This is not all that much different from farming practice in developed countries, where growers have long been used to buying new hybrid seed every year.

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With a goal of total transparency and trust-building, employees knew every funding detail from seed round to bridge to A round.

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If so, there's a pretty easy strategy to follow (assuming you're playing with plain-vanilla rules): Just pick the better seed in every single matchup.

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They have begun to manage the entire production process, from seed and calf to packaged product, earning profits at every step.

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