Founder and CEO of Particle, an all-in-one (hardware+software+connectivity) platform for IoT products and connected devices. We help manufacturers bring their physical products online. Built an IoT product from scratch and delivered it to thousands of customers in 6 months. Did it again four or five times. Helped enterprise customers like Jacuzzi, Keurig, and Watsco do the same. Built a global team of 100+ and a company serving hundreds of enterprises and hundreds of thousands of IoT engineers. Raised $80M in venture capital from Spark Capital, Root Ventures, OATV, and others. San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40. Featured in Forbes, WIRED, TechCrunch, CNN, Make: Magazine, and others. Particle was listed as a Major Player in Worldwide IoT Platforms by IDC, and was one of Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the Internet of Things in 2015, one of Business Insider's Enterprise Start-ups to Bet Your Career On in 2017, and one of Forbes' Top 25 IoT Startups to Watch in 2019.
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- AMAlex M.·2h agoquestion
What sparked your research into disruptive innovation?
Curious what the original insight was that led you to the Innovator's Dilemma framework.
- SLSophia L.·1d agoidea
Would love a deep-dive into EdTech adoption barriers.
Your framing of sustaining vs. disruptive innovation feels directly applicable to school systems.
- DRDavid R.·3d agoquestion
How do you see AI changing the personalized learning landscape?