This evening we went to a really nice jumpstart talk at generator. Speaker tonight was Jen Kimmich, The cofounder of the alchemist brewery.

They are the makers of heady topper and focal banger. Jen told a really compelling story about The ups and downs of starting a small business in for Mont. There were many things in her story that I didn’t know… But the main thing I did notice that the pub they had in Waterbury was destroyed in hurricane Irene. It seemed to me that that was the best possible thing that could’ve happened to them even though it was terrible at the time. It allowed them to concentrate on their canning business and made heady topper the world-famous destination beer that it is today. She had great advice around family, hiring, persistence, innovation and setting of appropriate goals.I was very impressed with her focus on community and providing living wages to people that work there.

I was really glad to see this. I’m always glad to see generator full of people like that. I’m so proud to be part of it

Night all, night Sam

-me