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thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We recently closed our Series A and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the software and hardware, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

Apply at:

- Senior Electrical Engineer: https://grnh.se/61db15562

- 3D Computer Vision Engineer: https://grnh.se/b47072fa2

- Senior Data Scientist / Geometric Deep Learning: https://grnh.se/5315a4df2

- Senior Mechanical Engineer: https://grnh.se/9d6421fb2

We also have a few more roles coming up for January including : Sr. Full Stack Developer, Back-end Software Developer, Office Manager, Firmware Engineer (Linux), Production/Program Manager/NPI. For which you can already reach out at careers@shapescale.com.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We recently closed our Series A and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the software and hardware, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

Apply at:

- Senior Electrical Engineer: https://grnh.se/61db15562

- 3D Computer Vision Engineer: https://grnh.se/b47072fa2

- Senior Data Scientist / Geometric Deep Learning: https://grnh.se/5315a4df2

- Senior Technical Recruiter: https://grnh.se/3feb2bc92

- Senior Mechanical Engineer: Not open yet, but should open up in a few days.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the software and hardware, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

The position is perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast-growing startup that comes with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

More info on the Embedded Linux role and apply at: https://grnh.se/ooeswi6u2

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Also will begin hiring soon for Mechanical Engineers (ideally with manufacturing experience and working with moving parts), Computer Vision Engineers, 3D Software Engineers, Full Stack- as well as Backend Engineers. These roles will likely only open in September, but feel free to send an email to recruiting@shapescale.com to get a head start.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the software and hardware, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

Both positions are perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast-growing startup that comes with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

More info on the CV role and apply at: https://grnh.se/glwdm1tk2

More info on the Embedded Linux role and apply at: https://grnh.se/ooeswi6u2

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the software and hardware, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

Both positions are perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast-growing startup that comes with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

More info and apply at https://shapescale.com/careers/

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's a challenging product on the mechanical side, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm.

The position is perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast-growing startup that comes with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

More info and apply at https://shapescale.workable.com.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale, and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the mechanical and computer vision side, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side, we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging, and data collection.

Both positions are perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast-growing startup that comes with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

More info and apply at https://shapescale.workable.com.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the mechanical and computer vision side, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging and data collection. Both positions are perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast growing startup that come with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

Apply at https://shapescale.workable.com.

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2017)

Shape is the company behind ShapeScale, a 3D personal body scanner, scale and fitness tracker that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D. Its companion app then shows you where exactly you have been gaining muscle and losing fat by color-grading your 3D avatar.

We have recently launched a pre-order with thousands of sales and are looking to expand our engineering team. It's challenging both on the mechanical and computer vision side, due to ShapeScale's robotic, rotating and expanding arm. On the computer vision side we face interesting challenging involving 3D reconstruction, rejigging and data collection. Both positions are perfect for those looking to take a leading role in a fast growing startup that come with great opportunities for personal and career growth.

Apply at https://shapescale.workable.com.

thirruon US Equity crowdfunding is finally here: Steps to getting funded

As a founder the biggest turn off for me is the fact that you cannot take on more than 500 non accredited investors. As soon you exceed that number and rake up $25M in assets you will be forced to go public, which is absolutely bonkers.

Now to me equity crowdfunding is inherently powerful that you can make investments as little as $100. This dramatically lowers the risk, and makes it a small gamble for small time investors. But as an entrepreneur with a max of 500 investors you end up with a mere $50k, which almost defeats the effort for most startups.

thirruon US Equity crowdfunding is finally here: Steps to getting funded

You are discounting the power of small investors. There is a good chance that your unaccredited investors altogether will cast a larger network than your VCs. Also if done right they could become super fans and the best possible promoters of your product. They definitely bring something to the table, but it will be somewhat different than what you'd expect from a YC.

thirruon US Equity crowdfunding is finally here: Steps to getting funded

Any day better than what you get on Kickstarter. It's a start and a full-audit costs 25-50k which would literary defeat the purpose of this.

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

What are some good strategies you guys used to narrow and improve your messaging for your crowdfunding campaigns?

Did you rely on qualitative feedback (by real people or usertesting) or on quantitative results (A/B conversions testing on ad copies and landing pages)? Or did you just go with your gut?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

For those of you that did Kickstarter and not Indiegogo or a selfstarter (Celery/Tilt/Shopify) campaign:

How happy were you with the experience so far? There are a few up and downsides as drabie had mentioned before.

Taking all of that into account, would you use Kickstarter again if you had the choice again?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

Interesting on the "FB group spamming", that's a great idea to expand reach!

Did you have any PR coverage pre-launch then to collect more emails?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

Interesting.

1- Was there a reason why you chose not to use a promo video? 2- What has been main driver in sales so far? Like what was the split between PR, Email List and Ads? Any other channels? 3- Why Shopify over Celery/Tilt then? Did it give you more control over the experience?

Sorry lots of questions. We are currently deciding between selfstarter vs crowdfunding.

-Martin

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

Hey Khalil,

What was the main reason for you going with a selfstarter (your own website) over IGG/KS? Would you do it again?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

Hey Martin from ShapeScale (S15) here.

Did any of you attempt any influencer marketing? (celebrities or connectors on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat)

If so, how well did it work and did you pay them (if so what was the model, commission, or up-front payment). Would you do it again?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

What was the best way for you guys to grow your email list (aside from paid ads)? Did you use Queue?

thirruon Ask Us Anything: Y Combinator Hardware Companies Crowdfunding

I have a question for Hykso: You guys had a progress bar of units sold. Did you see that this was creating urgency? Also did you find it hard to create traffic to your own site? What was your strategy? And why Shopify over Tilt/Celery?

thirruon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2015)

We are working on ShapeScale (not launched yet), a scale that scans your body in 3D so that you can visually see and track where you lose fat and gain muscle.

Our mission is to become the personal trainer for your home by providing better feedback and information of how you can achieve the body of your dreams.

We are still relatively early, just went through YC S15 and are prepping for our launch early next year. We are looking for someone who is excited by what we are trying to achieve and wants to become team member #3.

You should have a background in computer vision and ideally in 3D imaging so that you can assist us with registration, rejigging, and other algorithms of captured 3D body shapes.

If you can fill gaps beyond just that and show an entrepreneurial mindset we may also consider you our 3rd co-founder.

Competitive + meaningful equity.

Email: hello@shapescale.com

thirruon Computational Bodybuilding: Anatomically-Based Modeling of Human Bodies

Wow, that's some great research there. We are actually building a scale for consumers that will allow for body scans in 3D. We hope then to also later integrate morphing algorithms so that you can see how your body would transform if you were to gain extra muscles and fat. Potentially big data could also help.

As for the visceral fat, it's indeed there, but an MRI could probably help off-set such, if you wanted to have a high level of accuracy.

For most I believe outside fat will be most important.

thirruon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014)

Over 5 years startup experience. Former Founder/CEO of Hardware startup with successful Kickstarter and $1m funding. Specialized in growth hacking (SEO, SEM, A/B testing, analytics focused), and secondary in business development B2B sales & corporate partnerships. Currently freelancing but looking for something more permanent.

  Location: Hong Kong (but EU national)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes 
  Technologies: KISSmetrics, GA, Optimizely, MOZ, SproutSocial, HootSuite, SocialBro, Twittercount, Salesforce.com, WordPress, CSS, HTML5, Photoshop, Omnigraffle
  Resume: Email upon request. Otherwise check linkedin[.]com/in/martinkessler
  Email: martin[at]kessler[.]hk