Nay on Waymo: A Prediction for the Self-Driving Car Race
Predicting the future of the self-driving car industry. Making a bet and going short on Waymo.
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Google Maps: the winner that begets winning
The forces behind how Google Maps keeps winning and helps others to win too
Wikipedia: tapping into the world’s knowledge (and free time)
Wikipedia has seen incredible growth, ballooning to over 5.3M articles on English Wikipedia alone and 284 active language-specific Wikipedias; it has also done this while being primarily written by volunteers and funded by individual donations.
Renaissance Technologies: Generating Alpha without Wall Street Veterans or MBAs
How a team of mathematicians, computer scientists, and physicists is beating the market
Sweat with Kayla – the unstoppable growth of the Virtual Trainer
Who is Kayla and why does everyone want to “do Kayla”?
JD.com: A Winner as E-Commerce Grows in China
How did JD.com grow, and survive competing with the giant Alibaba?
Quora: Crowdsourced Answers
“a place to get answers, to share what you know, to read, and to think” Quora is a website that allows users to anonymously post questions on a variety of topics and receive answers from anyone. The best answers are […]
Elementum Of No Surprise
Elementum's supply graph gives real-time insights into your supply chain.
Nielsen: Unique Opportunity with Big Challenges
Who is Nielsen? The Nielsen Company, founded in 1923, tracks and ultimately sells data on “what people watch, listen to, and buy”. For the “Buy” business, Nielsen has relationships with all major retailers in the United States (Walmart, Kroger, Safeway, […]
The data anaLYSTs have taken over the fashion website – Lyst.com
Lyst is a data- and analytics-driven business that offers users an easier, streamlined way to discover and shop 1000s of products and provides retailers with a wealth of customer insights – and a better conversion rate.