Lecture 17 - How to Design Hardware Products (Hosain Rahman)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 18, 2014

Duration

47m

Channel

YC Root Access

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Hosain-rahman-lecture-17-how-to-build-products-users-love-part-ii-annotated Hosain Rahman, CEO and Founder of Jawbone, covers the design process for building hardware products users love. See the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec17/ Discuss this lecture: https://startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64046 This video is under Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Hosain Rahman

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  Co-founder and CEO of Jawbone, known for designing and scaling consumer hardware products like Jambox and UP.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Hosain Rahman, Lecture 17 - How to Design Hardware Products (Hosain Rahman) explores Jawbone’s end-to-end framework for designing breakthrough hardware systems products Jawbone frames its mission as “engineering meets beauty,” aiming to deliver invisible technical sophistication packaged as emotionally resonant, wearable experiences.

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