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Play the Long Game
Callum and his partner have pioneered a means of taking a collection of small businesses public in a novel way.
ekimle23
Jul 20, 20243 min read
Manufacturing Perfection
Good morning innovators, change-makers, and entrepreneurs. This newsletter and podcast features stories about the people – past, present...
ekimle23
Jun 29, 20243 min read
Spreading the Entrepreneurship Bug
Dr. Matt Clancy discusses fear of failure, risk aversion, large vs. small businesses in innovation, economics, and more.
ekimle23
May 24, 20244 min read
Internal Combustion... The Most Environmentally Friendly Engines?
Dr. BJ Johnson, CEO and co-founder at ClearFlame Engine Technologies, has designed a sustainable diesel engine. Really!
ekimle23
Dec 2, 20233 min read
Why don't we have flying cars by now?
Dr. Josh Storrs Hall is an independent scientist and author. One of his books is, "Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past."
ekimle23
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Solving (Hard) Biological Problems
Joel Harris is co-founder and CEO of GenVax and my compatriot with agtech investment fund Ag Startup Engine.
ekimle23
Oct 28, 20233 min read
Henry Ford and the Search for the Entrepreneurial Cap Table
The tension between entrepreneurial talent and risk capital is a tale (at least) as old as Ford Motor Company
ekimle23
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Collegiate NIL is the Wild West of sports
Brent Blum is Executive Director of the We Will Collective at Iowa State University.
ekimle23
Sep 23, 20233 min read
Mentoring done right… Questions over advice
A deeper dive into mentoring through the lens of three decisions I’ve made, one practical, one principled, and one whimsical or weird.
ekimle23
Aug 26, 20233 min read
The golden rule for attracting talent is... The Golden Rule?
Matt Pozel is an Associate at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
ekimle23
Aug 19, 20233 min read
Moneyball... Before Moneyball
Before Billy Beane, Ewing Kauffman was using similar concepts and concentrating his very entrepreneurial mindset on professional baseball.
ekimle23
Aug 12, 20233 min read
Entrepreneurship & Rock 'n' Roll
Agricultural entrepreneur Zack Smith is bringing ancient agricultural ideas into the present time at his startup, Stockcropper.
ekimle23
Jul 29, 20233 min read
Finding success through... Mistakes?
Agricultural entrepreneur Harry Stine has worked over his decades on a core agricultural technology, the seed, at Stine Seed Company.
ekimle23
Jul 15, 20233 min read
Why do entrepreneurs keep... Entrepreneuring?
Serial entrepreneur Colin Hurd has worked on cutting-edge tools for agriculture and beyond.
ekimle23
Jul 8, 20233 min read
What's your frontier?
An interview with Deere historian and archivist Neil Dahlstrom.
ekimle23
Jul 1, 20234 min read
When John Deere said "No" to tractors
John Deere, and others, could see in the 1850s that it would be valuable to have a machine for farm work rather than a horse or mule.
ekimle23
Jun 17, 20234 min read
How NASCAR, filmmaking, and agtech startups are the same
This week’s episode is a conversation with Jon Housholder, co-founder, co-owner, director, editor and producer with Unrivaled Films.
ekimle23
Jun 10, 20233 min read
"The Chosen" and Lessons in Impact
Good morning innovators, change-makers, and entrepreneurs. This newsletter and podcast feature stories about the people – past, present...
ekimle23
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Walt Disney’s Best Advice is "Don't Accept No"
This week, I explore the entrepreneurial legacy of Walt Disney with David Bossert, an award-winning artist, filmmaker, and author.
ekimle23
May 27, 20234 min read
Walt Disney's Unlucky Rabbit and the Weirdest Sports Trade in History
Good afternoon innovators, change-makers, and entrepreneurs. This newsletter and podcast feature stories about the people – past,...
ekimle23
May 20, 20233 min read
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