Embark on an insightful exploration of the intersection between German culture and entrepreneurship with Marcel Kringe, the Founder of Bushel Plus. Marcel unfolds his agricultural narrative, meandering through the rustic allure of German farming to the vast landscapes of Canada and Russia. Stay tuned for part two—activate your notifications to ensure you don't miss the next chapter.
He grew up on ten acres with four generations under one roof, which was not enough land to make a living from. At fourteen he signed apprenticeship papers to become a farmer. At sixteen he moved two hours away to live with a farming family as one of them.
This is part one of a conversation with Marcel Kringe, founder of Bushel Plus, tracing the route from a small German farm to a company selling into more than thirty countries.
What's Inside
- A three year agricultural apprenticeship that moved him to a different farm every year, and what a first pay stub actually looked like
- What German engineering culture does differently, and the trade-off he sees against the North American habit of shipping early and fixing later
- The photographs of Alberta equipment that started the travelling
- Working on an investment farm in western Russia that was trying to go from nothing to eighty thousand acres in three years, without speaking the language
- What village hospitality looked like in places with no running water, and what he took from it
- Arriving in Canada with a bag of clothes, and the global problem he decided to work on
- The arithmetic behind the company's mission, using the combine count in one province
- The four things the business is built around, and how fast an idea moves from a napkin to a working part
Related Episodes
- Half a Bushel Saved, Six Thrown Away, part two of this conversation
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Website: https://bushelplus.ca/who-we-are/
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