The Entrepreneur's Ethic

May 04 2024 2
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Explore how high-impact innovators develop aspirations, make decisions, and create meaning in their lives and the lives of others. The entrepreneurs of yesterday faced the unknown, decided against fear, and chose to shape their futures into something better. Today, we learn from them in order to leave our own positive mark on the world. From Kevin Kimle, author of the upcoming book by the same name.

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Business & Courage | Al Myers, Ag Leader Technology | Ep. 26

May 04 2024 38 mins  
This week’s podcast is an interview with Al Myers, Founder and President of Ag Leader Technologies. Al is a pioneer in precision agriculture technologies. Ag Leader launched an on-the-go yield monitor in 1992 and has introduced many innovative precision agriculture tools since that time. Today, Ag Leader has almost 300 employees who make tools used by farmers around the world. w

Poker & Entrepreneurship | Clayton Mooney | Ep. 25

Apr 13 2024 51 mins  
This week’s podcast is an interview with Clayton Mooney, Chief Farmer and Co-Founder of Clayton Farms Salads. Clayton’s journey to today, ‘delivering the world’s freshest salads,’ is a winding one. www.kevinkimle.com

When Wilbur Wright Turned Down Investment from the World’s Wealthiest Person | Ep. 24

Mar 16 2024 37 mins  
One of the Entrepreneurs featured in my upcoming book, The Entrepreneur’s Ethic, is Wilbur Wright. Wright’s work, along with his brother, Orville, exemplifies Ethic 3: Fail Successfully. This is the experiment-orientation of entrepreneurship. www.kevinkimle.com

Developing Billion-Dollar Products | Jim Fay | Ep. 23

Jan 13 2024 68 mins  
Jim Fay is an innovator who’s been a part of development of multiple billion-dollar products. Jim defines his work as that of an ‘Entrepreneurial Product Engineer.’ He shares four product development principles, with a contrarian view of the idea of a minimum viable product. He also shares seven principles for success. www.kevinkimle.com

The Entrepreneurial Zeitgeist of 2023

Dec 30 2023 26 mins  
Zeitgeist is a word that comes straight from German — zeit means "time" and geist means spirit, and the "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally or intellectually during a certain period. In the last podcast of 2023, I take a shot at interpreting the spirit of the time for change-makers, what I’ll call the entrepreneurial zeitgeist. What’s p

Internal Combustion... The Most Environmentally Friendly Engines? | Dr. BJ Johnson | Ep. 21

Dec 02 2023 49 mins  
This week’s podcast is with Dr. BJ Johnson, CEO and co-founder at ClearFlame Engine Technologies. We talk about his design of a sustainable diesel engine with the capability to reach net-zero emissions and even reverse greenhouse gases to yield a negative balance in carbon emissions while reducing the costs of long-haul trucking for fleets large and small.

Why don't we have flying cars? | Dr. Josh Storrs Hall | Ep. 20

Nov 11 2023 56 mins  
This week’s podcast is an interview with Dr. Josh Storrs Hall is an independent scientist and author. One of this books is, Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past. Dr. Hall was the founding Chief Scientist of Nanorex, Inc, which is developing a CAD system for nanomechanical engineering. He remains a member of Nanorex' Scientific Advisory Board, and well as a Researc

Solving (Hard) Biological Problems | Joel Harris | Ep. 19

Oct 28 2023 67 mins  
This week’s podcast is an interview with Joel Harris, co-founder and CEO of GenVax and my compatriot with agtech investment fund Ag Startup Engine. Joel co-founded another business more than fifteen years ago, Harris Vaccines, that pioneered development and commercialization of mRNA vaccines in the livestock industry. The GenVax team is working on the next generation of livestock

Henry Ford and the Search for the Entrepreneurial Cap Table

Oct 07 2023 30 mins  
One of the Entrepreneurs featured in my upcoming book, The Entrepreneur’s Ethic, is Henry Ford. There are seven parts of The Entrepreneur’s Ethic. Ford’s work exemplifies Ethic 2: Solve Hard Problems. This is the priority setting-orientation of entrepreneurship. It tackles the profound question of “what should I work on?” This week’s podcast is an historic case study f

Collegiate NIL... The Wild West of Sports | Brent Blum | Ep. 17

Sep 23 2023 51 mins  
In this week’s podcast, I interview Brent Blum, Executive Director of the We Will Collective at Iowa State University, an organization that supports student-athletes through NIL deals and helps them to contribute to the community. www.kevinkimle.com