Irving Fain

ceo & founder @boweryfarming. Formerly ceo & co-founder of @CrowdTwist and built @iheartradio. how many Irvings do you really know?

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@ischafer Thanks Ian - really appreciate this

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@tjparker This is amazing!

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@TamarHaspel @FortuneMagazine @BoweryFarming We are already looking at solar and wind options for our upcoming farms.

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@TamarHaspel @FortuneMagazine @BoweryFarming @TamarHaspelo Glad you asked! @BoweryFarming sources all of our energy from certified low-impact hydroelectricity projects and as we grow, our team is committed to using 100% renewable energy to power our future farms based on location and availability.

[Irving Fain @ifain]

Agriculture is the second largest contributor to global greenhouse gasses slightly behind energy and yet the technological innovation in ag is just beginning with so much potential ahead. This is critical infrastructure for our food system

[Irving Fain @ifain]

Today @FortuneMagazine published my Oped talking about how the federal government can help support ag innovation, growth & leadership similarly to how we've enabled so much advancement in renewable energy, EV's and other critical areas of our economy 🧵

https://t.co/EuUQm9Lvae

[Irving Fain @ifain]

When people ask why I'm optimistic about the future in what feels like a continuous onslaught of challenges, it's because of the incredible innovation that's happening in so many areas of our economy. Agriculture is a critical part of this

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@carolmassar @BoweryFarming Such a fun night - thanks for joining!

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@typesfast Such a hard food to find the ROI for me...

[Irving Fain @ifain]

Good thread that's worth a read from @YQuint about the pieces that came out today on the plant-based meat industry. Yossi is well positioned to understand the challenges as well as the opportunities facing this category given his current work as well as his prior life.

[Yossi Quint @YQuint]

Plant-based meat is struggling (see @deenashanker Bloomberg piece or @shannonosaka WashPo piece, both published today). A lot of the convo has been around PB being overly processed or not healthy. Price and taste get airtime but are the side-dish. I disagree. 🧵

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@mattturck And also points to the necessity for any company, no matter how substantial the moat and advantage at the time, to continue to innovate

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@mattturck The answer is yes, but the question is how durable is any moat over time.

[Irving Fain @ifain]

B2B auto-generated sales emails on Thanksgiving morning 🤔🤔

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@jrichlive ❤️🐶

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@lazerow ❤️🐶

[Irving Fain @ifain]

I'm thrilled to see this type of innovation. Palm Oil is devastating on so many levels and it's ubiquitous in our everyday products. We must find a better way. Cheering for @C16Bio !

https://t.co/jkFYekjrmw

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@scottbelsky Or else build a compelling product / api that plugs into any co data warehouse and builds a larger and larger set of cross-company info on a customer. That would push co's to want to opt-in. Basically tech-driven coalition loyalty

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@scottbelsky The largest value in the status for co's is in the data itself and thus the portability tool would need to bring along all the data / personalization info which inherently requires co's to consent.

[Irving Fain @ifain]

@scottbelsky There are examples of this working in the coalition loyalty model which is much more popular in Canada (i.e. AirMiles) where you can earn across partners, but ultimately the issue with portability is co's don't want that customer loyalty / data going to competitors

[James Vincent @FNDR_James]

Huge thanks to @joepercoco, @jackconte, @samyamiam Patrick Spence, @JoannaColes, José Neves, @AlbertSaniger, @ifain, @alexandr_wang, @ni2las, @bchesky, and @dannyrimer for all the inspiring lessons and joining me on the ‘Most Innovative Companies’ podcast 🙏