5. Dan Morozoff | Vidrovr (video intelligence software)
- Author
- Kallaway / Dan Morozoff
- Published
- Tue 19 May 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.thefounderpod.com/founder-episodes/vidrovr
Dan Morozoff is the Co-Founder and CTO of Vidrovr.
After growing up in the heart of San Francisco and getting early exposure to the boom and bust cycles of Silicon Valley, Dan went to UCLA to study physics and neuroscience and then ultimately pursued a PhD at Columbia to focus on modeling how the brain understands logic. On the side, he worked on a project called News Rover which laid the foundation for what would eventually become Vidrovr three and a half years later.
At Vidrovr, Dan and his team build video understanding systems. What that essentially means is that by using the Vidrovr technology stack, a user is able to search videos just like you or I would search on Google. For example, instead of a YouTube search looking up relevant titles, descriptions and keywords, Dan's platform can actually understand the words spoken or images shown in the video itself and then index them. Vidrovr goes to market today by selling this platform to other companies in spaces like media and entertainment, but it’s easy to imagine the benefit of having access to this technology as a consumer.
This was an eye-opener and really makes you think about what could be possible in the future.
Tune in to hear Dan's inspiring story and leave a review!
EPISODE TOPICS:
- (2:12) What does Vidrovr look like today (mission, vision, products, size)?
- (4:15) What is your background and what were you working on before starting Vidrovr?
- (6:43) Where did the initial spark for the idea come from?
- (9:33) What were the early conversations like with potential clients?
- (11:39) How did you still down the complexity of the Vidrovr system when selling?
- (14:34) How did you design pilots for early adopters?
- (21:06) How did you design the product that end customers could use?
- (26:59) How did the Vidrovr product evolve?
- (30:27) What does the competitive landscape look like?
- (34:13) How has the sales process evolved?
- (38:33) What were the biggest takeaways from your Techstars experience?
- (43:29) Walk us through your funding path thus far?
- (53:27) What were some of your investor pitches like?
- (56:58) What's the future vision for Vidrovr in the next 5-10 years?
- (1:00:09) What do you look for in hiring?
- (1:05:52) How do you deal with self-doubt?
- (1:09:09) What do you think it takes to be a good founder?
- (1:11:43) Why do you think it's so hard to be a founder?
- (1:14:16) Dan's startup manifesto
- (1:15:10) Dan's founder nomination
- (1:16:43) Where should we look to contact you?
Vidrovr - www.vidrovr.com
- Follow Vidrovr on LinkedIn
- Follow Dan on LinkedIn
- Dan's learning and resource recommendations
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