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How a Rejected Grant Led a 40M AgriTech Company
In episode 158 of The Founder's Journey, Lucas and Luna explore the story behind Agrowise, a 40 million dollar agritech company that started after its founder's grant application was rejected. They dive into how founder Priya Sharma turned a bureaucratic 'no' into a precision irrigation system that's now used on over 200,000 acres. The conversation covers the initial rejection, the pivot from a research project to a commercial product, the challenges of selling to farmers, and the hard-won lessons about resilience. This isn't just a story about overcoming…
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