Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

Data science is the foundation of all of these enterprises. The "drip drip drip" of data he was seeing from countries that were hit first told him what was coming, and he made it his mission to start a campaign for masks -- Masks4All. He is a data scientist. A full transcript follows the show resources below.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s not an exact science, but you should expect higher competition for queries that have greater search volume and/or stronger buying intent. For relevant phrases that don’t make it into the title, tags can help. Tags are added by the uploader of a video and are not seen by users—but are easy to find. That’s not by accident.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 19, 2017

Make sure your pages are properly tagged or optimized so that the right pages come up when users use the search function. If you’re using a giant wall of text on your website, you can test the data yourself. There is no clear cut science on how to drive user engagement. Finally, you need to work on your site’s search function.

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datacommunitydc.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Building a world class community of big data practitioners and scientists. Data Science DC. Data Innovation DC. Data Science MD. Data Visualization DC. Recommendation engines are arguably one of the trendiest uses of data science in startups today. The more data the better.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Not only did the winning prediction engine fail to scale economically, it also addressed an outdated problem: The shift from mail to streaming during that same two-year window gave Netflix all the data it needed to develop newer, better algorithms. More data, more storage, more computing power. Just make sure you have the data.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Architecture professors could tag campus buildings with QR codes, sharing their history and design with students. If you take your students out into the field, such as in a geology course, you can tag certain locations for quizzes and assignments to complete on the spot. Take learning outside the classroom. Put math problems on campus.

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David Cohen

JUNE 10, 2021

Tech Frontiers is the professional development program of the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Colorado Boulder, offering short-form learning on contemporary topics in engineering. The post CU Tech Frontiers Data Science and ML courses look awesome! Wow, it looks amazing. So, how awesome is CU?

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2017

This is where the science of smart tracking comes in; for any online product or service, there are dozens of tools you can use to track customer sources accurately; we’ll get into each one of them in this article. You can go back any time to look at historical data and answer new questions that might come up about your user activity.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

You’ll walk away with unstructured data as well as word clouds to let you see quickly how the first impression of your site lines up with the competition. You can pull a wealth of data about your competitors from SimilarWeb , including their traffic volume and key traffic sources, and organic and paid keywords. Image Source).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Cloud-based collaboration among bio-medical researchers around large volumes of data. There is a tremendous amount of data sitting at various pockets that bio-medical researchers are trying to collaborate around. The data needs modeling, processing, visualization, etc. Tags: StartUp 101. Photo by thesaint.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

He is also the author of Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness. The data shows that those who use this formula increase the impact of experiences tenfold. [17:38] His book — Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness. More About Dr. Paul J. Zak: Getimmersion.com.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

You’ll walk away with unstructured data as well as summary word clouds so you can quickly see how the first impressions of your site line up with the competition. We want to “steal” ideas from competent competitors who aren’t making the same mistakes that everyone else is, namely, designing without data.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

>> @unbounce data science findings (40k landing pages) show copy (28%) was 2x as influential as design (13%) in why visitors converted. Even contemporary, streamlined methods of pre-testing have price tags between $2,000 and $6,500 per ad. Step 4: Gather all the research data in one place.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data. having attended a top computer science school doesn’t matter. Of course, a data set of size 300 is a pittance, and I’m a far cry from a data scientist. With the advent of more data and more rigorous analysis, perhaps these conclusions will be proven untrue.

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bijoor.me

MARCH 26, 2014

Business Analytics PaaS (baPaaS) : tools that focus on making data storage, data retrieval, and data processing accessible for business engineers including support for big data Examples : TIBCO Spotfire , QlikView , SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand , Platfora. Case Study : Big Data in the Cloud. Tags adventure.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

My only minor complaint is that it doesnt have a menu option to disconnect the phone from the data connection. Dr. Karrer taught Computer Science for eleven years. in Computer Science. This is something that Ive wanted on my wifes GPS for a while. If you havent checked it out, its pretty amazing.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

The mistake we make is that we obsess about every big, small and insignificant analytics implementation challenge and try to fix it because we want 99.95% comfort with data quality. We wonder why data people are not loved. :). Tag Management. Get a tag management tool. won't have access to this data.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Let’s start from the highest level that will not be rocket science. Burstly believes that since the developers are not only sellers of their inventory, but also buyers, they will benefit the most by having access to the data. Burstly will provide complete transparency where it has data. Good luck, guys.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

While the Rocket Science press juggernaut moved inexorably forward, a few troubling facts kept trying to bubble up into my consciousness. Customer Development There was nothing wrong about Rocket Science having a vision radically different than the conventional wisdom. The mistake isn’t having a vision and taking risks.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

A month later, after raising $4 million dollars (we literally had VC’s fighting over who else would fund us), Peter and I started our video game company, Rocket Science Games. Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] There are still no laws like that in the venture capital business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Using your data, here are the basic elements of the projection process, which are measurable for milestones, and can be tracked to show when a reforecast is required: Start with sizing per-unit profitability. Tags: financial model startup financial projections business. Plan to reforecast every quarter.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

While one could argue that biotech startups also face market risk, their first decade is dominated by whether the science will work. “While one could argue that biotech startups also face market risk, their first decade is dominated by whether the science will work.&# The market versus technical risk between the two is enormous.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Python for data and automation geeks. Python is a better fit for marketers who specialize in data analysis and visualization. Python has a complete set of tools that make it ideal for data science, math, machine learning , and data visualization. You can use a similar tactic to inject personal data (e.g.,

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 28, 2016

Artificial Intelligence is about to transform management from an art into a combination of art and science. While these specialized AIs can’t pass a Turing test, they can process and manipulate enormous quantities of data at a rate our biological brains can’t match. Data-driven performance management. But they won’t stop there.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The reality is, a lot of the stuff being built now isn’t rocket science. information architecture - Does the layout, categorizations, data input, etc correspond with the way users think about dealing with this kind of service or content? Tags: Venture Capital & Technology.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 30, 2017

Notice nothing is categorized or tagged in the pictures above. Perhaps you now see why I’ve pivoted my career to Storytelling with data over the last couple of years. :). Solving Identify will allow us to join isolated pools of data, give them a stronger purpose. It is actually smarter than what you see above.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

Good example of how bad data can lead to bad decisions … Marissa Mayer Is No Fool | Michael Schrage – HBR – [link]. 18 Meta Tags Every Webpage Should Have in 2013 | iAcquire Blog – [link]. Data and Analysis on Oscar TV ads and Social (they missed the mark) – [link]. Overreaching quite a bit?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And, given it’s the holiday season, I decided to go about presenting the data in a slightly more entertaining manner. It allows them to deposit real coins and bills and displays the data on a screen. The only drawback is the price tag. Below, you will find a few of my favorite STEM toys in general. What is it?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Entrepreneurs who have a startup or two under their belt tend to rattle off preliminary customer findings and data that blow me away (not because I think their data is going to be right, but because it means they have built a process for learning and discovery from day one.) Fundraising isn’t the product.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

By managing the storage and analysis of sequence data, DNAnexus allows life science researchers to focus on what matters to them most: understanding the functioning and genetic basis of life, instead of worry about data center issues. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Todd knows the business of publishing highly specialized data and research in the pharma domain very well. Now, he has a new business idea in providing clinical trial data and research in oncology, and is wondering if he should raise money. He wants to provide online subscriptions, and additional tools on top of his data services.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) Marketing knew who the Spigot customers were; we had all the registration cards and all the data. At the time *very* few people knew how to find/encode, tag, and transfer an mp3 file. There was nothing for the consumer to do.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. No amount of learning how to get a VC meeting or improving your VC demo skills will fix the lack of concrete customer data. If not, you don’t have enough data for a VC presentation.

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www.starling-software.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Computer Science. Computer Science. Knowledge of advanced data structures like B-trees, binomial and fibonacci heaps, AVL/Red Black trees, Splay Trees, Skip Lists, tries etc. Note that the knowledge for each level is cumulative; being at level n implies that you also know everything from the levels lower than n. Programming.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

As you search: Customer Development observes that when you start your company, all you and your business plan have are hypotheses, not facts –and that the founders are the ones who need to get out of the building to turn these hypotheses into customer data. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.]

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The science of advertising, how to figure out what to automate, just things that marketers are wrestling with today. John Jantsch (12:34): Having the data, people actually can't spell it. But, um, I would say not having like, the data was really great for my fearless leaping and just saying, yeah, like I can do it. Check it out.

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Amy Harrisson – The Science of Screenwriting for Online Marketers and Copywriters. Use free test software to minimize the cost of A/B testing ( A/B Testing with Google Tag Manager ). Create personas and make them using real data (don’t fall into the stock photo trap). 7 Basic Plots on Wikipedia ).

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