Dylan Osborn

Dylan Osborn is an entrepreneur and the founder of GreenBox Grown, a company focused on teaching people how to grow their own cannabis.13 He graduated from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business with a bachelor's degree in business administration.24

Career and Ventures

Before founding GreenBox Grown, Osborn created NiLi, a personalized nightlife concierge mobile app, during his junior year at USC. In 2016, he launched GreenBox Grown with the goal of providing affordable cannabis growing starter kits and educational content.34

GreenBox Grown

GreenBox Grown aims to teach people how to grow their own medical cannabis "without spending too much money or without too much time or effort".1 The company offers:

1. Cannabis growing starter kits
2. Educational content and instructional videos
3. Strain reviews

YouTube Channel and Controversy

Osborn's GreenBox Grown YouTube channel gained significant traction, amassing:

• 13,000 subscribers
• Over 200 videos
• Approximately 7 million total video views

However, in 2018, YouTube began a purge of cannabis-related content, which resulted in the shutdown of Osborn's channel along with many others in the cannabis education space.1 This action forced Osborn to switch to self-hosting his videos and implementing a subscription model for access to his content.1

Advocacy and Industry Presence

Osborn has been vocal about the challenges faced by cannabis content creators on platforms like YouTube. He has expressed frustration at the inability to understand how his content suddenly violated the platform's guidelines, especially given the presence of other potentially harmful content on the site.1 He continues to be active in the cannabis education space, adapting to the changing landscape of online content distribution for cannabis-related information.