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Published in Building Inventa

·Oct 4, 2022

How we use ML to reduce predicted shipping times by 66%

A version of this post was originally featured on the Modelbit blog The problem: retailers want supplies faster! At Inventa, our online platform matches retailers to wholesale suppliers. In the checkout flow, we show merchants how long it’ll take to get their orders. This is a more challenging task in Brazil than in the US because…

Machine Lear

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How we use ML to reduce predicted shipping times by 66%
How we use ML to reduce predicted shipping times by 66%
Machine Lear

3 min read


Published in Wharton FinTech

·Mar 12, 2021

Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff — On Lifelong Learning and the Future of Wealthfront

Wharton FinTech co-founder and former podcast host, Daniel McAuley, is joined by former podcast guest, Andy Rachleff — co-founder & CEO of Wealthfront, the only company that integrates banking and investing to automate your savings. We discuss: Andy’s storied and career as both an investor and entrepreneur His experience coming…

Fintech

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Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff — On Lifelong Learning and the Future of Wealthfront
Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff — On Lifelong Learning and the Future of Wealthfront
Fintech

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Nov 20, 2019

How to Speed Up Your AB Test

Part 1: Measure Twice, Cut Once This post was first published on The Craft, Faire’s technical blog. It is the first in our multi-part series on accelerating decision-making using A/B Testing. Like many hypergrowth startups, Faire uses experimentation to quickly iterate on our product and make better decisions. However, unlike many of our peers that serve…

Data Science

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How to Speed Up Your AB Test
How to Speed Up Your AB Test
Data Science

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Nov 16, 2019

The Experimenting Company

Methods for companies devoted to the truth — The Experimenting Society I just read The Experimenting Society, an essay by Donald T Campbell, the Social Scientist known for coining the term “evolutionary epistemology” and developing a selectionist theory of human creativity. In it, he lays out what a future society devoted to science, reason and truth through intellectual humility might look…

Science

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The Experimenting Company
The Experimenting Company
Science

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Aug 10, 2019

Notes on Radical Candor

I recently read Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott as part of leadership training that we are doing at Faire. I’m not normally a fan of recently-written business books but I was really impressed by Radical Candor. The advice is highly relevant to…

Management

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Notes on Radical Candor
Notes on Radical Candor
Management

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Jul 7, 2019

Notes on Hacking Growth

I recently read Hacking Growth by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown. I highlighted and took notes on points that I found helpful and questions that I asked myself. If you work on or with a growth team I recommend reading the book for practical advice and ideas. Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley…www.amazon.com

Marketing

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Notes on Hacking Growth
Notes on Hacking Growth
Marketing

7 min read


May 15, 2019

Strategy, Chance and Malkiel’s Monkey

Believe it or not, the point of this blog post is not about investing. Or Monkeys for that matter. If you’re ok with that, please read on. I spent the first five years of my career in quantitative finance writing algorithms to predict stock prices. Much of that time was…

Investing

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Strategy, Chance and Malkiel’s Monkey
Strategy, Chance and Malkiel’s Monkey
Investing

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Published in Towards Data Science

·Nov 3, 2018

Thoughts on Metric Design

I have noticed that when I bring up the topic of “metrics” in Silicon Valley people seem to either love me or hate me. Tracking and possibly acting on some measure that you believe captures an important dimension of your business or product is a productivity panacea for some and…

Product Management

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Thoughts on Metric Design
Thoughts on Metric Design
Product Management

6 min read


Published in Towards Data Science

·Sep 28, 2018

Arrival Rate Bias in A/B Testing

Good Things Come to Those Who Can’t Wait, Part 1 — This post was coauthored with Allen Sirolly and is the first post in our two-part series on arrival rate bias correction in A/B Testing. We are very grateful to our Wealthfront Data Science colleague, Hsiu-Chi Lin, for his invaluable input. Part 2 may be found here. Like many technology companies…

Data Science

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Arrival Rate Bias in A/B Testing
Arrival Rate Bias in A/B Testing
Data Science

11 min read


Apr 13, 2018

The Paradox of Patience

To be or not be: that is the question — We all know the advice given by Prudentius that “patience is a virtue”. As a boy, I heard this aphorism with alarming regularity in the form of admonition from my mother. As an adult, I learned to appreciate the value of forbearance as I invested in my future through education…

Patience

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The Paradox of Patience
The Paradox of Patience
Patience

5 min read

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