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Tag: Amazon
Why You Shouldn’t Care About Negative Reviews
Don’t welcome them, but don’t fear them either.
Why Most Big Companies Can’t Innovate
“Not Invented Here” stymies new ideas at large organizations.
Big Data and Teenage Sex
Yes, one has a great deal to do with the other.
Santa Clara University Discussion
What questions do grad students have about platforms and Big Data?
On Platforms and Whining
Complaining seems to be a tell-tale sign that you’re facing irrelevance.
Why Amazon Cut Prices on AWS
Why drop prices when you’re the industry leader?
Ken Auletta on the Gang of Four
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and the platform wars.
Amazon: Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos
What does Amazon do and why does the company do it? Watch and find out.
The Social Data Police
A post on catty ex-clients and how Amazon uses data to improve its review of reviews.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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