Podcasts about vanhawks

Ali is currently the Director of Partnerships at Unsplash and former co-founder of Vanhawks, a Y Combinator-backed startup that made the world's first smart carbon fibre bike.   Founded in 2014, the company ran a highly-successful Kickstarter campaign raising $820,000 for its Valour smart bike, a smart bike featuring bluetooth to connect to a user's smartphone for directions and LED indicators and raised $1.6 million from Real Ventures the following year. The Vanhawks Valour network had riders in as many as 42 countries, with nearly 1,000 bikes sold and was acquired by Warren Industries.   Enjoy!    ---   Music Credits   Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating Spell Music provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM   Transition Music: Cheese (Prod. by Lukrembo)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3w9yoN7wk4 

This week we cover the news of the week including Tesla's Model 3, Apple Leaks their iPhone 8 design plus interviews with Vanhawks and Bionik.

We chat with CurEat's Steve Managano about a new chef-inspired way to find places to eat or drink in an unfamiliar city. We also speak with Immotor Go founder Daniel Huang on what he learned from making battery accessories that launched him into the world of high-tech scooters. Plus, Vanhawks co-founder Sohaib Zahid about why the Internet loves his company's Valour Smart Bike. In Socially Speaking, we debate whether robots can drive better than humans.

This week we continue the discussion of a Siri API, based on Ben Thompson's post, GreenyDev's SiriViewServiceHeaders and Persimmon for Swift. Aaron also discusses the attempts to get MagPie approved. We also discuss Redacted's sales on the Mac App Store. Episode 40 Show Notes: Apple Watch and Continuous Computing Her PCalc - The Best Calculator Redacted Parsimmon SiriViewService-Headers Magpievideo.com Ex Machina Product Hunt WatchAware Digg Cheddar Plus (iOS) (Mac) Vanhawks.com WWDC Watch Hackathon Episode 40 Picks: Venmo Passbook

This is the fourth episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (@FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (@TylerCopeland), speak with Ali Zahid(@alizhd), COO at Vanhawks (@Vanhawks) about building a complete startup (hardware + software) and how to launch your business through a crowdfunding campaign. Ali was a biomedical engineering student before he dropped out to join his co-founders at FounderFuel in Montreal. They launched their Kickstarter campaign 12 days before demo day, with the goal of raising $100,000. The target was quickly met (

Ali's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): Ali tells us how the idea for his smart bike was born out of the old saying "necessity breeds invention"! Ali gives us his pitch and explains what's so special about his smart bike Valour From the Eureka moment to product development. Getting the right people on board was the key. Vanhawks experience of crowdfunding - how Kickstarter campaign helped their market research and product development. Pricing! Ali shares his experience of this delicate balancing act! Ali gives us tips on how a time strapped startup can make the best use of its time. Ali's 3 key things he wishes someone had told him starting out! The personal sacrifices of the entrepreneur! But hang in there, it's worth it!

So here is the latest from OA. We review Godzilla along with our expectations on the new X-Men movie that is out now. We also talk about the upcoming release of Watch Dogs.