email=EMAIL&amp;submit.x=40&amp;submit.y=28" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.velocityokc.com/index.php?src=forms&amp;id=enews&amp;category=&amp;email=EMAIL&amp;submit.x=40&amp;submit.y=28</a> Feedback: <a href="mailto:networking@okcchamber.com">networking@okcchamber.com</a> or Chamber social media (@okcchamber) - 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Episode 10 - From COOP Ale Works, Q&A w/ Daniel Mercer, springtime favorites, museum exhibitions, Wheeler, Embassy Suites NW, more

In which our heroes get progressively more drunk, Graham asks which rapper likes which crisps, Adam desperately tries to talk to everyone about Fast &amp; Furious and Dan dies in a motorway pile up

In which our heroes get progressively more drunk, Graham asks which rapper likes which crisps, Adam desperately tries to talk to everyone about Fast &amp; Furious and Dan dies in a motorway pile up

Episode 18 – Daniel Mercer Memorial Episode