Iminyaka emibini edlule, senziwe nodliwanondlebe no-Anthony Mattana, umsunguli we Hooke Umsindo, malunga nebali lakhe lokuqalisa ngesixhobo sehardware. Kwaye namhlanje, ubuyile.
Imveliso yakhe yokuqala, Ivesi likaHooke, zii-headphone ezingenazingcingo ezirekhoda kwi-3d ye-binaural audio. Ngaphezulu kwesandi sestereo, obu buchwephesha bunika abaphulaphuli imvakalelo yokuhla emhlathini ngokoqobo apho bekurekhodwa khona izandi.
Eyona nto iphambili ngemveliso yakhe yokugqibela yile ibingeyonto intsha nokuba yeyetekhnoloji. IMattana izisa nje amandla apholileyo, akhoyo kubathengi bemihla ngemihla. Ngoku, nge UHooke Lav: imakrofoni encinci, engasindi, engenazingcingo yeBluetooth; uyayenza kwakhona.
Nangona kunjalo, ngeli xesha uyandixelela yonke into-ukusuka kuphuhliso lwemveliso ukuya kumiliselo Kickstarter - kwakulula ngokungenasiphelo.
UMattana ufanise amava akhe nesaci esithi "ukwenza isigidi sokuqala yeyona inzima". (Ayisiyiyo nokuba omnye wethu uyazi ukuba kunjani, kodwa yinto ethethwa ngabantu.)
Nokuba zizigidi zokuqala zeerandi ezenziwa ngusomashishini okanye abalandeli bokuqala abazizigidi kunye nefuthe kwiinzuzo, kuhlala kusithiwa ezo yayiyeyona nzuzo inzima. I-Hooke Verse yayingu-Anthony "wesigidi sokuqala" kwaye emva koko, amandla afunyenweyo alincedisa iqela lakhe kumjikelo wophuhliso lwemveliso olandelayo.
I-Kickstarter yethu yokuqala… bendizirhuqa eludakeni ndizama ukuphila kwaye ndingenalo nofifi. Kwaye ukuba ungagqibela kweyokuqala, owona mngcipheko mkhulu, ezinye zibonakala ngathi zilula kancinci.
-Anthony Mattana
Ngexesha lokuqala, uMattana waqala omnye wemisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu-ukuqokelela iqela elinetalente-emva komdlalo. Ngeli xesha, ebesele enetalente ephambili kwizandla zakhe, kwaye yayingabantu awayezokuhlola kwaye asebenze nabo ngaphambili. Kwakufuneka abuyise iqela kwakhona.
Ngamanye amacandelo okuphuhlisa kunye nokwazisa imveliso, zininzi izinto anokuzikhawulezisa ngeli xesha. Enye into, wayesele enendawo yokucela ingxelo kwangaphambili, nto leyo enkulu kakhulu.
Enye into ebalulekileyo yayikukuthetha-thethana nabathengisi kunye nokukhusela umdla wakhe kwakulula kakhulu kuba wayesazi ukuba yeyiphi "i-gotchas" ekufuneka eyijongile. Oko bekuyinxalenye enkulu kuba wafunyanwa ngezo gotchas okokuqala ngqa.
Yahluke njani iHooke Lav kwezinye iiMics zoBuntu?
Okokuqala, iHooke Lav ziigram ezili-10 kuphela, imalunga nesiqingatha sedola, kwaye akukho mfuneko yebhetri enkulu, yangaphandle. Akukho zingcingo ufuna ukuzidibanisa ngehempe yakho, nokuba yeyiphi. Ke, kwicala lefom factor, ime ngaphandle.
Esi sixhobo sinokugcina kwakhona ngaphakathi kwikhadi le-SD eline-8 GB yokugcina. Ngale nto, abasebenzisi akufuneki bakhathazeke malunga nelahleko okanye ukuphazamiseka okunokwenzeka ukuba ukurekhodwa kuthathwe ngaphandle kwentambo.
Ngenxa yelo lwazi lokurekhoda lwangaphakathi, ii-mics azidingi nokuba zidityaniswe ne-app ukuze isebenze. Kwi "Isiqithi seNdlela" ungaqala ukurekhoda ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ifowuni eyahlukileyo.
Ukuba ufumana iiseti ezi-2 kwezi microphone, kukho elinye iqhinga elicocekileyo onokuthi ulidlale.
Enye imic, "uLav A", inokunxitywa ngesiqhelo, ngelixa "uLav B", imic ye-2, inokuqhagamshelwa ngomatshini kwezinye izixhobo, ngaphezulu kweemic zabo zangaphakathi.
Kananjalo nge-lavs ezi-2, unokurekhoda kuzo zombini ngaxeshanye usebenzisa iindlela ezimbini "yeNdlela yeDuet". Ngale ndlela, kwakwisixhobo esinye, unokurekhoda izithethi ezibini kudliwanondlebe kodwa ngamnye athethe kwimic yabo.
Development Product
Uphuhliso lweMveliso luqale malunga nonyaka odlulileyo kuHooke Lav, kwaye "kwenziwe kakuhle kakhulu". Ukuhanjiswa kulungiselelwe u-Epreli 2021, obonakala umde, kodwa kungenxa yokuba kukho ixesha elide elikhokelayo kwiindawo ezinalo lonke uguquko olwenzekayo.
Kuyilo, iMicimbi yoku-odola
Ngethuba lokuqala uMattana evelisa imveliso, kunye neVooke Verse, uyilo luqale ngakumbi kwicala lefom yefom, emva koko bazama ukulungelelanisa zonke iinxalenye zombane emva koko. Undixelela ukuba ibiyimpazamo.
Sukwenza iinjineli ziyile ebhokisini. Isidenge sokwenene. Ngokwenene, sisidenge.
-Anthony Mattana, ngoku ngokucacileyo oyinjineli kune-CEO
Kunye noHooke Lav, basebenze umva, kwaye kwaba ngcono kakhulu!
Ukuprinta i-3D ngo-Win
Kwakukho imijikelezo eliqela yoshicilelo lwe-3d oluye lwanceda ukukhawulezisa uphuhliso. Baye baprinta i-dummy PCB's kwaye baqinisekisa ukuba iindawo ezivaliweyo ziya kulunga.
Elona candelo babengenakho ukuprinta i-3d yayizizinyithi, iziqwengana eziguqukayo ezisetyenziselwa ukulungisa imveliso kwimpahla. UAnthony wandixelela ukuba oku kuyamangalisa ukuba lelinye lawona malungu athabathe elona xesha lide ukugqibelela. Ukufumana ubhetyebhetye obufanelekileyo kunye nokubambelela kufuna uninzi lweprototyping yomzimba kunye novavanyo.
Iklip yesinyithi iyabandakanyeka kubuchwephesha bobuchwephesha obukrelekrele ngakumbi: yayilelwe ngendlela yokuba isebenze njengokongezwa kweempondo. UJosh, injineli ekhokelayo ye-elektroniki esebenza kwiVesi kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, waphinda wazibonakalisa izakhono zobunjineli ze-ninja-wizard. Okanye ubunjineli bewizard-ninja. Nokuba yintoni, uJosh uyamangalisa.
Enye ibhonasi exabisekileyo: ii-microphone zedijithali zisetyenziselwa iHooke Lavs. Ngokungafaniyo ne-analog mics, ezi azidingi kwakhiwa kumphezulu wezindlu. Endaweni yoko, ii-mics zedijithali zinokukhuselwa nzulu ngaphakathi kwimibhobho ngaphandle kokuvezwa kwinto eyoyikisayo, emileyo enxibe izambatho. Oko kubalulekile kwimics oceba ukuyinxiba!
Ukuqalisa kwiKickstarter
Ngeli xesha, ngaphakathi kweeyure eziyi-8 zokuphehlelelwa, iHooke Audio iphakamise i- $ 100k kwiKickstarter, ibetha idlula injongo yabo eyi- $ 10,000. Ke ukwenze njani oku kumiliselwa ngokwahlukileyo kule yokugqibela?
Saqala ukuhlwayela umbono ebantwini malunga neenyanga ezi-2 okanye ezi-3 kwangaphambili kwaye sizamile ngokwenene ukufumana loo gauge ebantwini…
Ke yaziva ingathi yinto encinci yokwakha kuyo… eyayiyindlela entle yokuqalisa umbono oyoyikisayo. Ndiyincoma kubo bonke osomashishini. Ukuba kukho iindlela zexabiso eliphantsi, ezifikelelekayo zokuqinisekisa ukuba umbono wakho uqinisekisiwe… Ndicinga ukuba abantu baziva ngathi kufuneka bayilahle eweni. Njengaye, 'oh kuya kufuneka utsibe'. Kwaye ukuba ufuna ukulungiselela kwangaphambili, abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba kuyabiza kakhulu ukwenza loo nto. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba kukho ulonwabo oluphakathi kwaye ndicinga ukuba… ndiyifumene ngeli xesha.
-Anthony Mattana
Enye ingongoma ebalulekileyo uMattana ayiphawulayo yile: “Sasinabaxhasi nathi, esasibahambisa. Zimbalwa kuphela izinto ezikhethiweyo… eziphakamisa ngaphezulu kwe- $ 100,000 kwiKickstarter kwaye kukho ipesenti encinci kakhulu kubo bonke abo bathumela imveliso. ” Ke, ingqibelelo abayibonisileyo ngexesha lokuqala lokujikeleza kwabo bayifumana ikhredithi yesitalato abaxhamleyo kuyo ngoku.
Ubume bangoku
Ngokubhalwa kweli nqaku, iphulo likaHooke Lav ziintsuku ezi-3, kwaye wabetha nje i-200,000 yeedola. Nangona kunjalo, ngamava amaninzi njengo-Anthony kulo mdlalo, akaqinisekanga ukuba izakuphela njani le nto. Ngengxoxo kamongameli kwiveki ezayo, ukholelwa ekubeni kungalindeleka ukuba eli phulo lingaqhubeka nokukhula okanye liphele tu.
Nangona kunjalo ibali likaHooke Lav Kickstarter ekugqibeleni liyahamba, ndiyakholelwa ukuba iqela leHooke Audio linokuzingca. Ngaphantsi kweeyure ezingama-32 kunye noHooke Lav, baphakamise imali eyithathileyo iintsuku 30 Ukuxhasa ngezimali ngeVooke Verse!
Ndijongisa lo mjikelo ukuya kwimpumelelo enkulu, ke livuyisana neHooke Audio! Kwaye u-Anthony, sazise xa usenza obu buqhetseba bomlingo ixesha lesithathu kwimveliso yakho elandelayo.
