February 2012
6 posts
Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson at the IOP Forum →
A conversation with: Peter Thiel, founding CEO of PayPal; Member, Board of Directors, Facebook; entrepreneur; and venture capitalist and Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School
Big Data’s Impact in the World - NYTimes.com →
A report by the forum, “Big Data, Big Impact,” declared data a new class of economic asset, like currency or gold.
UNBOXED - The Yin and the Yang of Corporate... →
The Google model relies on rapid experimentation and data. The company constantly refines its search, advertising marketplace, e-mail and other services, depending on how people use its online offerings. It takes a bottom-up approach: customers are participants, essentially becoming partners in product design.
The Apple model is more edited, intuitive and top-down. When asked what market...
