{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Faffbb7d6-25c2-4965-8de6-88102244d24e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"S3E27: Allison Kopf - Leveraging Software & Technology in the AgTech Space","description":"Episode Summary\r\n\r\nJoin Harry Duran, host of Vertical Farming Podcast, as he welcomes to the show speaker, investor and entrepreneur, Allison Kopf. Allison is the Founder and CEO of Artemis, the market-leading Cultivation Management Platform serving the fruit, vegetable, floriculture, cannabis, and hemp industries. Allison was named one of Forbes 2019 30 Under 30 as well as one of New York Business Journal's 2019 \"Women of Influence.\" In this episode, Harry and Allison discuss Allison\u2019s background in physics and what influenced her to enter into the field of AgTech. They talk about Allison\u2019s time at the startup BrightFarms, lessons she\u2019s learned throughout her entrepreneurial journey and her passion for developing software that can help the overall AgTech industry.\r\n\r\nEpisode Sponsor\r\n\r\nCULTIVATD\r\n\r\nKey Takeaways\r\n03:22 \u2013 Harry welcomes to the show Allison Kopf, Founder and CEO of Artemis, who talks about her passion for science and what inspired her to work in agriculture\r\n14:56 \u2013 Allison talks about the supportive role her mother played in her entrepreneurial journey and what she loves about mentoring other founders\r\n18:01 \u2013 Allison recalls her time working at the startup BrightFarms and provides best practices for aspiring entrepreneurs\r\n32:14 \u2013 The inspiration to launch Artemis and the need to leverage new technologies and systematize processes\r\n47:21 \u2013 What excites Allison the most about the future initiatives of Artemis\r\n50:40 \u2013 Allison\u2019s role at the investment firm XFactor Ventures\r\n56:49 \u2013 A tough question Allison has had to ask herself recently\r\n58:23 \u2013 Harry thanks Allison for joining the show and let\u2019s listeners know where they can connect with her \r\n\r\nTweetable Quotes\r\n\r\n\u201cMy mother always tells me, \u2018A girl can dream.\u2019 She loves to let me dream and always has supported my brain and the weirdness that comes with that.\u201d(15:12)\r\n\r\n\u201cI love mentoring. I really love coaching other founders, if only just to avoid all the mistakes that I\u2019ve made and to speed up their paths to success. It\u2019s a lot of fun. There\u2019s something infectious about founders and entrepreneurs in that, it\u2019s being around that energy of \u2018I can do something that has a meaningful impact on this world and can make a dent and secure my place in this universe.\u2019\u201d(17:02)\r\n\r\n\u201cYou really have to just go out there and do it. You have to go out there and sell stuff and talk about your vision.\u201d(25:35)\r\n\r\n\u201cI started becoming obsessed with this idea that software could broaden the [AgTech] industry, could help it expand, could help operators do it in a sustainable and profitable way.\u201d(35:16)\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re not gonna build fast just for the sake of building fast. We\u2019re gonna build good products, get them out to the market fast and work with our customers to always improve.\u201d(44:30)\r\n\r\n\u201cThere is something to say about understanding the founder and the founder mentality and trying to find that and invest in that. And that is something that you can do as a founder because you know what the day-to-day is like so you can recognize that.\u201d(54:27)\r\n\r\nLinks Mentioned\r\n\r\nArtemis Website\r\n\r\nAllison\u2019s LinkedIn\r\n\r\nAllison\u2019s Investment Blog\r\n\r\n\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\r\n\r\nPodcast Production and Marketing by FullCast: https://bit.ly/3sxZ34y\r\n\r\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1bdf7844-4ea5-419d-a7e6-8812749d1136/image.jpg"}