Adler: Flume Water's Initial California Unit COGS Was Around $130
Eric Adler · FlumeWater Sells 10k Units at $200 With SaaS Upsell · Dec 10, 2020 · at 7:48
Eric Adler, founder of Flume Water, discusses early domestic manufacturing costs with host Nathan Latka.
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“When we initially started out, our cost of goods was hovering around a 130 dollars in California.”
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