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Nils Mattisson

Co-founder and CEO, Minut. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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After spending seven years at Apple working on exploratory hardware design and prototyping, Mattisson co-founded Minut in 2013. Minut develops camera-free, privacy-safe smart sensors and edge-AI monitoring systems for property managers and short-term rental hosts to detect noise, cigarette smoke, and environmental hazards.

What they said7 Shows1

Everything Nils Mattisson said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Mattisson: Minut analyzes data on-device and transmits only metadata to the cloud

“Like, we make sure to make all the analysis on the device and only pass the metadata to the cloud so that there's no privacy issues.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 4:39 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Mattisson: Consumer hardware target pricing is 4x manufacturing cost

“Typically in a consumer hardware product, you try to sell it for about four times what it costs to make it. And that's like a rule of thumb that we're following.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 9:19 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

Mattisson: The environment for angel and VC investing has worsened

“The general atmosphere for angel investing has become worse. And of course, VC is even more so like, I mean, they're trying to be really fast with following the market.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 14:17 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Insight

Mattisson: Correlating sound with air pressure changes reliably detects broken windows

“So if you just drop a water glass and it breaks, it might give off a similar kind of sound, but it won't change the air pressure, which a breaking window will. So when you have these things happening at the same time, you can be fairly certain that, that the w…”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 6:01 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Mattisson: 7% of Minut Kickstarter video viewers bought the device

“About seven percent of the people who watched the video ended up purchasing the product.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 7:53 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported

Mattisson: Minut raised $300k from angels and $250k on Kickstarter

“We've raised about 300,000 dollars from angels, and then the quarter million from Kickstarter, and that's up until about now, we're taking about 200 K in another debt round.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 13:30 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Mattisson: Visa restrictions forced me to return to Sweden to launch Minut

“And unfortunately I wasn't able to stay in the U S with my visa. So I basically had to leave and I moved back and started the company here.”

Nils Mattisson Apr 12, 2016 ▶ 3:29 From Apple to Raising $250k on Kickstarter For His New Hardware Company with Nils Mattison EP 230

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Nils's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Co-founder and CEO, Minut	1	7	50% 1/2	full record on Top Founders →