It will be through a new company, Core Devices<\/a>, and the smartwatches won\u2019t be called Pebbles, but they\u2019ll use recently open-sourced PebbleOS, and\u2014as Migicovsky explains on the podcast\u2014leftover parts from the original Pebble devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n Subscribe: Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, Overcast<\/a>, Pocket Casts<\/a>, RSS<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c\u200aAt the end of the day, I really wanted a Pebble. It didn\u2019t exist. No one was building anything remotely like it. So I, without really knowing what I was doing, decided to go and make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Look, sometimes I do a lot of blah blah upfront to hype the episode, but there are few Canadians who can say they built a hardware company out of the University of Waterloo\u2019s Velocity garage, resulting in three of the 15 most-funded Kickstarters<\/a> of all time, selling over 2 million smartwatches before ultimately shutting down. I can think of only one Canadian who convinced Google to open-source the IP of their dream device a decade after it was sold twice, following stints at one of the world\u2019s best tech accelerators and selling their other tech company, messaging app Beeper, to the makers of WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the podcast, Migicovsky covers how the first iteration of Pebble came to be (shoutout to the BlackBerry smartphone-connecting InPulse<\/a>, which came before), why Pebble failed<\/a> (and how much Apple had to do with it), his crazy journey to RePebble<\/a>, and the lessons he learned along the way. If you care at all about the founder journey, or want to understand why hardware startups are\u2026 harder, you will enjoy this episode.<\/p>\n The once and future king of wearables is back with the smartwatch he built for himself. How did that happen?<\/p>\n Let\u2019s dig in.<\/p>\n PRESENTED BY<\/strong><\/p>\n The BetaKit Podcast is presented by Float<\/a>:<\/strong> Canada\u2019s all-in-one business finance platform.<\/p>\n Float helps Canadian companies manage spend, automate expenses, and now, convert FX at rates 90% lower than the banks. <\/p>\n\n
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