CVPR2010: Learnings from founding a computer vision startup: Chapter 0: Introduction
Transcript of CVPR2010: Learnings from founding a computer vision startup: Chapter 0: Introduction
Learnings from founding a computer vision startup
Till Quack (kooaba) & Jan Erik Solem (Polar Rose)
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Founded 2006, 10 employeesFounders: Herbert Bay, Till Quack, Luc Van GoolLocation: Zürich, Switzerland
Object recognition for consumer applicationsOn mobile and web
Spin-off from ETH ZürichStill close relations to ETH
kooaba makes images smarter
Mobile Search (since 08/09)
Auto-tagging (Q2 2010)
(more about products during talk)
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Till Quack
PhD with Prof. Luc van Gool (graduated in 2009)
Research interests: Object Recognition + Internet + Mobile
kooaba founded during PhD
Interests in innovation, product design etc.
Two former companies (e.g. mosaickr.com with T. Weise and S. Saur. Sold in 2010.)
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Founded 2004, 15 employeesMalmö, Sweden: HQ, management, computer vision
Warsaw, Poland: products, infrastructure
Sophia-Antipolis, France: computer vision
Spin-off from Lund University.
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Face recognition for mobile, desktop and web
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Jan Erik Solem
PhD with Profs. Anders Heyden and Fredrik Kahl(graduated in 2006)
Research interests:large-scale vision, object recognition and visual retrieval
Polar Rose founded during PhD
Interests in entrepreneurship, Web and mobile
What to expect
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Flickr:kate at yr own risk
What we learned along the way
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What’s special about Vision startups
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Discussion between JES and TQ - and you
Flickr: Katie Stine
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Lots of pointers to resources
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Syllabus1. Why a startup? JES / TQ 215-230
2. The business idea JES/TQ 230-245
3. Business plan: what and who to write it for? JES 245-300
4. Team JES 300-315
5. Funding: who and how to ask for money JES 315-330
Coffee Break 330pm-4pm
6. Product design: finding out what people really want TQ 400-430
7. Business models: how to make money? TQ 430-450
8. Software engineering: doing research vs. delivering a product TQ 450-520
9. Marketing & sales: getting people to know & buy your products TQ 520-545
10. Competition and positioning: OMG, Google is doing the same thing! JES 545-600
Let’s start!