A friend opened her heart to me today when we were having our afternoon tea latte at The Coffee Bean. It was a divine moment, a moment of joy. How …
Five Big Data Use Cases Your CEO Will Love
One of the biggest questions surrounding ‘analytics’ and ‘big data’ is how do you actually use it to add value? Big data is still such a foggy term that it …
Big Data Scientist
(Article from http://www.bigdata-startups.com/job-description-big-data-scientist/ ) The big data scientist is said to be the sexiest job in the 21st century. Successful big data scientists will be in high demand and will be …
11 ways to go from entrepreneur to titan — from the titans
William J. Ferguson What’s the “secret sauce” to being a successful entrepreneur? Executive recruiter William J. Ferguson asked business leaders for his new book. Their answers can help make you …
Thoughts on the Housing Market Recovery
The U.S. housing market is no longer a basket case. Data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show that average home prices in an assortment of American cities have been …
6 Reasons You Hired The Wrong Data Miner
As is in any discipline, talent within data mining community varies greatly. Generally, business people and others who hire and manage technical specialists like data miners are not themselves technical …
Data Artist
Data comes natural to me. By data I mean numerical, categorical, ordinal variables you see in a typical database. It was hard to believe at first but when I thought …
Beautiful Mind
Did Einstein say that time is relative? Gravity we experience is due to the space bending around the earth, and in a black hole time stops? Relativity – what a …
FW: What it Really Takes to Succeed
What I didn’t say in my previous post was very well described by this article originally appeared on BusinessWeek magazine – What it Really Takes to Succeed By Jack and …
What I learned from my grandpa
My grandfather, an 83 year-old man, is the most knowledgeable person in my family with the least formal education. As a matter of fact, he was illiterate at the age when most …