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5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning

Startup Professionals Musings

Conventional thinking in business has long been that strategy decisions are made by humans, while the focus of automation and machine learning should be on execution. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative. Apply machine-learning for real-time software decisions.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users. million site visits in October alone.

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Can You Build Your Business on Somebody Else’s Platform?

Both Sides of the Table

I read the declarations by industry analysts on Twitter that this was “proof that you can’t build a business on somebody else’s platform” and perhaps DataSift should have known better. Simply put: We never intended to build a business on one company’s platform and despite market perceptions – we never did

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Why Amazon Is the Undisputed E-Commerce Growth Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

From meager beginnings selling books online back in 1994, Amazon is currently the largest e-commerce retailer and cloud computing platform in the world, and now dominates even the giant Walmart. A platform is a business model and capability that can be accessed and customized by external users. Do what Amazon is doing.

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Startup Spotlight: Cyber Security, Car Care, and Reducing Grunt Work

Tech.Co

This week in Startup Spotlight, we found an affordable cyber security service for small businesses, biometric startup with facial recognition tech for businesses, car care for smart cities, a platform that will reduce the grunt work at marketing agencies, and more. Any business, small or large is vulnerable today.

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

socalTECH

We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing. What do you tell people why they should work for Walmart Labs?

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into Its Technology Center

socalTECH

We have our own A/B testing platform, and my team is responsible for that solution for desktop and native apps, not only for Walmart.com, but also online groceries and the market. We've actually open sourced Test Armada, our open source platform for testing. What do you tell people why they should work for Walmart Labs?

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