Grobo

How We Launched A $165K/Month Automated Home Growing Box

April 9th, 2020
Bjorn Dawson
Founder, Grobo
$250K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
11
Employees
Grobo
from Waterloo, ON, Canada
started April 2014
$250,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
11
Employees
market size
$33.1B
avg revenue (monthly)
$280K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
Subscriptions & Memberships
best tools
Quickbooks, PipeDrive, Slack
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
8 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hey! My name’s Bjorn Dawson and I’m a Co-Founder at Grobo. We make smart hydroponic growing systems that enable anyone to easily grow food and cannabis at home.

Our flagship products are the Grobo Premium and GroboSolid grow boxes. They’re roughly the size of a water cooler and designed to fit perfectly into any home. Our customers are generally cannabis consumers, either for medical or recreational reasons, that are looking for a consistent and high-quality supply of flowers. While many of them have never grown cannabis before, we do have some advanced growers who use our system to play with hydroponics for the first time.

Today, we’re making $165K per month and increasing quickly. After 18 months of fulfilling backorders, we finally caught up with the initial demand and have been able to build an inventory. This is now enabling us to bring on more sales channels each week to boost our sales. In addition, our systems require Grobo Nutrients...

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