EP #21 - Herbert Bay: Selling a Company and Sailing Around The World

Timestamps:

1:20 - What made Herbert Bay become an entrepreneur.

5:40 - Having two technical founders; dealing with lack of business knowledge.

7:30 - Raising 10 million dollars.

12:25 - How Herbert dealt with a difficult time in his life; what he learnt.

24:57 - Managing a company from a distance.

About Herbert Bay:

Herbert is the co-founder of Kooaba, an image recognition program which he successfully sold to Qualcomm in 2014. Following his successful exit, he embarked on a sailing trip from France to New Zealand together with his wife and two young sons. While at sea, he managed his second venture, Shortcut, remotely. After a 4-year journey, Herbert returned to Switzerland, where he took the position as Principal Software Engineer, Digital Health & User Perception at Magic Leap, a US company specializes in “mixed-reality” applications. Herbert holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and is a published researcher.

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