nhorob67

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by nhorob67 6y ago
I heard about a whiteboard app that has fading gestures that were highly reviewed. Does anyone know which app has these?
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by nhorob67 6y ago
Process was very smooth with our local bank in North Dakota. Was funded yesterday.
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by nhorob67 6y ago
Putting the finishing touches on a side project that will enable two-way, threaded SMS with Help Scout and other help desk software. https://relay-sms.com/
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by nhorob67 7y ago
After the 2019 corn crop is harvested, the USDA is projecting 51.5 days of excess stocks in the United States
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by nhorob67 7y ago
Good luck! I'll be following as I'm in the middle doing something similar but a bit longer in length....Starting a Software Company in 100 Days via a daily video journal. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBrS
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by nhorob67 8y ago
Other than alfalfa, the vast majority of the farms that I know of that supply large dairies take advantage of crop rotations. These are from crop farms that supply large dairies in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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by nhorob67 8y ago
Thanks Russ! Hopefully we will get the opportunity to collaborate!
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by nhorob67 8y ago
I'm the founder of a company called Harvest Profit. We build a suite of profitability and risk management tools, trying to help farmers better manage their operations. Farming is a unique business where the average farm generates $1+
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by nhorob67 8y ago
A similar story is detailed in a booked called The Power of Moments. In particular, they focus on the shaming that they do to change behavior
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I was doing consulting work in the space, saw a need, and built the product. I came into it knowing the traits of farmer, the lingo, etc. That and a good product have helped us gain trust
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I ran a one man side gig for a couple years (farm management software). Got it to $200k and growing after 6 months in the market but I needed to bring the development in-house. Could've used outsourced talent for all dev and customer
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I launched a farm management software tool in Dec 2016 and spent 2017 iterating on it. Hired two developers in the last 5 months and made a big hire last week, myself. I'm going to transition out of my consulting business into this fu
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I haven't published anything or sought to. I should look into that. I've been laser focused on the blog and email list. I need to broaden my reach though.
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I targeted a broad set of farming interests. My research told me that Facebook will optimize your interests based on which are performing better. I would simply see which blog posts are getting the best organic reach and boost those. Grew
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by nhorob67 9y ago
https://www.harvestprofit.com/blog
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I have a side project that's turning into a full-time gig. Farm financial analysis software. I did a year of blog posts and email marketing before launching last December. Launch generated 30 customers and $45,000 in ARR. Edit: I don
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by nhorob67 9y ago
300 lbs of urea or .65 boe of NG (1 bbl of oil = 20 gallons of gas and 11 gallons of diesel). So let's just say 20 additional gallons of fuel to account for the N Edit: the land would be planted to wheat if not planted to corn. Wheat
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by nhorob67 9y ago
We have a small North Dakota farm (500 acres) but I work with some larger farms (10,000+ acres). Farm management consulting and software is my full time gig
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by nhorob67 9y ago
300 lbs of urea or .65 boe of NG (1 bbl of oil = 20 gallons of gas and 11 gallons of diesel)
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by nhorob67 9y ago
My farm. 6 gallons in tractor fuel and 2 gallons in truck fuel. If we didn't raise corn, we'd raise wheat which has similar fertility requirements as corn. Maybe a bit more urea on corn, 50 pounds or .11 barrels of oil equivalent
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Growing one acre of corn takes approximately 8 gallons of diesel fuel (directly) and produces enough corn for 485 gallons of ethanol.
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Anyone have any boot camps they think are "best-in-class"?
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Keep up the great work!
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I built a farm management SaaS product. It's basically a managerial accounting platform. I've written a bunch of blog posts (75 I think) over the last 2 years. I see what posts perform well on FB, then boost them. I've spen
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Facebook Ads -> Blog Posts/Lead Magnets -> Email List Bootstrapped Solo founder. Beta launch in June 2016. Full launch in December 2016. Crossed $200k in ARR last week.
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by nhorob67 9y ago
My family farms in W ND. I worked in private equity for a few years in Minneapolis. Saw my friends and family turn down crazy good risk-free profit opportunities during the AG commodity bull market of 2008. "It's going higher!&q
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Good points and true. I really enjoy a lot of what YC puts out, especially the philosophy that growth is the ultimate no-BS filter. That was eye opening for my when u heard Jessica Livingston talk about it. All-in-all, my initial comment i
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Fair enough. Forgot about that essay. I'm more of a linear growth type of person but that's likely a product of my end market.
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by nhorob67 9y ago
I don't think a startup is defined as a company aiming to be a unicorn. I simply consider it a new, for-profit business
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by nhorob67 9y ago
Try to simply keep your eye open for problems people are having. Ideally, one that is in a B2B space. Wish I had more insight for you.

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