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Management
MAKING DATA DRIVEN
PLANT DECISIONS
By Mason Day
Data can be your biggest asset when it comes to selecting the different plant varieties that you sell.
How are you making your selections?
F
acebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google
(FAANG as they're referred to by Silicon
Valley dwellers). We look at most of these
companies and think what sets them apart
is their products. They operate in technology; we
operate in plants.
From a sheer revenue standpoint, you're right;
we're never going to compete with them. However,
when we take a deeper look at what puts them on
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top it is not the products at all.
Amazon is an online marketplace. They weren't
the first, they won't be the last.
What these companies do better than anyone else
is understand exactly what the consumer wants.
They do this by using data to make fact-based
business decisions. It's time our industry starts
applying that same logic to consumers. Going with
our gut feelings, and basing decisions on emotions
is too risky in today's business environment.
Use the Available Resources
What's great is that there are already plenty of
resources out there to help show you (factually,
based on data) what your consumers are interested
in already. In fact, you may be currently sitting on a
stockpile of that information and might not realize
it. At GrowIt!, we provide consumers a platform to

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