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Dropcam and traditional security cameras are dumb 24/7 recorders
“So the first one, so cameras like Dropcam has existed for many years, you know, when you walk to a security, when you walk through the airport, there are many security and surveillance cameras. So what these cameras do is a twenty-four-seven passive recording …”
Winning hardware products focus on one or two features, not twelve
“I think it's really one or two features at the end of it that's going to matter. And you really, in this one or two features, you really got to advance the customer and the consumer experience. And you gotta really solve their problem and make it so much easie…”
Hardware user testing yields core insights after just three to five users
“After three to five, somewhere between three to five people, I didn't need to do any more. I found the problem. I found everybody else was almost identical answer. It was rewarding it differently. So you need a, I think you need a small group, but you need to …”
Consumer startups should avoid stealth mode and build a public presence
“I think one of the advice I give to my other founder friends on whether they're doing connected devices or software, as long as they're doing something consumer facing, I highly, highly recommend them. Don't be in a stealth mode. Don't be in a stealth mode. No…”
Butterfleye raised Jason Calacanis's first million-dollar AngelList syndicate
“At the time he hadn't done a million dollar syndicate, and we did a million dollar syndicate with him”
Savvy angel investors focus on execution over hypothetical 'what if' scenarios
“One of my radar detectors for bad angel investor, if you will, is if they're asking me as a founder to any, what if this, What if that? There are a million what ifs it could go. My radar for a good angel investor is if they're asking me, ah, they're sitting do…”