The Entrepreneur's Ethic

Hosted by Kevin Kimle

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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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October 25, 2026Episode 1057 min

Infected by an Idea with Jorge Heraud of TerraBlaster

Our latest podcast episode features Jorge Heraud, co-founder and CEO of TerraBlaster , a company putting laser spectroscopy behind a tractor to measure soil nutrients in real time. Jorge's career reads like a history of precision agriculture, a start at Trimble, co-foundering Blue River Technologies, an exit to Deere, leading robotics at Deere, and now Terrablaster. Jorge shared a story from the start of Blue River around 2010. He had a good idea, a co-founder, and a few people willing to listen to him. He also had a spreadsheet analyzing financial scenarios of staying with Trimble versus starting a business. The numbers looked terrible. He shared the numbers with his wife, they talked it through, and decided to go for it. At Stanford, he said, they call it being infected by an idea. Today at TerraBlaster, he's infected by an idea of changing the way crop farmers utilize their most expensive input, fertilizer. Technology that spans from Mars rover to corn and soybean fields in Iowa.

September 26, 2026Episode 951 min

43. The Preactionary Principle with Rian Mc Donnell of FloVision

Our latest podcast episode features Rian McDonnell, founder and CEO of FloVision , the AI-powered computer vision company transforming food production from the inside out. FloVision deploys AI-driven inspection systems in beef, pork, and poultry facilities on three continents. Nearly 100 million kilograms of food processed. More than 10 billion inferences through their models. Named Food Tech Equipment of the Year in the 2026 AgTech Breakthrough Awards. Their hardware runs inside environments most tech companies wouldn't walk into — steam, cold, stainless steel, high-pressure wash-downs, production lines that run 175 birds a minute and never stop on weekdays. They install on Saturdays, with a Sunday backup day if something goes wrong. Because agriculture and food never stop. www.kevinkimle.com

August 1, 2026Episode 855 min

42. The Human-AI Sandwich with Rob Cressy

Rob Cressy is founder of Cressy Creating and one of the leading voices in human-first artificial intelligence. What I found most valuable in our conversation was Rob's framework for working with AI — what he calls the "human AI sandwich." www.kevinkimle.com

July 4, 2026Episode 747 min

41. Happy Birthday America! – Founding Entrepreneur George Washington

To honor the holiday, we’ll re-release my interview of John Berlau about George Washington. The Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, first President, model for Mount Rushmore, face on the one-dollar bill, namesake of a Capital City, a state, and much else. But in many ways, he was not just the Father of a country, but the Father of American entrepreneurship. The current occupant of the Oval Office is not the first to have their name attached to a business brand.

June 13, 2026Episode 61 hr 1 min

40. The Pirate of AgTech: Craig Rupp, Founder & CEO of Sabanto

Craig Rupp has spent years building at the frontier of autonomous agriculture, helping pioneer systems that allow tractors to operate autonomously in real production environments. Before Sabanto, Craig played a foundational role in the creation of FieldView, which eventually landed at Climate Corporation. It’s a technology that remains central to modern precision agriculture and ultimately part of the story of Monsanto’s acquisition of Climate and the downstream impacts on what today we call agtech. Craig’s career sits at the intersection of agriculture, engineering, software, and entrepreneurship. We spoke about the origins of FieldView, lessons from building hard technology companies, working with David Friedburg, what autonomy changes economically for agriculture and where he believes the future of farming is heading.”

May 2, 2026Episode 51 hr 2 min

39. The State of Agtech with the Ag Startup Engine team

Our latest podcast episode features my compadres from Ag Startup Engine , the AgTech fund that we started ten years ago, Joel Harris, Colin Hurd, and Mikayla Mooney. We discuss the state of agtech investing. To borrow from Dickens: It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. Entrepreneurs at Ag Startup Engine portfolio companies continue to do great work in building impactful businesses. And we discuss some of those. But you don’t have to look far in the agtech venture investing world to find zombie businesses, dead businesses, and billions in investment that’s went up in flames. What have we learned? How can we build the right kind of muscle memory in the Midwest for effectively deploying risk capital and building the next generation of great businesses? I enjoyed the conversation with my teammates and know you will too.

April 11, 2026Episode 41 hr 11 min

38. Entrepreneurs Impacting Rural with Brady Sidwell

Brady Sidwell is an entrepreneur from Enid, Oklahoma who runs Sidwell Enterprises , an agricultural conglomerate with multiple businesses including a grain elevator, local food distribution, a flour mill, and a brewery.

October 4, 2025Episode 355 min

37. Culture of Agriculture with Vance Crowe

Entrepreneurs tell stories. And some get others to tell their stories. Vance Crowe is a communications expert, widely sought-out speaker, a podcaster, and the founder of Legacy Interviews . Legacy Interviews creates professional video recordings of individuals or couples telling their stories and the lessons learned along the way. www.kevinkimle.com

May 3, 2025Episode 21 hr 10 min

36. Fish Stories with Jackson Kimle

Jackson Kimle is CEO of Midland , a business that’s developed land-based seafood technology and a business model aimed at scaling shrimp production. Using innovative Algae-Based RAS™ (recirculating aquaculture systems) technology, Midland Co. now has three contract farms raising shrimp in Iowa. Midland's farms are dedicated to quality, handling each batch from tank-to-table. Seafood played a key role in the early development of the economy of what became the United States. Cod caught off the coasts of New England and Canada were a significant export for centuries. Whaling was the deep-history source of what today we call venture capital. And American founders like George Washington harvested fish as part of their farm enterprises. I enjoyed the discussion with Jackson about Midland, shrimp, seafood, and the state of aquaculture, and know you will too. https://www.midlandseafood.com/ https://www.kevinkimle.com/

February 15, 2025Episode 143 min

35. George Washington: The Father of American Entrepreneurship

Welcome to season TWO of The Entreprneur's Ethic Podcast! Throughout this season, we'll be tracing the arc of American entrepreneurship.We’ll kick off the season with an interview of John Berlau about George Washington. Yes, THE George Washington. The Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, first President, model for Mount Rushmore, face on the one-dollar bill, namesake of a Capital City, a state, and much else. But in many ways, he was not just the Father of a country, but the Father of American entrepreneurship.Find John's book here https://cei.org/ www.kevinkimle.com

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