For my entrepreneurship story I would like to talk about my time working at R.C. Hatton farms in Clewiston, Florida. I spent some time with the owner, Roger Hatton, and got some knowledge about what he did to start his company and why it is so successful today. He told me that the hardest part about a company that you started on your own is not the initial start up but keeping it successful in the future. In order to be successful, you have to sustain a good relationship with employees, customers, and everyone involved in the process of farming. He is also one of the of the most humble people I have met, so naturally he didn't want to talk about himself much but I could tell that this quality and his character were another thing that made him so successful. He was very passionate about agriculture and loved every aspect of it, from the production side, to manufacturing, to retail. Roger always said that when you are that passionate about something it is only right to show it through your individual work and you will have no problem staying successful in the industry if you keep that same passion throughout your life. This has inspired me to possibly try and start my own agribusiness one day and I will always keep in mind the things that I learned from him.
The reason that I enrolled in ENT 3003 was initially because it was an elective for my major, Food and Resource Economics, but as I started to think about it, I realized that this would be a great opportunity to learn quality skills about being an entrepreneur and keys to be successful in the future. This is what I anticipate to get out of this class this semester and hopefully gain some insight as to how to start a business and keep it successful. I look forward to the rest of the semester!
Below are some pictures of me during the summer that I worked at R.C. Hatton Farms with some of the sweet corn that they grow there.
Hey Myles,
ReplyDeleteI love that you interviewed him, but you learned the most when he wasn't talking. That is also something I've realized about very successful people. They do not like to talk about themselves, because they are so focused on creating the future. I feel like that man really loves what he does and that allows him to be so humble and kind. My family on my mom's side used to be farmers in Nebraska and Iowa, so I know how hard it is to be a farmer. They often do not get credit for all the work that they do, but I think it was awesome you gave him the time and effort you did, because you probably made his day.