Tim Roberts
VP, Interactive, Fitbit

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Tim is the VP, Interactive at Fitbit, responsible for the digital experience that works with the hardware. Previously Tim has been a founding member of such projects as Infectious, Twitter, Odeo and Bigstep. He has also made some good looking products at places such as Yahoo!, Netscape and Organic Online.

Sessions

1:30pm–2:20pm Tuesday, 03/29/2011
The Connected Device Startup
Strategy & Business Models 2005
Tim Roberts (Fitbit )
Average rating: ***..
(3.33, 6 ratings)
There are web startups. There are mobile startups. There are consumer electronics startups. What happens when you mix them all together? The session will cover lessons learned in creating a business based on integrating all of these technologies into a unified product experience. Read more.
11:00am–11:50am Thursday, 03/31/2011
Birth of a Startup (or Eight)
Strategy & Business Models 2005
Moderated by:
Liz Gannes (All Things D)
Panelists:
Kevin Systrom (Instagram), Adam Rugel (Trazzler), Tim Roberts (Fitbit ), Tony Stubblebine (CrowdVine), Rabble Evan Henshaw-Plath (cuboxsa.com), Dom Sagolla (iPhoneDevCamp)
Average rating: ****.
(4.17, 6 ratings)
In March 2006, a small podcasting startup called Odeo launched a side project. You now know that side project as Twitter. Interestingly, Twitter is just one of the companies that came out of Odeo; seven employees-- or more than half the of the company-- went on directly to found other ventures, including Instagr.am, Square, Trazzler and CrowdVine. Read more.
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