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We burned through all of our investors' money, and worked until we couldn't meet payroll. Once it was clear that we were going to run out of cash, I took a job and negotiated a dea…

No arguments here.

There are a few of things that I omitted from this version that were usually included or shared in person. Use of proceeds and traction was always shared. We also provided a breakd…

We have a fully working version of the creation tools, which would output all of the files required for fabrication. We had created all of the custom electronics, and were able to …

I've secured a job, but the others are still looking.

You may be right. We liked the radio because it was unique enough that we felt it would stand out. Instead of flipping between AM/FM stations, you'd be flipping between podcasts. I…

To some extent, the initial product wasn't important. Yes, it needed to resonate with an audience, but it's sole purpose was to test the waters and prove that we could ship. We lik…

That strategy worked because Apple was dying and Jobs needed to focus their efforts. But that all changed once they found their footing. Consider the iPod and all the sizes and col…

You're thinking of Burger King's "have it your way", not McD's. Regardless, I'm not sure it's an apt comparison. McD's is dying not because they offer lots of choice, but rather be…

I felt I needed to tell a richer story about what we were trying to achieve, mainly because we were created an entirely new market. I couldn't point to another company and say "we'…

I would tend to agree with this, but it's usually a sign that the startup has incorrectly focused their energies and money on design, instead of focusing on the underlaying busines…

Why would you immediately think it was my parents? Sigh.

Ya, we were lucky in that regard. I'm not really sure what we would have done otherwise...

Ya, it's up on Google Drive now... Dropbox temporarily suspended my account because of “excessive traffic”. I guess a few people downloaded that deck.

Chumby was an inspiration. As were things like LittleBits.

Nobody is holding a bag of money. I only wish it played out that way. It was essentially an acquihire, so I'll be going to another company, and part of that deal allows me to make …

There are some questions about the deal we secured to return our investors' money. Without going into the specifics, I can say it was essentially an acquihire. I'm going to another…

I spoke about that in the post - we had narrowed our efforts to just be hardware focused, but soon realized that wasn't enough. We then narrowed even further and were going to simp…

With an increasingly complex array of platforms and screen resolutions, it’s time to embrace the creative capabilities of HTML5 + CSS3 and make development part of the design proce…

We've been using Postmark for quite a while now (maybe 2 years now?) and it's fantastic. We recently began using the inbound processing while it was in beta, and it too is fantasti…