Adam H Phillips is the Founder and Managing Director of AthletesInnovate, a lawyer and a former Managing Director at Techstars in the Washington DC metro region.  He primarily invests in early-stage businesses and startups, but also works with athletes and others interested in starting and running and using entrepreneurship to change their lives and neighborhoods.  Adam is also the Co-founder and former Founding Managing Director at MoxE Venture Partners, and a former Senior Attorney and Director of Innovation at USDOT  but he still thinks of being a basketball coach to 7th graders as the best job he ever had.  Adam is also a Board Member at Owners in Honor, a non-profit committed to bringing the benefits of entrepreneurship through acquisition to the veteran community.  He holds a Bachelor's (Psychology), a Master's (History) and Juris Doctorate."Entrepreneurship isn’t a straight path; it’s about resilience, adaptability, and learning from failure. Anyone who has faced challenges and learned to make tough decisions can excel at it however, since the technical parts of running a business can be taught, but grit and perseverance can’t."