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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

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In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. But all of the data projections were so different so I decided to call some of the research companies and ask how they derived their data. How is it skewed? And then I triangulate.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

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My pal Dave occasionally presents “headline risks” for investors. He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. Sometimes balance can be good for the health, soul, personal happiness and … performance. But he knows that. I’ve been told so. Sounds obvious.

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The Spicy Future for Data

Tomasz Tunguz

Most importantly, you’ll present the results to executives who will no doubt pepper you with questions about what-ifs. You toss aside the presentation software, opting instead for a data notebook because this won’t be the last time you’ll be asked to analyze prices.

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Hear the right way to acquire customers with Cube and Mayfield on TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch

Christina Ross co-founded the company in 2018 in a bid to provide a solution to CFOs who rely on spreadsheets but could benefit from modern data analysis, reporting, and collaboration. Apply to present your company using this form. I hope you can join us on this TechCrunch Live event on February 8 at 11:30 a.m.

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With open banking on the horizon, the fintech-SME love story is just beginning

TechCrunch

banking industry can be convinced of the utility of open banking, or if it is forced to do so via legislation, several groups are likely to benefit: Consumers will be offered novel banking and investment products based on far more detailed data analysis than exists at present. If the U.S.

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Ai Palette raises $4.4M to help companies react faster to consumer trends

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The present and future of food tech investment opportunity. Upreti, an advanced machine learning and big data analysis expert, previously worked at companies including Visa, where he built models that can handle petabytes of data. Ai Palette is based in Singapore, with an engineering hub in Bangalore.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

” Emperia collects a lot of datadata that not every shopper might be comfortable sharing. .’ ” Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch