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A Growing Problem: Hiring and Working For a Cause

AgTech’s best and brightest are in it for the more than the pay. They want to make a difference. Take Kansas City AgTech startup Farmobile, led by its founder Jason Tatge. The company’s precision ag technology helps farmers gather, store, share and profit from big data obtained from devices installed in the cabs of working farm machinery. After being combed through and analyzed, selected data can be used to bring…

A Growing Problem: Searching for Startups

Major agriculture companies aren’t just looking to beat their much smaller competition in the AgTech sector. They’re also looking for innovative startups to buy or partner with. And Matt Wood, founder of SCD Probiotics in Kansas City, has taken notice. “We’re in competition with large agrichemical companies, but we’re potentially complementary and potentially business partners,” said Matt Wood, founder of SCD Probiotics in Kansas City, whose products utilize live microbes…

What Mr. Hall Taught Us: ‘He Rewarded People’

J.C. Hall always wanted to understand his workers and encourage them to do their best. As a result, he inspired unparalleled employee loyalty at Hallmark Cards, said Anna Carol “Acey” Lampe, executive professor of management and director of the undergraduate business program at Rockhurst University. “Mr. Hall treated everybody, from the stock boy to his executive VP, like they were his family,” said Lampe, who worked 25 years at Hallmark….

What Mr. Hall Taught Us: J.C. Hall, In His Own Words

Selected quotes from J.C. Hall’s 1979 memoir, “When You Care Enough,” reveal the thinking of the man behind Hallmark Cards. On growing up poor: “Poverty for me was a tremendous spur. It actually gave me an advantage over a lot of folks when I was starting out.” On failure and success: “I had already seen that the difference between failure and success was making the best use of time. I…
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