I was in a band and I was making music and doing that sort of thing. We originally built a product, it's called Turn Style for the band to connect with their fans. But then quickly we learned bands don't have any money to buy anything. So we pivoted to selling it to the venue. And then that's how we came up with it.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Devon Wright to talk about moving from a boat to the country (4:00), starting agricultural and water tech startup Lumo (7:15), inventing a smart valve (11:40), quitting his old job (15:50), his previous companies (17:50), being in a band (20:30), coming to Silicon Valley (25:20), how farmers view drought and extreme weather (28:00), making water systems more efficient (36:40), pitching investors (40:00), and his worst day (41:30).
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