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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

Often when they do I throw out my favorite statistic: 73.6% of all statistics are made up. Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. People throw them around at cocktail parties. I say it deadpanned. It’s irony.

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How to make the most useful dashboard

Berkonomics

A good dashboard of relevant real time information is now available for most any business, often created by computer software from data derived from monitoring real time tasks within the business. You should consider creating such a dashboard or reviewing the one you use if already driving with one at hand.

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Millions of Americans Still Don’t Have Access to Broadband Internet: BroadbandNow

StartUp Beat

Users can enter their zip code and let the algorithm t rawl through184 million rows of data with information about different providers, including prices, speeds and reviews from other users. Today, millions of Americans do not have access to broadband, and this is in great part due to a system that does not incentivize competition.

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Southern California Sees $1.9 Billion In Q1 Deals, Biggest Since Dot Com Boom

socalTECH

More than half of this quarter''s investment due to a single, nearly $1 billion investment in Hawthorne-based SpaceX. billion invested--again thanks to SpaceX--then Software, with $316.95M in deals. venture capital quarterly pricewaterhousecoopers moneytree southern california angeles orange county diego investment statistics'

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How PointPredictive Is Using Machine Learning To Uncover Fraud, With Tim Grace

socalTECH

Tim Grace , who co-founded San Diego-based PointPredictive with Frank McKenna and Joe Jackson, is a startup veteran, who sold BasePoint Analytics to CoreLogic in 2009, and is a former executive from HNC Software. Tim Grace: We all get our started at HNC Software in San Diego. What is PointPredictive?

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How is Big Data Affecting the Hiring Process?

Tech Zulu Event

These technology solutions allow large companies to utilize software products to source, screen and select hiring candidates. Companies can now customize complex algorithms to find the exact candidate through the power of cutting edge software. Therefore, the HR managers spend less time reviewing and comparing applications.

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Create a Powerful Dashboard.

Berkonomics

A good dashboard of relevant real time information is now available for most any business, often created by computer software from data derived from monitoring real time tasks within the business. You should consider creating such a dashboard, or reviewing the one you use if already driving with one at hand.

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