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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

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Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. million video frames and documents about 100 million locations and positions of players on the field.

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Design and implement a content governance system to increase ROI

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A company’s product or service can be phenomenal, but if the enterprise content — marketing, messaging, customer service communications, product documentation or even brand voice and style — is poorly written or unfocused, you’ll have a difficult time attracting and retaining customers. Choose metrics that matter.

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Gingko Bioworks, valued at $15B, begins trading today: Here’s how their business works

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The imagery is clearly sporting Jurassic Park themes, as MIT Tech Review’s Antonio Regalado pointed out. The decor also sports a company motto: “Grow everything.” This revenue, though, isn’t covering the full costs of Gingko’s operations according to the information shared by the company in SEC documents.

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Party Round raises $7M to make the process of raising capital less awful

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Per Hays, even using a modern fundraising structure like a SAFE doesn’t preclude a startup from dealing with lots of back-and-forths over documents, lawyers and tracking wire transfers. It then helps handle the requisite documents, signatures and capture of raised funds. His startup wants to work on the problem.

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How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO balances lessons learned and leading with purpose

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No small feat considering he’s responsible for a bursting portfolio that covers a family of companies including Canadian Tire retail, Sport Check, Mark’s, Party City, Pro Hockey Life, and several others. “I I moved from telco to tech, high tech to retail, but didn’t think I’d make that jump, nor thought retail would be invigorating,” he says.

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Social stock trading services Public raises $65M Series C

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While competing services to Public also sport zero-cost trading, Public’s model hinges on a social focus (TechCrunch covered an element of Public’s social platform here , for example). This means that Public’s revenue metrics, a portion of the aggregate sums, are even more unassuming.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

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Pricing models and metrics can also be complex, making it difficult to understand when additional costs might kick in, Alexander says. IT sourcing is a team sport,” says Peterson. “There are an increasing range of technologies and providers. The group of stakeholders keeps growing.” Indeed, the arithmetic can be downright opaque.