In 2010, when Matt Rogers founded Nest of Tony Fadell, home heating and cooling weren’t exactly an area that one could think that two former engineers.
This fixation has defined a recent product category, an intelligent thermostat, which currently serves as a sunowicz for the intelligent home ambitions of other firms, even when Google lets you nest, where on vines, killing products which was once the basis of the company.
“Nest does not necessarily do everything I appointed them years ago,” said Rogers Techcrunch. “This is one of the things when you sell the company.”
But Rogers was not capable of shake his obsession with HVAC.
“I was thinking about HVAC for a long time – longer than most,” said Rogers with a giggle. “And the chance is really great. The ability to increase performance, comfort, better quality of life – all things are true.”
Rogers’s optimism in combination with his seemingly inexhaustible energy, prompted him to an informal adviser Duvetstartup of the heat pump, even like him Starting your personal recent startup with food wasteIN Milland conducting an investment organization, philanthropy and activism, Exhortwith his wife.
“I had a lot of time for the beginning,” said Rogers.
Now, with Rogers Happy, where Mill is, he said he had time to “deepen with the company.” In this case, this implies joining the quilt as an independent board member.
Rogers met the co -founder and general director of Quilt, Paul Lambert, a few years ago, just before the company raised its round. Since then, they were in the law of continuous communication.
“We talked for years like almost every week,” said Rogers. “Sometimes Paweł’s co -founder, Matt, called me from their factory or from the supplier from” Hey, what do you think about X? Give me advice. ” At some point it is good to formalize. “
Because Rogers takes up space on board, it is much more likely that the quilt will happen in the place where Nest. The company has already focused on product design and user experiences. “We really try to make a Nest textbook,” said Lambert.
“The world gets warmer and becomes richer,” he said. “And because the world becomes warmer, people need more cooling, and the heat pump is air conditioning. And when the world is richer, people buy more cooling. This is one of the most reliable things that they consume as soon as they have more disposable income.”
“These macro trends are real,” Rogers agreed. “It is good to work with a team that carry a torch.”