Sramana Mitra: What is the state of the union on video analysis? Robert Youngjohns: It is developing very quickly, and we have very powerful tools. It started way back with something as simple as number plate recognition, which is now very established. We have a demo app where we show people where we are taking
Sramana: You started hiring after being awarded 25,000 dollars for winning the business plan competition. However, that is not a lot of money. Whom were you hiring? Jeff Nobbs: More than anything winning the business plan competition was a nod of approval from the University which helped us raise more money. Over the course of
Robert Youngjohns is the senior vice president and general manager of HP Autonomy. Simply put, Autonomy helps organizations understand the meaning of information by applying big data technologies. Robert previously worked at Microsoft and has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry. In this interview, Robert talks about Autonomy’s role within HP
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 172nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any
Sramana Mitra: You had a chance to understand the requirements of that market by catering to the legal industry, and then you went to the larger IT departments with the use case of catering to their legal issues. Bob Tennant: Exactly. In order to understand how your customer needs to evolve, I would suggest to
Sramana: Why would stores offer cash back to customers? Jeff Nobbs: We think of it as a win, win, win. For stores, we are an outsourced marketing arm. We not only drive new customers, but we also make their existing customers more loyal by offering cash back on every purchase. If you are an Extrabux.com
Today’s roundtable had a couple of California businesses and an Indian company pitching. Before I get to them, let me remind you about the Rackspace Cloud – 1M/1M Startup Challenge. Open to cloud-based startups only, this challenge begins with an application process. Five cloud startups will be judged finalists based on their applications and they
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