It's mindboggling to see how far we've come from starting out to create a watch just for ourselves to now having a global community building innovative applications for Pebble.

We launched our first product, an alpha-grade smartwatch, and learned valuable lessons from customer feedback, including the need for a firmware upgrade to show the time.

I started working on wearables six and a half years ago because I wanted to create a more affordable smartwatch, as I didn't want to spend $400 on existing options.

Our community has created over 250,000 custom watch faces for Pebble, showcasing the creativity and engagement of our users.

Our team grew significantly after launching, and we shipped hundreds of thousands of watches worldwide, despite initially feeling uncertain about our direction.

The first prototype worked exclusively with BlackBerry devices, and while it wasn't perfect, it demonstrated the concept of a smartwatch.

We highlighted three key features of Pebble: notifications and calls on your wrist, sports and fitness app integration, and customization options for watch faces, which had never been done before.

I found our core segment of developers who wanted to create native apps much faster, including agencies working for big brands like the Green Bay Packers and Cadillac.

The launch of the iPhone in 2007 sparked my idea to design a mobile app, leading to the creation of my first business, Six Agency. I wanted to push the idea that you don't need a full catalog of products in front of a customer on a small device; the app would show only one highly curated product per day, which could be anything from a pencil from Japan to a beautiful watch.