IoT Entrepreneurs panel
Marc Pous, thethings.io & IoT meetup BCN - @thethingsIO
Tomas Diez, Smart Citizen &FabLab, BCN - @SmartCitizen
Harald Zapp, relayr & iThings4U, Germany- @relayr_cloud
Augustin Navarro, lhings, BCN - @lhings
moderator:
Aldo de Jong, Claro Partners & Startupbootcamp Data & IoT, BCN - @claropartners
Questions that were discussed at the panel:
1.What will it take for the IoT to take off?
2. How can we help IoT startups to be successful, what is missing?
3. What can enablers do to help IoT startups?
16. Make you fitter!!
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@ClaroPartners(#iotcanvas((
Prototype!
3D printed PU!
Prototype!
ARM Mbed devkit!
!
Flash memory!
Microcontroller!
GPS+movement
sensors!
LEDS+vibration!
!
TPU rubber!
ABS harness!
!
Bluetooth to
phone!
Mobile data/Wifi
to internet!
Data centre that
runs website and
app (e.g. Amazon)!
Smart phone app
and internet
service set
activity goals!
get feedback on
progress!
Produce and ship
from Foxconn !
Nike stores!
Electronics retailers!
!
!
!
Device $149!
App stores!
Nike+ website!
!
Free app!
Rev. share from
#iot%@claropartners%
3rd party apps!
30. BACKGROUND
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Started in 2011 at the Fab Lab Barcelona | IAAC!
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First crowd funding in 2012 (Goteo) = 13.400€!
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First 200 sensors deployed in March 2013!
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Second crowd funding campaign in May 2013 (Kickstarter) = 68.000 $!
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Featured at the IoT World Forum organised by Cisco in October 2013!
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Winner of the Innovation Award in the Smart City Expo in November
2013
31. WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
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open data and open knowledge!
•
citizen engagement in the production of the city!
•
city environment understanding!
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bottom up innovation (open source hardware and
software, extendable and hackable)
35. WHAT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT?
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official data + crowd source data!
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reduction of taxes if you produce good quality data!
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income to the data producer for big data sales!
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more sensors and more applications for different
environments and situations!
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SHOULD BE PRODUCTION BEYOND DATA