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AgTech...So What Podcast - Aidan Connolly on facial recognition for cows

12.02.2019 - By Farm & Rural Ag NetworkPlay

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Aidan Connolly is the CEO of Cainthus, and agtech startup using cameras and machine learning to help farmers make better decisions. Before that, Aidan helped Alltech grow from $24 million to $2.3 billion. During that time he was, among many things, Director of the Pearse Lyons Accelerator where he saw hundreds of agtech startups in all different sectors.   Aidan joins us to share his insights on: What it's like to go from a global agribusiness to a startup How cameras are transforming agriculture How to get engineers off the keyboard and onto the farms they're trying to help Why it's so important for farmers to help entrepreneurs, even when it's frustrating   For more from Aidan, check out: Aidan on LinkedIn Aidan on Twitter Aidan on Forbes Cainthus Other resources: HBR on the average age of successful founders

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