What do building a tank and transforming the way farmers manage their livestock have in common?

In Episode 2 of Have-A-Go, Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning sits down with Sam, founder of Agrianta, to hear how an unconventional journey led him to build a new technology business for British agriculture.

Agrianta is software designed for the everyday farmer, bringing the information needed to manage livestock into one place.

From tracking livestock movements and herd health to stock levels, medications and government compliance, Sam wants to make the day-to-day job of running a farm simpler, smarter and less weighed down by administration.

But building useful software is one thing. Building a successful business that farmers actually want to use is another.

Richard gets under the skin of Sam’s idea, his journey so far and the challenges of turning Agrianta into a scalable business. What problem is he really solving? How do you convince farmers to change the way they work? And what does Sam need to do next to realise the potential of the idea?

And, of course, there’s the small matter of why he built a tank...

Have-A-Go is about meeting the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs prepared to take an idea and try to make it real.

No polished pitches. No judging panel. Just ambitious people, interesting ideas, real-world challenges and a willingness to have a go.

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“My Old Boss Took My Idea” | Have-A-Go Ep. 1

What does it really take to turn a good idea into a successful business?

Welcome to Episode 1 of Have-A-Go | A new series where Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning meets aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs, gets under the skin of their ideas, and explores what it will take to turn them into the businesses of the future.

In this first episode, Richard sits down with Keith, founder of Cosy Flow, to discuss his innovative solution to a problem hiding in millions of homes: wasted heat.

Keith believes there’s a smarter way to make use of heat that would otherwise be lost, but having a great idea is only the beginning.

Richard digs into the technology, the business opportunity and Keith’s journey so far, including a frustrating experience many entrepreneurs will recognise: what happens when someone else takes your idea?

Together, they explore the big questions facing any early-stage founder. Does the product solve a genuine problem? Can it be turned into a viable business? What’s standing in the way? And, most importantly, what can Richard do to help Keith move forward?

Richard knows something about taking an unconventional idea and making it real. As the founder of Gravity Industries, he took the seemingly impossible concept of human flight and built it into a pioneering British technology business.

Now, with Have-A-Go, he’s turning his attention to other people with ambitious ideas.

The mission is simple: find people who are prepared to have a go, help unlock their potential, and support the innovators and entrepreneurs who could build Britain’s businesses of the future.

This isn’t Dragon’s Den. There’s no panel to impress and no polished pitch required. It’s about getting hands-on with real ideas, asking difficult questions, sharing experience and finding practical ways to help founders take their next step.

If you’re building something, sitting on an idea, starting a business or have ever wondered whether you should take the leap and have a go, this channel is for you.

Subscribe to Have-A-Go to follow Keith’s journey and meet more of the inventors, founders, makers and entrepreneurs trying to turn ambitious ideas into reality.

And if you’ve got an idea or business that deserves a shot, tell us about it in the comments.

It might just be your turn to Have-A-Go.