"Bringing IoT Products to Life" Panel Discussion with Pebble, August, and Misfit
Details
We're extremely excited for our next SFIoT Meetup next Thursday at Runway SF featuring three amazing IoT product success stories - the Pebble Smart Watch, the August Smart Lock, and the Misfit Shine!
During the panel interview we'll hear Kristen Culp (Pebble's VP of Operations), Jason Johnson (August's CEO), and Mo Abdoolcarim -(Misfit Wearable's Software Products Lead) talk about their behind-the-scenes stories in taking IoT products from concepts, through crowd-funding campaigns and to the hands of their eager fans. The discussion will cover strategies for running successful crowd-funding campaigns, challenges in scaling manufacturing and distribution strategies post crowd-funding.
We are super excited, and think it will be a great opportunity for aspiring hardware startups to know more about getting a product into the hands of the consumers. Join us to learn from these two highly talked-about companies in the IoT space!
Thanks!
@sfiotmeetup
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Cost:
We are charging a $10 entry fee to help support our food, drink and event costs and help us make these events consistently better for you. You must have a paid ticket on our records in order to attend this event. An RSVP alone will not get you in.
We are also looking for 2 volunteers to help us manage the check-in process - the first two volunteers will get in free! Please contact us for details.
Parking:
Parking, public transportation, and entry information for RunwaySF can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exJ2Yhay25XpGmEJCXip1Iz89Ikou2iYY5QctEoFyoA/edit)
About our speakers:
http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/1/c/0/600_274117312.jpeg The Pebble (http://getpebble.com/) is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology and released in 2013 after a highly successful campaign on Kickstarter. At the end of the funding, Pebble became the second most highly crowd-funded project to date with $10,266,844 pledged by 68,928 people. As of July 4th 2013, Pebble has sold over 85,000 units. Follow: @Pebble (https://twitter.com/Pebble)
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http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/4/b/8/600_274058072.jpeg The August Smart Lock (http://www.august.com) is the secure, simple, and social way to manage your home’s lock. Now you can control who can enter and who can’t—without the need for keys or codes. And you can do it all from your smartphone or computer. Follow: @AugustSmartLock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFlPncm4fnYhttp://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/8/3/6/600_274282582.jpeg Misfit Shine (http://misfitwearables.com) is an elegant, all-metal activity tracker that you can sync with your smartphone just by placing it on your phone screen. Find out how active you are every day, and set goals to become more active. Wear it how you want, wherever you want. Follow: @misfitwearables