Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 21, 2014

While the phrase data scientist may be growing exponentially in its usage , and the number of data scientists job requisitions following a similar trend , the definition of the term is hard to pin down precisely. I wasn’t sure I could define it well until I watched a talk by Hilary Mason , former chief scientist at Bitly, called Dirty Secrets of Data Science at a NYC meetup.

Data 100

Data Forecasting Engineering Startup 100

CloseSaaS

JANUARY 22, 2014

Many sales managers train their sales teams in closing techniques, sales process and closing, but what about rejection? What can you do the prepare your team for the volume of rejection they will encounter in sales?

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Sales Management 52

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 21, 2014

When I worked as an engineer, I loved crafting code and feeling the satisfaction of having built something each day. But there was one thing about coding I never grew to love, despite its importance: forecasting my coding time. Every two weeks, I trudged into a planning meeting that exposed my incompetent forecasting. During these meetings, each person in turn would review their commitments for the last two weeks and provide an update.

Engineering 100

Engineering Software Review Forecasting Startup 100

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 20, 2014

As recently as six months ago, it was easy to disregard the Internet of Things (IoT) as just a theoretical market that Cisco measured in the trillions , but whose potential never seemed to materialize. That’s all changing. The past year ushered in a new era for the Internet of Things for three reasons. First, venture capitalists invested nearly $1B of capital in the IoT in 2013, more than 3% of all VC investments by dollars.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Innovation Startup Investment 100

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

Innovation

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 19, 2014

Each year the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters release data characterizing the state of the startup market. I’ve analyzed the 2013 data and there are three important trends I observed. All in all, the startup exit market is quite healthy. Startup exit values are increasing more than 7% per year, on average. The number of exits is flat-to-down during the ten year period I studied.

Trends 100

Trends Startup Venture Capital Marketing 100

CloseSaaS

JANUARY 23, 2014

We just recently started offering sales workflow and success training for Close [[link] in a weekly webinar and you're all invited.

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