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Putting chickens on Mars, the future of AgTech, and building the world's largest decentralized food production network with AJ Forsythe and Jordan Barnes, Co founders of Coop

Let's put chickens on Mars.

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AJ Forsythe and Jordan Barnes, Co founders of Coop, join the show to talk about

  • Building the world's largest decentralized food network.
  • The future of AgTech and putting automated agriculture systems on the moon.
  • Pros and Cons of raising (and then being asked to spend) Venture Capital.
  • Most importantly, unpacking what a cheese factory is all about.

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AJ Forsythe

Founder and CEO of Coop

AJ Forsythe is the co founder of Coop, who's on a mission to build the largest decentralized food production network. An entrepreneur at heart, AJ Forsythe's business endeavors have ranged from beekeeping, running a winery, and, most notably, creating iCracked while still a student at Cal Poly-SLO. iCracked was acquired by Allstate's SquareTrade in 2019. The company was founded in 2010 in AJ's dorm room and has grown to be the world's largest on-demand repair and trade-in network with over 4,000 Certified iTechs nationwide and in 11 countries. The company was selected #83 on Inc. Magazine's Inc 5000, and AJ was listed as one of Forbes 30 Under 30.

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