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SubscribeAugust 4, 2024
Have you tried shutting it off and turning it back on?
I brainwashd myself for a year. It worked.
July 28, 2024
The Right Size Business
Some businesses only work if they are big. Some only if they are small.
July 21, 2024
Don't build a startup to solve your own problems
Solve a problem for people you like instead.
July 14, 2024
You probably don't know what business you're in
Your business and your understanding of what it does for its customerswill change alot overtime.
July 7, 2024
How to build AI Voice Apps in 2024
This will be outdated fast but for now I hope this helps.
June 30, 2024
Commodity Software
Software margins will be eroded by commodity software. AI accelerates this.
June 23, 2024
Permission is Forever
Authentication systems and data owners will have a big say on the shape of future AI.
June 16, 2024
Stop trying to find ideas. Start trying to find problems.
Great entrepreneurs find great problems to solve.
June 9, 2024
Back To Atoms
Software is now a solved problem. We should go back to working on hardware.
August 7, 2021
Commodity Culture
Commodity culture is broken. Coops, Checkoffs, and Subsidies have detached the farmer from reality through weak incentive structures.
July 10, 2021
The AWS of Food
Infrastructure as a Service, with low barriers to entry, and a focus on food and agriculture, creates the bright future for farms and food the world wants and needs.
June 27, 2021
The Farm Barbell
The future of agriculture is large farms producing commodities and small farms creating value added products. Startups should build penny shaving machines for scaled farms and margin capture machines for small farms.
June 6, 2021
Farm Inputs Index Fund
Farmers just want to manage risk and gurantee a return.
May 23, 2021
Coal Steaks and Nuclear Nuggets
Cattle farmers should take the threat of alternative proteins seriously.
April 25, 2021
Biological Scarcity
In the USA crops are one of the only things we might be better at printing than dollars. Tree's provide scarcity like bitcoin.
April 18, 2021
The Story You Tell is the Margin You Keep
There are many ways to get margin. Some work better than others.
April 12, 2021
Hub and Spoke Transparency
How farmers experience purchasing inputs.
April 12, 2021
The Ag Inputs Love Triangle
How farmers buy inputs bundled with services.
August 16, 2020
Don't build v2 when v3 will do
Version 2 of anything is probably an “intermediate state”. Don’t build it. Build whats next instead.
October 14, 2018
The Future of Self-driving Cows
Cows could save the planet. Virtual fencing could help.
August 11, 2018
We Can't Just Blame Trade and Trump
Farms don't actually sell anything anymore. They hire other people to do that and it shows.
January 23, 2017
How we might use Virtual Reality in Agriculture
VR can be used in all domains. Including agriculture.