1. CyEC 2009 & 2010 Entrepreneur
of the year Award winner
Stavros Papastavrou, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO

2. Ray Charles (1930-2004)

3. The DAREDEVIL (Marvel Comics)

5. The Idea (2004)
Use phone’s camera
- Camera is the “eyes”
- phone CPU and software are
the “brains”

6. Materializing the Idea
?
2006
Get Money – Get Guidance –

7. The Road…
CyEC Submission
Workshops + Working CyEC
& Mentoring prototype 2007
2007 More
Mentoring by
an Incubator
Apply to a
Diogenes
Venture
Capitalist
v2.0
2008

8. … in deep waters (2008)
Materializing Hire
the Business employees
Plan
Find a
workplace
Produce
Version 1.0
Push the
product
- Marketing -
New
Sales &
Versions
etc
Support
Mentoring by Diogenes

9. VisionHunt ™ (2009)
-Tried & Used in 112 Countries
-Sold in 44 Countries
-Available in 18 Languages
-For Nokia, iPhone, iPod, iPad
- Available on OVI and iTunes

10. iTunes Store (2010)

11. Sales Breakdown (as of today)

12. Recognition: BBC Documentary

13. Recognition #2: Pirated Versions!

14. Awards & Future Development
• Winner: CyEC 2009 & 2010
Entrepreneur of the year Award
• Currently Developing Apps for Indoors
Mobile Navigation for the Blind
– without the use of GPS
– Project funded by the
Cyprus Research Organization

15. Mistakes….
• Do not rush to get v1.0 out
– Buggy version, creates bad reputation
• Save money for marketing
– Google and Facebook ads
• You need to speak the language of your
clients
– Visit to German Exhibition without German
speaking assistant
• Sense the market for the right price
– Offer to sell for less

16. Thank you
… it all about
– Imagination,
– Creativity,
– and Daring to dream !!!

17. Thank you!
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