Today's Entrepreneur: Mehran Farimani

Kristin Karaoglu · July 13, 2012 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/2859

No. 1 mistake: Give up

Today's Entrepreneur is Mehran Farimani, founder of Percipo. According to his VEQ, Mehran is good at product management and thecnology design and team motivation.

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.

These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entrepreneur, we'd like to hear from you.


I am a(n):
Entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Percipo Inc.

Startups I worked for:
EFI

If you are an entrepreneur, why?
I want to make a lasting impact on how people live, work and play.

My favorite startups:
Google, Facebook, Square

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?
Making believers out of non-believers.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?
Give up

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?
Don't give up, stay focused and positive, don't waste time with people who won't help you with your vision.

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Percipo Inc.

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Percipo uses machine perception to produce descriptive information about people in photos and videos. Our algorithms estimate attributes like age and gender with unmatched accuracy and speed.

Our technology powers applications for retail analytics, social media, and consumer apps. 

Our mission is to help build machines that perceive the world like humans do. We believe that machines that can perceive will lead to applications that will have a profound impact on the way we work, live and play.

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Mehran Farimani

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Machine Perception geek. Founded Percipo to Make Machines More Human. Proof of concept apps launched with over 4M users today. Ran EFI's core business building award winning imaging products.