Animal AgTech – Prime Future

AgTech Animal AgTech Developing economies Markets

Byjanettebarnard20March 30, 2023April 11, 2023

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Prime Future 145: What would Norman say?

Ugh. That was my reaction when my book club chose a book about life in a Mumbai slum called, ironically, behind the beautiful forevers. We...

Animal AgTech Innovation

Byjanettebarnard20March 20, 2023April 11, 2023

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Prime Future 144: Goliath’s big fat feet.

It’s the most chaotic time of the year in the US for college basketball fans, with the NCAA tournament in full swing. Aka March...

Animal AgTech

Byjanettebarnard20March 13, 2023April 11, 2023

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Prime Future 143: What if it doesn’t work?

97% of why I work out at Orange Theory Fitness is their tech system: a connected heart rate monitor that feeds into a leaderboard...

Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20March 6, 2023April 11, 2023

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Prime Future 142: Is animal agtech venture viable?

When I started writing this newsletter in 2020, if you had asked me what I’d be doing in 2023, I would have told you...

Animal AgTech Business Model Innovation

Byjanettebarnard20January 2, 2023January 2, 2023

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Prime Future 133: new year who dis

With the start of a new year, I’ve been thinking about what we’re doing here, and how I want to evolve Prime Future in...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20November 28, 2022December 28, 2022

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Prime Future 128: The overlap between FTX and funny business in cattle feeding

The FTX implosion is a train wreck and I 👏🏽can👏🏽not👏🏽 look away. It’s shocking because of the scale of the implosion and the depth...

Animal AgTech Emerging Tech Transportation

Byjanettebarnard20November 7, 2022December 28, 2022

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Prime Future 125: the✨magic✨in solving invisible problems

Amazon launched AWS in 2006; Microsoft launched Azure in 2010. The cloud is old news. We’ve digitized all the things; the digital west has been...

AgTech Animal AgTech

Byjanettebarnard20August 14, 2022December 28, 2022

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Prime Future 113: The boogeyman of first mover advantage

Netflix launched their streaming service in 2007 and has 220.7 million subscribers. Disney+ launched late 2019 and now has 221 million subscribers. Hmm, seems...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20July 25, 2022December 28, 2022

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Prime Future 110: Rising from the averages: a cattle story

“If the cattle industry is to survive, it must adapt to new customer demands and scientific knowledge to create a better product. The industry’s...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20May 30, 2022December 28, 2022

Prime Future 102: What if Cargill, Tyson & Pilgrims were venture-backed companies?

Imagine an alternate universe where William Cargill, Sam Walton, John Tyson, Bo Pilgrim, and JR Simplot had access to venture capital in their early...