What do two brothers—who happen to both be former professional football players—do once they’ve hung up their cleats? Besides giving of their time and talents to their favorite charities, Rob Gronkowski and his brother Chris have created their next chapters by becoming entrepreneurs. In fact, it’s an all-around family affair with a number of different business ventures.

“…The hard work that you learn, the long hours that you put in, definitely transfer over what you put into it as well, your personal efforts. So you definitely see the rewards, and you also see the failures if you don’t put that work in as well. But what I like the most is really, the team atmosphere is what you see and what you learned as an athlete. And it transfers directly over to building a team and building a business as well…”

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