The Entrepreneur's Ethic

Kevin Kimle

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Explore how high-impact innovators develop aspirations, make decisions, and create meaning in their lives and the lives of others. The entrepreneurs of yesterday faced the unknown, decided against fear, and chose to shape their futures into something better. Today, we learn from them in order to leave our own positive mark on the world. From Kevin Kimle, author of the upcoming book by the same name.

10/04/2025

37. Culture of Agriculture with Vance Crowe

Entrepreneurs tell stories. And some get others to tell their stories. Vance Crowe is a communications expert, widely sought-out speaker, a podcaster, and the founder of Legacy Interviews. Legacy Interviews creates professional video recordings of individuals or couples telling their stories and the lessons learned along the way. www.kevinkimle.com

56 min
05/03/2025

36. Fish Stories with Jackson Kimle

Jackson Kimle is CEO of Midland, a business that’s developed land-based seafood technology and a business model aimed at scaling shrimp production. Using innovative Algae-Based RAS™ (recirculating aquaculture systems) technology, Midland Co. now has three contract farms raising shrimp in Iowa. Midland's farms are dedicated to quality, handling each batch from tank-to-table. Seafood played a key role in the early development of the economy of what became the United States. Cod caught off the coasts of New England and Canada were a significant export for centuries. Whaling was the deep-history source of what today we call venture capital. And American founders like George Washington harvested fish as part of their farm enterprises. I enjoyed the discussion with Jackson about Midland, shrimp, seafood, and the state of aquaculture, and know you will too. https://www.midlandseafood.com/ https://www.kevinkimle.com/

1h 10m
02/15/2025

35. George Washington: The Father of American Entrepreneurship

Welcome to season TWO of The Entreprneur's Ethic Podcast! Throughout this season, we'll be tracing the arc of American entrepreneurship.We’ll kick off the season with an interview of John Berlau about George Washington. Yes, THE George Washington. The Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, first President, model for Mount Rushmore, face on the one-dollar bill, namesake of a Capital City, a state, and much else. But in many ways, he was not just the Father of a country, but the Father of American entrepreneurship.Find John's book herehttps://cei.org/www.kevinkimle.com

43 min
12/28/2024

34. The Entrepreneurial Zeitgeist of 2024

In the last podcast of 2024, we take a shot at interpreting the spirit of the time for change-makers, what I call the entrepreneurial zeitgeist. What’s potentially interesting or notable for innovators and entrepreneurs in late 2024? I had a great discussion with two people I’ve learned a lot from, Rob Trice of Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl and Brett Wong of Anterra Capital. Rob’s home base is the Bay Area, California and Brett’s Boston, Massachusetts so our viewpoints are mix of West Coast, East Coast and No Coast.

59 min
11/23/2024

33. Developing a Sixth Sense for Insanely Great Food | Brie Thompson, Olivelle

In this podcast, we talk about insanely great olive oils and vinegars. I interview Brie Thompson, with Olivelle. Brie founded Olivelle after graduating college in 2006, along with her mom, Michelle, in her hometown, Bozeman, Montana. Brie aimed to source high-quality infused oils and vinegars for the newly independent shop, but struggled to do so, disappointed by the available offerings where suppliers were compensating for lower quality oils by masking them with flavors. So, Brie did what entrepreneurs do when they can’t buy what they want; she started sourcing and making her products. www.kevinkimle.com

59 min
10/05/2024

32. Adventures in Chocolate with Adam Pearson, Fortunato Chocolate

In this podcast, we talk about insanely great chocolate. I interview Adam Pearson, an owner of Fortunato Chocolate, a business that makes very high-end chocolate. He’s also an author. His book, Finding Fortunato: How a Peruvian Adventure Inspired the Sweet Success of a Family Chocolate Business, was how I first came across Adam’s story and the story of his family’s business. www.kevinkimle.com

59 min
08/24/2024

Five Strategy Rules from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Andy Grove | Dr. Michael Cusumano | Ep. 31

This week’s podcast is an interview with Dr. Michael Cusumano, the SMR Distinguished Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He specializes in strategy, product development, and entrepreneurship in computer software as well as automobiles and consumer electronics. Our discussion is inspired by a book he wrote with David Yoffie, Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs. It was great to talk through the five strategy rules with someone who’s interacted with these three legendary business leaders.

58 min
08/10/2024

The Pixar IPO: A Case Study of Steve Jobs

This week’s podcast is a case study set in 1995 and 1996. Steve Jobs was at that time CEO of two businesses, neither of which was Apple. Rather, he was CEO of technology company NeXT and animation studio Pixar. He aimed to take Pixar public but faced substantial obstacles in doing so. The most prominent investment banks turned down the opportunity to help Jobs do an IPO, assessing it as too risky. www.kevinkimle.com

31 min

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Explore how high-impact innovators develop aspirations, make decisions, and create meaning in their lives and the lives of others. The entrepreneurs of yesterday faced the unknown, decided against fear, and chose to shape their futures into something better. Today, we learn from them in order to leave our own positive mark on the world. From Kevin Kimle, author of the upcoming book by the same name.

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Kevin Kimle
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2023 - 2025
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37
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