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ojbyrne
on Dec 23, 2012
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The secret algorithm one VC firm uses to pick entr...
I found that terrifically lame, right from the moment when they injected "big data" into Moneyball. Yes there's statistics in Sabermetrics, but I'm pretty sure you can fit all the data in a relatively small amount of storage, like a usb key.
paulgb
on Dec 23, 2012
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Yep. I wouldn't want a VC firm that didn't understand the difference between data and "big data". Good thing I wouldn't pass their tests.
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