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Lead by Iowa State University’s Kevin Kimle, three ag entrepreneurs will share how they found a need in the agriculture industry and the steps they’ve taken to meet that need. From developing a business plan to product concepting to product launches, these leaders will share what they’ve learned along the way.
Kevin Kimle currently serves as the Rastetter Chair of Agricultural Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University, Director of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative, and Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics.
He is also co-founder and co-director of the Ag Startup Engine, an investment fund and mentoring platform based in the ISU Research Park.
Prior to his appointment at ISU, Kevin worked in a variety of capacities in agriculture ranging from agtech start-ups, the seed industry, venture capital, commodity risk management, and agricultural and trade policy.
BJ Brugman co-founded Distynct in early 2020, with the purpose of enabling precision livestock farming for the U.S. Swine Industry. Distynct takes the enormous burden of establishing enterprise-wide rural connectivity off the producer themselves and deploys customized IoT devices to better inform the enterprise of key metrics for the barn and its contents through a real-time dashboard.
Clayton Mooney is Co-Founder and CEO of Nebullam, which builds indoor farms that sell fresh produce directly to consumers. When not building technology companies, Clayton competes in ultra marathon trail races throughout the United States and coaches boxing at Iowa State University.
Dakota Hoben is founder and CEO at Farmers Risk. Farmers Risk has built software tools that consolidate core risk management decisions into a single source which makes understanding risk easy, efficient, and simple.
Farms are often generational businesses and securing their financial future is part of broader family legacies. Farmers Risk wants to help farmers secure their legacy by creating more profitable farms and more predictable futures long term.