How to Build a $6 Billion Business Around Security, Privacy and Trust
When your business relies on data, you need customer relationships that are founded on trust. Without it, customers will always question why you need information, how you’re planning to use…
Episode 84: The Rise of the Digital Restaurant with Ray Reddy
Everything is going digital. Why should restaurants be an exception? In this episode, Jon Prial talks with Ray Reddy, the Co-founder and CEO of Ritual, a company that has built…
Differential privacy is a technology that’s quickly moving from academia into business. And it’s not just the big companies that are using it. With the...
A few months ago we talked to Bill Adler, the Founding President and CEO of True Fit, a data-driven personalization platform for footwear and apparel retailers...
With GDPR behind us, maybe you’re breathing a sigh of relief. On the other hand, maybe you see it and all of the changes it’s...
In this continuation of their earlier conversation (see Episode 79), Jon Prial and Alistair Croll, the Founder and Content Chair of Fwd50, discuss GDPR, the critical...
What’s the best way to go to market? It’s by capturing people’s attention. And to do that, you need to solve for interesting. In this...
We all have our own personal biases. The question is how do you keep them out of your data so that you can create better...
In this episode of The Impact Podcast, Jon Prial welcomes Chris Saad, the former Head of Product at Uber Developer Platform. Together, they talk about data rights...
Now that I’ve covered how to put together an initial conversational AI team, let’s get into the nuts and bolts of developing your first project....
In this episode of the Impact Podcast, Jon Prial welcomes investor, entrepreneur and blockchain expert William Mouygayer back to the show. They talk about the...
Over the past decade, just about everything seems to have gone digital. Today complex algorithms serve up recommendations tailored to our individual tastes, completely transforming...
Bias exists everywhere. It factors into everything that we do and into virtually every decision that we make. An interesting, but problematic side effect of...
We’re excited to announce the release of Georgian Partners Epsilon v1.0, our machine learning (ML) product that helps bring privacy guarantees to our portfolio companies’...
We reached the end of an era two weeks ago when the news broke about the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal. Prior to that, most...
At a time when the risks and costs associated with privacy are on the rise, differential privacy offers a solution. Differential privacy is mathematical definition...
In a world where the risks and costs associated with privacy are on the rise, differential privacy offers a solution. Simply put, differential privacy is...
One of the big challenges that many software companies face is how to overcome the cold-start problem. That’s when a software company needs customer data...
I recently wrote about how conversational AI has the potential to change the way you do business and build relationships with customers. Now, I’m going...
With analytics you can learn some pretty interesting, and even strange, things about the people using your chatbot. The challenge is figuring out the best...
There’s a lot of buzz about conversational AI, and with good reason. As human beings, we feel at ease in natural language conversations. Now that...
Manufacturing hasn’t really changed all of that much in the past 75 years, with one key exception. Today we’re capturing vast amounts of data about every...
The Principles of Security First
Want to use security to help differentiate your business? Check out the 10 Principles of Security First to find out exactly how to do so.
Have you ever stopped to think about how inefficient business communication can be? I recently had the common but infuriating experience of trying to change...
In the not too distant future, talking machines will become a part of our everyday life. After all, we’re already talking to Siri, Google Home,...
How does your company think about security? Have you adopted basic security hygiene practices like running off-the-shelf software to scan your code for vulnerabilities, or...
When’s the last time you thought about your utility providers? Probably when you signed up for their service, right? Historically, utility companies have never had...
In 2017, conversational experiences became a part of our vernacular. Google Home and Amazon Echo are just some of the tools that most of us...
What makes a company choose to prioritize security as a strategic play? In this episode, Jon Prial talks with Gerry Smith, the CEO of Densify™...
There are hundreds of thousands of chatbots out there, but they aren’t all created equally. In this episode, Jon Prial welcomes Amanda Robinson, who leads...
When you think of Cloudera, the billion-dollar software company that’s virtually a household name, you probably think of a cloud-based, new technology data warehousing company....
Everyone knows that data is essential for any modern business. It’s critical for targeting your customers effectively, extracting important insights, and automating business processes. Perhaps...
If you think Uber is a ride-hailing business, you’re wrong. It’s actually a machine learning business. Machine learning is what makes Uber’s service possible by,...