100 Entrepreneurs Update, march 2020

James (Jamie) Horris, a wounded veteran and entrepreneur, spoke with 100 Entrepreneurs about his transition from the military to cofounding a hops farm and the Dragon Hops Brewery in Northern Virginia. He joined the military right out of high school, assuming that would be his career, and when that didn't happen, he went to college, got an MBA from Johns Hopkins and worked on several entrepreneurial ventures. When they didn't work out, he turned his family's land into a hops farm and built a successful brewery in an old grocery store building. He joined 100 Entrepreneurs to talk about his lessons learned. Here is some of his advice. 

• Don't let your past dictate your future. Learn from it and move on.
• "Prepare yourself to get fat on humble pie."  Things don't always go according to plan.  It's the way it is.
• Shooting from the hip feels great until something bad happens.  Planning helps reduce the gotcha's.  Do the due diligence, whether it takes a month or a year.
• "Prepare to spend double and make half in the first year."
• A company is an organism, requiring constant attention.  You'll have to be emotionally invested in your company.
• Build a network!  Hang out with entrepreneurs.
• Protect yourself against a business downturn.

100 Entrepreneurs has postponed our lunches until further notice, due to the epidemic.  We will provide a new schedule as soon as possible.  If you are spending more time at home during this health crisis, remember that we have over 200 videos available of speakers talking about 80 plus industries, and podcast interviews with entrepreneurs and business experts.  We will continue to produce Podcast interviews with fascinating people about business, entrepreneurship, nonprofits, and about coping with market downturns while preparing for recovery. 

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