Computer vision and image processing caught my attention very early on, so I decided to pursue a PhD in them. I graduated with my PhD in and decided to continue with a postdoc position, where I had the opportunity to contribute to some really interesting and well-cited academic projects and publications. In , I switched from academia to entrepreneurship, since the explicit value creation i. The first one failed. The second one I sold to a photography company called EyeEm, based in Berlin.
It was after this that I founded Mobius Labs, with the goal of making computer vision accessible to every application, device, or process. It has been a really exhilarating journey so far! Appu Shaji: At the core of Mobius Labs, We have some of the best scientists, engineers, and product experts in the world working on the leading computer vision technology. We do a lot of original work to make the technology do things that it could not actually do before.
This is truly fascinating because if you really think about it, this is a field where — if you want to build something — you have to have a strong technical and academic background. So by simplifying this, we empower anyone to build really strong end-user applications like visual search or visual recommendations.
At Mobius Labs, we have three pillars for innovation. The first one is scientific innovation, which pushes the barrier of what is possible scientifically. The second one is productization, which focuses on how we take this extremely advanced technology to a product that can be used by everyone to generate value. Last but not least is our business model, which looks at how we work with our commercial partners to monetize our technology.
Appu Shaji: To be honest, we have a couple of very tough quarters at the beginning of the pandemic, early spring and summer On the B2B side, we basically had a market shut down that forced us to reevaluate and innovate quickly in how we commercialize our technology.
But we managed to turn that around and ended up having a strong showing, where we more than double our revenue versus last year. So one of the very first decisions we had to make was around the first week of March when the news really broke, and it was clear that this was a very serious health risk with disastrous consequences was to switch to remote working culture.
In fact, we were one of the first companies in Berlin to take the whole team remotely. We were becoming a fully virtual organization by the third week of March. This involved adjusting our processes to support our open and collaborative culture.
When you are in the same physical location, you have many tools at hand. But going virtual required using tools like Asana, Slack, and Miro for collaboration and being disciplined about keeping them updated. Another interesting part was onboarding new colleagues, where we have been collaborating with many team members for months, whom we have not met in person. So making sure a proper virtual onboarding process and virtual meet-ups to ensure everyone was feeling included, engaged, and motivated.
What we found was that the remote working environment has many positive aspects to it. People enjoyed a better balance with reduced commuting times, and we were able to keep collaborating in a very focused way. And now, the next challenge will be what comes next when we transition into a new world. One thing I have learned during my time as an entrepreneur is that you have to put people first.
You have to create an environment where the team believes in the company mission and has genuine fun while working on the problems we are trying to solve. It is quite heartening as a CEO to know that we have a team right now, which is very energetic, really enjoys working with each other, and that took on the remote work challenge headfirst.
It is quite surprising to say this, but the remote work journey has actually made the entire company more collaborative. Which meant that there was a hit to the business in terms of the traditional methodologies that we had set up to work with our customers and acquire new ones were basically gone.
So we had to quickly pivot into a fully digital customer relationship management strategy. We also started our marketing department and took all our lead generation efforts online. We also have to go back to the most important lesson, which is about people. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:. The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:. Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age.
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