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Your New Chief Growth Officer May Be a Data Mining Algorithm
Your New Chief Growth Officer May Be a Data Mining Algorithm
How can mature brands drive growth? The answer might be found with beer, Pop-Tarts and a simple algorithm.
Data-Driven Thinking — A Zero-Sum Game
Data-Driven Thinking — A Zero-Sum Game
We deal with trade-offs all the time. “You can have it good, fast or cheap… pick any two.” The implementation constraints for this decision…
What Do You Do with Data?
What Do You Do with Data?
We are being overwhelmed with data, and I can assure you that if you don’t know what to do with it, your competition will.
Big Dating: It’s a (Data) Science
Big Dating: It’s a (Data) Science
Millennials empirically know that bar crawling is for recreation — not for archaic, time-wasting, low-percentage mating rituals…
Can Machines Really Learn?
Can Machines Really Learn?
In a perfect world, you just hire a bunch of data scientists, have them deploy clever algorithms, and the machine will …
Are You Ready for Data Science?
Are You Ready for Data Science?
Data science is all the rage. Almost every CMO I know wants a data scientist for their very own — they are the status symbol du jour for…
A Free and Open Regulated Internet, Net Neutrality via Title II
A Free and Open Regulated Internet, Net Neutrality via Title II
In political terms, the Internet is the Wild Wild West and it needs to be tamed. Wasn’t it just going to be a matter of time …
Data Doomsday Preppers
Data Doomsday Preppers
Only a fraction of this needs to happen to see a total breakdown of social services, and people picking up weapons to defend themselves...
Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg… Data Science Can Help
Which Came First? The Chicken or the Egg… Data Science Can Help
Imagine that you are a professional observer with a magic telescope. Like ordinary telescopes, it lets you see things that are far away…
Freewheel WiFi Phone Service From Cablevision — Taking “Voice as an App” to a New Level
Freewheel WiFi Phone Service From Cablevision — Taking “Voice as an App” to a New Level
What Cablevision has created is a new, awesome alternative way to get a real 10-digit phone number.