Why Michael Shanly’s story challenges everything we think we know about startup success
August 11, 2026Uncategorized Standard
The modern template for entrepreneurial success is well understood. A founder identifies a large market, raises outside capital against a projection, scales quickly enough to establish a defensible position, and exits through a sale or a listing. The template is taught, funded, and celebrated across the whole of the venture ecosystem. The career of Michael […]
Tanner Winterhof on Staying Curious and Staying Grounded
August 10, 2026Uncategorized Standard
There is a tension in agriculture between two attitudes that both look like virtues. Curiosity pushes an operator toward new practices and new markets. Groundedness pulls toward what is already known to work on this specific ground with this specific operation. Tanner Winterhof has spent a good deal of his time on Farm4Profit examining how […]