A Conversation on Hard Tech with Eric Migicovsky
YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Pebble founder and YC Partner Eric Migicovsky about hard tech.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:37 How did you end up with the name Pebble?
00:01:52 Quick story of when you came to YC? How big were you? What did you do in YC?
00:03:29 So $15,000 thousand dollars let you manufacture, was it the first 100 units?
00:05:38 How many units had you sold before you actually went through the entire manufacturing process? 700 to 800 units
00:05:58 What happens if I have to move my b…
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Introduction
0:37
How did you end up with the name Pebble?
1:52
Quick story of when you came to YC? How big were you? What did you do in YC?
3:29
So $15,000 thousand dollars let you manufacture, was it the first 100 units?
5:38
How many units had you sold before you actually went through the entire manufact
5:58
What happens if I have to move my business to Mountain View? Its gonna interrup
6:44
Hardest part in the whole journey with Pebble?
8:28
But now that you've done it do you think it's possible now?
10:50
It's often people get really creative with no money but forget once raised money
12:14
Advise on right time to do crowdfunding campaign, is a real product required and
16:00
In the first route, delivery of product within six months is unknown. Should I u
16:53
Sometimes there's a group (Facebook, Subreddits) before the early adopters on Ki
17:27
What's the right call in terms of outsourcing the various components?
19:46
Belief in “hardware without software (subscription instead of one off)” and thou
23:11
How do you define hard tech, deep tech? What does that really involve?
24:35
Crazy rocket idea but have no money, where do I even start? What do I do?
24:53
What will be an MVP in this case?
26:51
What do you encourage startups accomplish by demo day?
27:45
Sales and talking to users gives more confidence that your on the right track
29:58
Advice to scientist in Ph.Ds. at school who want to make the jump and commercial
32:15
Users interested in your product but need lot of mo
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