Скачать или смотреть What I Learned Building an Electric Tractor Company – Siddhartha Durairajan on Farmers & Impact

In this heartfelt and eye-opening clip from The TUFFStory podcast, entrepreneur Siddhartha Durairajan recounts his time building an electric tractor company — a venture born out of a mission to make farming more sustainable, affordable, and impactful.

As he shares in this segment, the journey wasn’t just about technology or clean energy innovation. It was about connecting with farmers, understanding their everyday challenges, and coming face-to-face with the brutal realities of life at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Siddhartha explains how spending time with farmers reshaped his worldview. Far from boardroom theories and startup buzzwords, he experienced the emotional weight and systemic difficulties that define rural livelihoods in India. He felt a deep sense of discomfort witnessing how farmers, despite being the backbone of our economy, often lead the most difficult lives — physically, financially, and emotionally.

This video is more than just a reflection — it’s a call to entrepreneurs and innovators to work on things that actually matter. Siddhartha’s story reminds us that true entrepreneurship is about solving real problems, not just scaling vanity metrics.

It also speaks volumes about empathy-driven innovation. He didn’t build from a distance — he went to the fields, spoke to farmers, and tried to understand the layers of complexity in their lives before attempting to solve anything.

This is one of the most powerful clips in the TUFFStory series — not because it’s dramatic, but because it’s honest. It’s the story of a builder who didn’t just ship a product, but let the problem shape him. And in the process, discovered what real impact feels like.

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