Entrepreneurial Life of JOHN DEERE

SOPO: Today, when we think of tractors, we immediately picture green and yellow.

NAPO: And the name, John Deere.

SOPO: But the company didn’t actually start with tractors.

NAPO: In fact, John Deere himself never lived to see a single tractor.

SOPO: Instead, it all began with a series of hardships.

NAPO: Debt, financial ruin, a workshop burned to the ground, and then another fire.

SOPO: Then came the moment that changed everything.

NAPO: The farmers’ greatest nightmare: the sticky soil of Illinois.

SOPO: Where others saw an obstacle…

NAPO:…one man saw a solution.

SOPO: This is the story of John Deere…

NAPO: …and how one blacksmith reshaped the way the world farms.

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Language: English

Part of series: Entrepreneurial Heroes

Publication date: September 17, 2025