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7 Ways to Use Data and Analytics for Strategic Change

Startup Professionals Musings

More than ever, businesses need to take full advantage of automation, data, and analytics to run their business more productively and competitively. Strategic decision makers need to see the data, in addition to marketing and sales. View and leverage data as an asset for future decisions, not just a measure of past actions.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA.