silicon valley

Frank Lessons on AI from the Developer of the World’s First Hotdog Recognizer

Product Aug 31 2017

Frank Lessons on AI from the Developer of the World’s First Hotdog Recognizer

Speculation about the future of artificial intelligence divides largely into two camps. The alarmist corner believes our technical advances risk the extermination of humanity by increasingly intelligent machines. This fear is fueled by the bad-boy of tech, Elon Musk, who’s . . .

HBO’s Silicon Valley on A.I. driven products: Not HotDog

Data  / Trends Jul 27 2017

HBO’s Silicon Valley on A.I. driven products: Not HotDog

This article was written by Tim Anglade and originally premiered on Hackernoon. Want to catch up on HBO’s Silicon Valley? You can watch all seasons of the show on the HBO GO & HBO Now apps.  The HBO show Silicon Valley released a real . . .

How Fitbit's data science team scales machine learning

Customer Stories  / Product Jan 31 2017

How Fitbit's data science team scales machine learning

Even data teams as well-resourced as Fitbit have to choose wisely: Innovate everywhere and your customers may never notice. Choose a meaningful place to build every once in awhile and customers will feel the difference in your product.

Product Management in a Driverless World

Product Nov 29 2016

Product Management in a Driverless World

While product managers and engineers at Google, Uber, Cruise and other leading automotive companies are inventing our future, it won’t just be the car experts impacting our driverless world. Today’s leading experts in e-commerce, venture capital, and enterprise software will also participate in creating this new ecosystem of transportation and new business models.

How Silicon Valley uses data science to help legal weed grow

Customer Stories  / Data May 26 2016

How Silicon Valley uses data science to help legal weed grow

In the world of marijuana tech, everyone is a startup. In an industry where there are no benchmarks, and no incumbents, a new crop of Silicon Valley founders are bringing data science to legal weed.

How to get into Y Combinator (It's not how smart you are)

Data May 18 2016

How to get into Y Combinator (It's not how smart you are)

“The application questions have barely changed in in 11 years,” Jared said. But given what Jared’s slides said about eight of those 11 years, change has been the only constant. Somehow, YC has found a method for picking winners, in spite of discontinuity.

Max Levchin on the Quantified Self and “Value for Privacy”

Innovators May 17 2016

Max Levchin on the Quantified Self and “Value for Privacy”

Max Levchin is fascinated by the quantified self and the potential of personal data. But does the value of that data come at a cost to privacy?

In Data We Trust: Max Levchin Blows Up Consumer Finance

Innovators May 11 2016

In Data We Trust: Max Levchin Blows Up Consumer Finance

“So I had this fascinating dinner with one of the CEOs of one of the top three banks in the U.S.,” Max Levchin says, sitting forward in his chair a bit. As the former CTO of PayPal, a sought-after investor, . . .

The Zen of Tomasz Tunguz

Innovators Apr 26 2016

The Zen of Tomasz Tunguz

In Silicon Valley, valuations will go up and down, and startups will come and go. Learn how to attain the data-driven zen of venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz.


Tags

a/b testing acquisition activation analytics android anomaly detection conversion customer customer data data data analytics data science Developer empathy engagement enterprise facebook Fintech growth implementation innovation innovators ios machine learning marketing metrics mixpanel customer Mixpanel Updates Mobile app notifications product product analytics product design Product Launch product management reputation retention SaaS silicon valley Startup tips trends user analytics UX venture capital

Become a member

Receive our newsletter to stay on top of the latest posts.