Nest Co-Founder Matt Rogers

Watt It Takes

This episode was originally published on August 2, 2019

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Matt Rogers, the co-founder of Nest.

Nest is best known for its elegant learning thermostat, the first major breakout hit in the smart home space. Google later acquired the company for $3.2 billion.

Matt is a former Apple engineer who applied design principles from the iPod and the iPad to smart thermostats — jolting an industry badly in need of change.

This conversation was recorded live at Powerhouse’s headquarters in 2019.

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