The Minutes of David Friedberg on business model https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/business-model/ Everything David Friedberg has said on business model: 9 verbatim quotes between October 2011 and October 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:43 +0000 Friedberg's Climate platform reached 10 million acres with free software before monetizing through premium see https://minutesof.com/q/904d0830-6f77-4cc1-8d6b-b48f78da9551/ https://minutesof.com/q/904d0830-6f77-4cc1-8d6b-b48f78da9551/ “And then we had the idea of charging for certain add ons, certain models. Like, it would recommend what seed to use and recommend what fertilizer to use” — Venture Europe Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:21:31 +0000 business model Friedberg advocates pricing ag products at one-third of value created, citing the Monsanto model. https://minutesof.com/q/b9b60343-f004-428f-ad12-f04b19914c13/ https://minutesof.com/q/b9b60343-f004-428f-ad12-f04b19914c13/ “I generally think that ag products should be built and priced on a value creation system. So, you know, this is the Monsanto pricing model.” — The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:41 +0000 business model Friedberg details potato economics: $5,000 per acre revenue with $1,000-$2,000 operating costs for current met https://minutesof.com/q/b12760bd-698b-424c-b3c9-af755b1888d5/ https://minutesof.com/q/b12760bd-698b-424c-b3c9-af755b1888d5/ “Okay? And that $5,000 of revenue is requiring an investment of 1 to $2,000 an acre.” — The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:22:17 +0000 business model Friedberg advocates value-based pricing where farmers keep two-thirds of created value, technology provider on https://minutesof.com/q/ece156a0-d235-477b-9399-0a41ba9e4070/ https://minutesof.com/q/ece156a0-d235-477b-9399-0a41ba9e4070/ “I generally think that ag products should be built and priced on a value creation system. So, you know, this is the Monsanto pricing model.” — The Modern Acre Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:55:12 +0000 business model Friedberg argues agtech digital companies failed by creating isolated data layers without integration, while f https://minutesof.com/q/5dc1922a-8db1-4ec4-875d-a1ef15552948/ https://minutesof.com/q/5dc1922a-8db1-4ec4-875d-a1ef15552948/ “And farmers don't wanna pay for data. They wanna pay for results. So that's a that's kind of a very hard thing to do without the the integration of data.” — The Modern Acre Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:55:12 +0000 business model Farmers want to pay for value. I want to pay for ROI. I want to spend $8 and get $60 back. https://minutesof.com/q/20da4821-b76a-410b-9652-08afd920f9ca/ https://minutesof.com/q/20da4821-b76a-410b-9652-08afd920f9ca/ “Farmers want to pay for value. I want to pay for ROI. I want to spend $8 and get $60 back.” — AgFunder Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:03:03 +0000 business model Friedberg cites MrBeast selling 50 million chocolate bars with zero customer acquisition cost via existing aud https://minutesof.com/q/6ea01c3c-45eb-4884-8dc7-789f80eab265/ https://minutesof.com/q/6ea01c3c-45eb-4884-8dc7-789f80eab265/ “If you already have a 100,000,000 people following you like MrBeast does, he just goes on his video and he says, buy my chocolate bar. And he sells 50,000,000 chocolate bars.” — The Julia La Roche Show Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:21:04 +0000 business model Friedberg explains fintech companies can accept lower profits per customer without shareholder pressure over s https://minutesof.com/q/cfbef077-ef08-45c3-9a4a-dfa9d3d2cc38/ https://minutesof.com/q/cfbef077-ef08-45c3-9a4a-dfa9d3d2cc38/ “Companies generally have a lower operating expense per customer so they can make less profit per customer and build a great business.” — CNBC Television Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:05:56 +0000 business model Friedberg explains WeatherBill achieves 40% claims frequency versus typical insurance industry's under 3%, cre https://minutesof.com/q/979e528d-00e0-448b-880b-f8ca9b043e9a/ https://minutesof.com/q/979e528d-00e0-448b-880b-f8ca9b043e9a/ “Those small variations occur to 40% of farmers. So 40% of our farmers getting some money back at the end of the season” — Stanford eCorner Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:24:09 +0000 business model