HEBRON – John and Brendan Ready, owners of Ready Seafood and Catch A Piece of Maine, will speak to Hebron Academy students and faculty on Tuesday, Jan. 22, as part of the academy’s entrepreneurship program.

The presentation will explore the pair’s entrepreneurial adventures during the school’s community meeting from 10: to 10:45 a.m. in the Hebron Chapel. The public is welcome.

John and Brendan Ready grew up by the water in Cape Elizabeth where they were introduced to the lobster industry at an early age. In grade school, they were each harvesting lobsters from their own boats and traps.

Their passion for the sea continued through high school and college. In June 2004, John and Brendan opened Ready Seafood on the Portland waterfront. Since then Ready Seafood has grown to a $10 million seafood company. The brothers also recently launched a sister company, Catch a Piece of Maine, where, for $2,999, you can own a lobster trap and all the lobsters caught in it.

“Brendan and I are always excited speaking with the younger generation about our story as well the exciting path we have taken in creating two successful entrepreneurial ventures. We were introduced to the lobster industry when we were 7 and 8 years old by our uncle who was a commercial lobsterman.

“Through our high school years, we became more intrigued within the business world, leading us to further education in college. It’s important to us that young people know there is a tremendous amount of opportunity and anything is possible it just needs to be pursued,” said John Ready.

The Hebron Academy Entrepreneurship Program focuses on entrepreneurial learning, teaching and practice. Students learn entrepreneurial skills while interacting with successful entrepreneurs, launching for-profit and nonprofit ventures and participating in business competitions.

The program was created in 2005 through a gift from R. Eugene Whitman, a Wellesley, Mass., businessman and member of the Hebron Academy Class of 1954. For more information about the program and future speakers, contact Susan Stephenson at [email protected] or call 966-5251.