Growing the Future

Automation in Agriculture versus Automotive with Cole Powers

Episode Summary

Automation in agriculture verses automative. Cole Powers shares his journey from working at Tesla to co founding IntelliCulture.

Episode Notes

In this episode of the Growing the Future Podcast, Dan interviews Cole Powers. Co-Founder of IntelliCulture.

Cole has an extensive background ranging from

- Working at Tesla in powertrain systems integration firmware engineering

- Helping farmers in this new digital era we are entering

- To leadership coaching for students and early grads who are interested in starting businesses. 
 

IntelliCulture’s mission is to provide farmers with affordable technology that drives ROI in their operations. Their farm management software is designed to address three of the industries largest challenges; labor availability, pest prevention & machine safety.

 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Cole went from the automotive industry to agriculture
• The origin story of IntelliCulture and how the company name was picked
• The fundamental differences between the target market in automotive and agriculture
• The differences of the barriers and opportunities in those two markets when it comes to automation
• The top thing Cole learned in the automotive industry that he would like to translate into the agriculture industry
• What IntelliCulture really does for producers and how their software works for producers in different levels
• Why IntelliCulture stands out in the crowded market
• Where their product has the biggest impact on farms
• What amount of Prairie producers Cole thinks are really implementing technology in a meaningful way
• What producers in California do differently then Canada
• How IntelliCulture is getting their solutions and product to market
• What is the next big thing for IntelliCulture
• Will Cole be farming on mars with Elon
• What year Cole thinks 85% of tractors that famers use will be automated tech
• Coles journey of entrepreneurship from automotive to agriculture fresh out of college
• What Cole has to say to young entrepreneurs getting started

Learn more about IntelliCulture and Cole: https://www.intelliculture.ca
 

Aberhart Family of Companies: 

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

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