Upward Farms throws in towel ten years after founding vertical-farming business

Re:Upward Farms throws in towel ten years after founding ver... by makeitdouble on Friday April 28, 2023 @05:34AM (#35739231)

> they would usually not entertain us and would always claim that they were going to build everything by themselves.

I'd assume it's an attempt to have exclusivity (and thus a shot at exponential growth) instead of targeting slow and stable growth ? From your description alone, it feels your business model is more targeted to small business than startups (which is a good thing IMO)

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Re:Upward Farms throws in towel ten years after founding ver... by EntrePrescott on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:31AM (#35739543)

> I'd assume it's an attempt to have exclusivity (and thus a shot at exponential growth) instead of targeting slow and stable growth ?

My guess from the context would rather be that they think (rightly or not) that they can do it cheaper themselves or by paying someone else a fixed cost rather than giving out a profit share like the pricing model in the FAQ says:

> Our pricing model is based on the principle that we take certain percentage of the total profit our SaaS lets you drive home.

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Re:Upward Farms throws in towel ten years after founding ver... by davehcker on Friday April 28, 2023 @12:31PM (#35743616)

We need to update the FAQ. Now we offer a fixed subscription pricing model.

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