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Joseph Kristoffer
@jisforjoe · Content Production Manager, Fitbit
Should have posted this earlier when we were live, but we did a Reddit IAmA today. It was a blast and gave us a chance to field Pebblers' most burning questions directly. http://pbl.io/ks2ama
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Jonathan Kupferman
@jkupferman · Developer of Gifs
Really crazy start. They reached their 500k goal in under 20 minutes. In the last 20 minutes they've raised:
$37,142 per minute
which translates to
$2,228,571 per hour
$53,485,725 per day
and it's been increasing...
I made this little site to track it: https://pebbletimetracker.heroku...
Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Sticking to its roots, Pebble goes to kickstarter to fund its latest watch. It released 10 minutes ago and already raised $150k. 😮
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-nk...
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I'm bullish on Pebble.
They can capture a reasonable share of a very big market without raising too much more capital from investors so they remain a viable/meaningful company (hence kickstarter).
Their product is already better than Samsung's, and it's only an assumption to say it won't be as good or better than Apple's. Even if we assume Apple watch wi… See more
Yev
@yevp · Backblaze Marketing
"In before $1M" is the new "first" on comments. Congrats to Eric and the Pebble team on a thunderous launch. I was lucky enough to back the original, currently wear a Steel, and now I'll have this one to play with. Good luck with production, this thing exploded, $1M in under 35 minutes...insanity.
