as data becomes the new oil, many business models will be transformed from hardware to software to services. - Salim Ismail

Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st.

marketing have been commoditized and democratized, it is all about ideas and ideals.

When Kaggle runs a competition, it has found that the first responders are experts in a particular domain who say, "We know this industry, we've done this before and we'll figure it out." And just as inevitably, within two weeks, complete newcomers to the field trounce their best results.