March 29, 2024

A Weightlifting Coach In Your Pocket: Calibrex

34 minutes

Nick from Calibrex talks about combining his passion for fitness and hardware into this pocket-sized coach.

3 Things To Takeaway

A crowdsourced feature board to gather ideas from users and prioritize development

Offload heavy computation to the phone app so the device can be lean, mean, and efficient

Take care of your first customers. Handwritten notes, special features, and access to exclusive perks. They'll do the marketing for you.

Get your own at ⁠⁠calibrex.com⁠

Chapters (thanks AI)

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:01 Creating a Fitness Tracker for Weightlifters

08:16 The Importance of Personalization and Customer Engagement

11:46 Challenges in Building the First Version

13:32 Power Management and Hardware Design

21:13 Improvements in Calibrex 2 and User Feedback

24:21 Crowdsourced Feature Board and User Engagement

29:32 Raising Capital and Scaling the Business

31:42 Advice for Entrepreneurs in Hardware

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