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COVID-19: Curve-Flattening, Models, and Garbage Data

We’ve been surrounded lately with an abundance of news that has forced the field of epidemiology (statistics related to diseases and applied to public health) into our thoughts. Epidemiologists are experts specifically in the prevalence and spread of diseases, like COVID-19, among populations. And, while epidemiologists are statisticians, not all statisticians are trained in epi …

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Tech Companies (and Pearl Jam) Compelled to Alleviate Homelessness Crises in their Backyards

While more of a list than a blog post, I’ve been tracking corporations’ recent efforts to reduce homelessness and thought I would share my list with you. Here are five big announcements around corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) efforts towards minimizing the current homelessness crisis in companies’ cities. Plus one from one of my favorite bands.  …

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2017’s Most Notable – Marketing Analytics, Mentoring, Ethics in AI, and More!

Because Top-Eight lists are so much more fun than Top-Ten lists, I offer my Top-Eight (plus one!) notable things that caught my attention this year.  In no particular order…   Ethics in Data and AI I am sure this has been going on prior to 2017, but 2017 seemed to be the year I started …

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A Careful Line – An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Managing Personal Politics

As humans, we are relational, and politics is an extension of our humanity.  As entrepreneurs and business founders, our businesses are our lives and an encompassing part of our identity.  So should our politics be a public-facing part of our business?  Can and should we separate the political and professional parts of ourselves? Let’s think …

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