Elizabeth Ryan developed a passion for agriculture from earlier generations and is CEO of Breezy Hill Orchard.
Developed for and sold to thousands of New Yorkers in the Union Square Green Market, their products include apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, and the value-added products that come from these fruits. The most significant of these value-added products is draft cider, for which the company aggressively raised private equity to launch a national product.
Elizabeth Ryan is a graduate of Cornell University.
The best business advice I have gotten has come from what I call pure mentoring. I found that when I had a company, initially, I was very shy about talking to big companies. I would go to trade shows--which is invaluable, going to tradeshows--and I would sit down with some leading people in the in...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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