How Lark Went From Idea to Apple Store in One Year

How Lark Went From Idea to Apple Store in One Year: Product design is difficult. Venture capitalists joke that 'hardware' should be two four-letter words because of all the profanity?entrepreneurs?use when things go wrong in production -- which they invariably do. But rookie designer Julia Hu is the exception that proved the rule. She had a vision for a sleep-tracking gadget called the Lark. Within a year it was on shelves at the Apple store. How did she do it?