Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. Why Eastern Europe? I will elaborate a bit on the first one – Big Data.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

It is a repository of global data that has as its primary purpose to quantify the role of digital in the consumer journey from research to purchase. But during the 30% of the time that I spend outside the US (or on global brand strategy), the other column and the contrasts you can draw are very meaningful. I love you Czech Republic!

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Thanks to Steven Randall, Vonya Global ! #8-Provide My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours. Photo Credit: Sebastian Ravitz.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

fast.ai , the company he co-founded with Rachel Thomas and Sylvain Gugger is working to "radically democratize" deep learning by making it accessible to people beyond the tech world through courses, software and other methods. And that would never get past an Ethics Review Board because you can't. So there was like scary moments.

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