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http://boostedboards.com http://boostedboards.com
by pg 13y ago
http://boostedboards.com http://boostedboards.com
- foobarqux 13y agoThat looks like a great company with a great product but it's only capital intensive relative to web software.
- bfe 13y agoBut it's plausible as a fast, minimal entry point to electric vehicles in general, potentially attracting more capital to expand a proven product line, instead of trying to start with a car. I hope they're planning something like that.
- pg 13y agoBingo.
- Jack000 13y agoI think another company ate their lunch, unfortunately. Came out with a similar product for 1/2 the price and 2x the range. That company also makes other EVs..
- thefreeman 13y agohave a link or a name? sounds interesting.
- Jack000 13y agoI didn't want to link it since it's a pretty uncanny clone and I'm not sure how I feel about it, but here it is: http://e-go.com/ http://e-go.com/ They're for sale now, whereas boosted is still a month away from the 2nd batch preorder that I made. On the weight-range-performance triangle, boosted picked weight and performance, where as this company picked weight and range. This board seems like a better setup for commuting, whereas boosted might be better for the "sport" of longboarding with its 2kw dual-motors.
- Widdershin 13y agoI would be especially interested in this, as I fall into what I consider the relatively rare demographic of skateboarder/HN reader. As far as I knew, Boosted Boards had the most elegant solution from a consumer point of view. All of the alternatives I have seen either are too heavy, too expensive, insufficient range or power, or simply created without an understanding of how a skateboard functions.
- argumentum 13y agoI don't think "ate their lunch" is a reasonable description, it's early days and successful startups win over the long run. The "E-Go" board you linked to below has hardly any of the mindshare that boosted boards has, and their website doesn't inspire much confidence that their product is anything more than a cheap knockoff that pretends to have more range by reducing top speed.
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- argumentum 13y agoThe point isn't to try and do everything right off the bat, but rather to find a the right size bit of the "capital intensive" problem for a startup to bite off and chew. From Sam's article: > We think the YC model works well for these companies. We invest with infinite time horizon and are not afraid of risky-looking companies. ... And our model helps companies figure out a right-sized initial project achievable with a small amount of time and money—great companies get built with a series of small wins that compound over time, and early momentum is critical. A common failure mode of many ambitious companies is to bite off an initial project that is far too big and expensive. Boosted Boards is exactly such a company.
- comatose_kid 13y agoReminds me of Amiga which funded development of its PC by first bringing to market an Atari 2600 peripheral called the Joyboard.