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Why data due diligence?
Two questions for private equity & corporate finance professionals : QUESTION 1: How many Information Memoranda have you read recently...
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Supercharging client & partner success
Maintaining excellent client acquisition and retention is challenging - particularly as a small, but swiftly growing consultancy. Early...
Feb 1, 20221 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...
Jan 11, 20222 min read

Year in Review
All start-ups begin with a dream and — hopefully — a unique proposition which the market recognises and needs.
Dec 15, 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...
Nov 10, 20211 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: · ...
Nov 3, 20212 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...
Sep 29, 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...
Sep 15, 20211 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
Sep 1, 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...
Aug 25, 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?
Aug 4, 20212 min read

Data Jackanory!
Question: What is ‘the last mile of analytics’? Model deployment? A dashboard? No. Storytelling.
Jul 28, 20212 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,
Jul 21, 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
Jul 14, 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
Jul 7, 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
Jun 30, 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.
Jun 23, 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...
Jun 16, 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
Jun 8, 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...
Jun 2, 20211 min read
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