This document provides information about starting a student entrepreneurship. It discusses Saverio Murgia, the CEO and founder of Horus Technology, a company that created a device to help the 285 million people who have sight loss live more independently. It describes how Murgia and his friend Luca had the idea to apply their robotics and vision system knowledge to help blind people after assisting a blind person. It outlines the creation of their first prototype in 6 months and the development of Horus, which uses stereo vision, voice commands, and other technologies to provide navigation assistance and object recognition. The document also discusses how the company was funded through grants and crowdfunding and the importance of the core team and advisors in

1. HOW TO BE A STUDENT
ENTREPRENEUR
Saverio Murgia
CEO & FOUNDER of Horus Technology

2. HELLO!
My name is Saverio and I am an entrepreneur and innovator with the
passion for computer vision and machine learning.

3. QUICK RESUME

4. 2014 - 2015
Ecole centrale de Nantes
Master's Degree, EMARO - Advanced Robotics
2013 - 2014
Università degli Studi di Genova / University of Genoa
Master's Degree, EMARO - Robotics Engineering
2010 - 2013
Università degli Studi di Genova / University of Genoa
Bachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
2010 - 2015
ISSUGE - ISICT
Excellence Programme, ICT, Management and Economics
March 2014 - present
CEO and Founder
Horus Technology
February 2015 - present
Visiting Research Student
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
October 2012 – June 2014
Intern
PSPC Lab - Università degli Studi di Genova
March 2014 – July 2015
Visiting Research Student
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

5. LET’S START!

7. 285 million people do not live independently due to sight loss.
We want to give them a device that will change their lives.

9. HOW DID THIS IDEA COME?

10. One day, Luca and I were helped a blind person walk around the city because there was a detour.
In that period we were working on robotics vision systems.
We said: why don’t we apply our knowledge to something that can help people?

11. AFTER SIX MONTHS
WE MADE OUR FIRST PROTOTYPE

13. WE MADE HORUS

14. a greater independence
Face recognition Text readingObject recognition Navigation assistance
GOAL

15. THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO
GRANTS

16. 6K € 15K € 5K CHF 10K €

17. AND A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN ON
THE TIM #WCAP PLATFORM

19. WE MADE THIS

20. Stereo bone conduction system
Stereo vision

21. Horus
Patent pending

22. Voice commands
Universal fit
No ear impairment
Eligible to be a medical device
No internet required
User adaptation
ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES

23. PARTNERSHIP

24. SOCIAL IMPACT
FAMILY
Care giving
Worries
INDUSTRY
Jobs
Equality
SOCIETY
Integrations
Barriers

25. BUT, WHO IS BEHIND ALL OF THIS?

26. CORE TEAM
Saverio Murgia Luca Nardelli Benedetta Magri
CEO & FOUNDER CTO & FOUNDER CMO
Advanced Robotics Neuro engineering Member of LEO Club

27. TEAM
Alessandro Caldini Simone Vuotto Martina Cavalieri
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SOFTWARE DEVELOPER DESIGNER

28. SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Fabio Solari
PhD
Manuela Chessa
PhD
Renowned researchers in the field of Computer Vision

29. THE TEAM IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR BUSINESS

30. HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

31. Countless hours spent working!

32. Here are the lessons learned…

33. 1
Speaking a lot about our idea

34. 2
Not being greedy (with the team)

35. 3
Being greedy with everybody else

36. 4
Helping each other

37. 5
Asking for help to mentors and advisors

38. 6
Pitching (and applying) for any grant/accelerator

39. 7
Saying NO

40. 8
There is no better moment to start than NOW

41. “The person who cannot see has the future in their eyes.
We must live our lives with every sense, every emotion”

42. CONTACTS
Saverio Murgia
CEO & FOUNDER
ceo@horus.technology
ch.linkedin.com/in/saveriomurgia
info@horus.technology
www.horus.technology
@horustechnology

43. THANK YOU