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Feb 8, 20221 min read
Why data due diligence?
Two questions for private equity & corporate finance professionals : QUESTION 1: How many Information Memoranda have you read recently...
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Feb 1, 20221 min read
Supercharging client & partner success
Maintaining excellent client acquisition and retention is challenging - particularly as a small, but swiftly growing consultancy. Early...
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Jan 11, 20222 min read
The 'Dean of Big Data'
In December 2021, DataDiligence produced our inaugural ‘Year in Review’. The report captured our thoughts and ambitions, client...
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Dec 15, 20211 min read
Year in Review
All start-ups begin with a dream and — hopefully — a unique proposition which the market recognises and needs.
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Nov 10, 20211 min read
United & American Airlines used data to secure a massive loan. How?
Data can add huge value to companies. But how do you measure its value? What is the value of data projects and how do investments in them...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
What a difference a year makes!
A year ago, Adam Votava and I launched DataDiligence founded on a seemingly simple premise: DATA IS VALUABLE. But, we also knew that: · ...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read
Data literacy. What is it?
Tomorrow, DataDiligence's Adam Votava will be a keynote speaker at Panintelligence’s webinar Embedding Data Literacy: how technology...
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Sep 14, 20211 min read
The role of a CDO
Last week, I posted a poll asking: What do you think is the role of a Chief Data Officer? Well, if we’d been playing ‘Who want to be a...
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Aug 31, 20212 min read
3 Challenges of Data Adoption
Last week, DataDiligence’s Adam Votava spoke at a webinar: 'Prepare your data for adoption from the front line to the C-suite', in partnersh
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Aug 24, 20212 min read
You're hired!
Last week, DataDiligence hired its first two employees; a huge milestone for a 10-month start-up. And though recruiting is very much my...
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Aug 3, 20212 min read
A reflection on getting it right the first time
Last year, when Adam Votava and I founded DataDiligence, we co-authored an article: Why is data science failing to solve the right problems?
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Jul 27, 20212 min read
Data Jackanory!
Question: What is ‘the last mile of analytics’? Model deployment? A dashboard? No. Storytelling.
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Jul 20, 20211 min read
What investing in advanced analytics & AI looks like for fund managers - Hg Capital
Hg are widely regarded as a tech-savvy #privateequity manager. But did you realise that they’ve pretty much incorporated advance #analytics,
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Jul 13, 20211 min read
From T.S. Eliot, to data, to the corner office
T.S. Eliot famously wrote: Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge
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Jul 6, 20211 min read
The results are in
48% of respondents believe that post-acquisition value creation is the space PE should be targeting with AI & advanced analytics
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Jun 29, 20211 min read
What's the AI/analytics opportunity for PE?
“GPs and LPs that choose not to embrace automation and analytics will become second tier in the medium term and may completely disappear
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Jun 22, 20211 min read
Data due diligence is the next step on the digitalisation value chain
“Due diligence is due for an upgrade,” Douglas Laney argued in a 2020 Forbes article. I agree.
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
CDO who?
Stephen Gosset’s recent article proves to be a tour de force on the challenges of what makes an ideal Chief Data Officer and what should...
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Jun 7, 20211 min read
#rallyingcry
#rallyingcry.
It’s easy to assume that #bigdata and #advancedanalytics are the exclusive domain of sexy #startups or deep-pocketed giants. B
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Jun 1, 20211 min read
AI leaders experience 4-5x higher revenue/profit uplift
Companies categorised as ‘Laggards’ with respect to analytical maturity could generate 81% more profit if they were to become as mature...
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