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Rory Aronson: Cultivating FarmBot

Chris McGivern, Shuttleworth Foundation Team

Shuttleworth Foundation

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A Shuttleworth Foundation interview article (dated 24 December 2018) with Rory Aronson, founder of FarmBot, describing how he joined the Shuttleworth Fellowship in 2014 to work on FarmBot full-time and his commitment to open-source principles. He states Facebook videos of FarmBot were shared over 200 million times, preorders exceeded $1 million in the first two months after launch, and the latest manufacturing run completed 500 units.

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  • 1,000,000 usd

    preorder value first two months(farmbot genesis)

    EconomicsControl: reported as 'over a million dollars'
    region
    United States
  • 500 count

    units in latest manufacturing run(farmbot genesis)

    Economics
    region
    United States
    year
    2018
  • 200,000,000 count

    facebook video shares(farmbot marketing)

    SocialControl: reported as 'over 200 million times'
    region
    United States

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