Data wants to be deployed! Bradford Cross on research-driven startups
Research-Driven Startups
The web boom has taken the valley from its roots as a research haven to a consumer media app haven.
Companies like Facebook and Twitter build simple apps, get traction, and then bring in the researchers.
Nevertheless, I think we may be at the dawn of a data and research renaissance.
We are starting to see more research-driven data startups.
I was talking with Bradford about this subject over the weekend, and it's great to see his thoughts here in long-form. He talks about needing to compile the skills of researchers (data scientists), hackers and frontend builders, and to productize the results. I love the mantra "Solving problems with products, built on research, driven by processing data".
To put it another way, big data wants to be deployed. It's not just research, it's data manipulation headed for production. That reaches into everywhere: the tool-set, the personnel, and the mindset of data research.
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