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Behind Jawbone's transition from making earpieces to wireless speakers to fitness trackers

Jawbone: The trials of a 16-year-old can't-miss startup  —  The first thing you notice about Hosain Rahman, CEO of the much-buzzed-about gadget maker Jawbone, are his wrists. Tweets: @darpa , @bryce , @jyarow and @abrams Tweets: @darpa : Early funding from @USNavy & @DARPA supported development of noise-blocking headset technology. http://fortune.com/... Via @FortuneMagazine Bryce Roberts / @bryce : “He's trying to build a razor-and-blade business, but razors lose money, and his blades don't exist” http://bit.ly/1L4lJyh Jay Yarow / @jyarow : Great story on Jawbone from @adamlashinsky. Sounds like Jawbone has a lot of problems. http://fortune.com/... Jonathan Abrams / @abrams : Alexander Asseily got a B- in a Stanford engineering class for his designs that led to company that became Jawbone! http://fortune.com/...

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