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But they took hundreds of millions in normal funding and hundreds of millions in debt sort of funding this decade. The vast majority of their funding. Wasn't mo
by skinnymuch 9y ago
But they took hundreds of millions in normal funding and hundreds of millions in debt sort of funding this decade. The vast majority of their funding. Wasn't most of that funding and growth of Jawbone going with the company trying to semi-pivot into wristbands (UP) along with their services? And a bit of the Bluetooth speakers I guess.
The 11 or so odd years before that were their Bluetooth headsets only. I think Jawbone could fit into this list. It's sort of like a spinoff company using initial foundations around 2011. That's not a good sentence or way of wording it but I can't think of something better right now. Still, the expectation from 2011 onward was huge growth with all that funding. Unlike their first 11 years.
- rhizome 9y agoI wonder if in hindsight they were competing for a (perceived) zero-sum niche that was given to Beats.
- pkaye 9y agoMany of the other companies got funding and burned up quickly. Barely got any traction or beyond their first product. Jawbone had quite a few products over those years even though it was not a financial success.
- skinnymuch 9y agoI understand your point. And I agree they had successful products in a small scale through 2010 with their headsets. But Jawbone could've become a completely new company in late 2010 when they unveiled their speaker. And being close to unveiling their wristbands. All the money and funding (like 90% of their funding) were done since then. The last 6 years. Jawbone was already flaming out in 2015 and 2016. That's only a few years after 2011.