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Data Scientist Team Share Lessons Learned From Competition

Tech.Co

When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. This competition required the team to answer “…questions on a Food and Nutrition data set that contained 28 features and 30,000+ rows. This article is courtesy of the Galvanize blog.

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ASH 2017 Highlights: CAR-T Competition, Myeloma, Hemophilia & More

Xconomy

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma The first competition in the CAR-T field will be in adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma. If you’re not ASH-saturated by now, stay tuned: We’ll have more hematology coverage later this week. Note: Ben Fidler co-authored this report.]

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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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Google Pulls Plug on Webpass in Boston Amid Growing Competition

Xconomy

We continue to see strong subscriber response across the rest of the Webpass portfolio, including successful launches in Denver and Seattle in 2017.” “We’ll work with customers and partners to minimize disruption, and there will be no immediate impacts to their Webpass service,” according to the statement. “We

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6 Reasons Earned Social Engagement Surpasses Paid Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. by 15 million users since 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. That won’t build any competitive advantage.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Accelerate: speed is life in this new world.

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Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail

Both Sides of the Table

“I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. What to do about that chip on your shoulder ? Remind me why I love you?

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