Launching an IoT product: Lessons from a Startup CTO

Blynk interviews the CTO of Plantaform, the creator of a unique indoor gardening device, about their experience building an IoT product. We also discussed the hardware choice, development timeline, why they chose a low-code IoT platform, and what they would do differently next time around.

00:00 Intro
00:23 What is Plantaform
01:30 Choosing Hardware and Connectivity for the product
02:40 Why Blynk?
03:40 Why other platforms didn't fulfill your needs?
04:50 How much time did it take from the first prototype to production? Tell us about this journey.
07:45 The most challenging part of building an IoT product
08:50 Looking back, what would you do differently?
09:49 TOP 3 valuable features of Blynk
11:25 What is next for Plantaform?
12:27 Recommendations to the entrepreneurs

Plantaform no-code app demo:

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Check out Smart Indoor Garden from Plantaform:

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[plantaform]

Thank you Blynk for this wonderful interview & sharing the story building our IoT product 💚

[pasxa]

Very insightful! Thanks for sharing! Really liked the part about focusing on team’s strengths 👌

[olena_osvitsinska]

Great interview, thank you for sharing your experience!

[julialiaschuk]

Would be cool to see the device itself and the app as part of the app as part of the video. Thank you for sharing your experience!”

[marinafadieieva]

Thanks for sharing! Great interview 👍🏻

[illialiashchuk]

Always interesting to hear from entrepreneurs about their experience!
Thanks for the interesting interview

[hassanahmad]

What happened to Blynk server? Only the sensor work on ony Blynk application

[SomeGuy_]

How much did blynk charge for the service. Are you hosting the data or is blynk doing that for you?