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For this episode, we sought to throw some light on data science and data scientists, a trending position in modern companies. We are excited to bring you an episode with Widad Machmouchi, a Principal Data Scientist Manager at Microsoft. She may have ended up in Washington DC but Seattle lucked out in becoming her home. Widad and I talk about
- What does a Data Scientist do?
- Understanding Machine Learning with an example
- A/B Testing
- How she evaluates companies on AI/ML/data-driven claims
- Skills such as "Math Maturity" that one should get to enter Data Science
Her team blog is https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/experimentation-platform-exp/
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Harish is a junior in the Tesla STEM school in Redmond, WA. I found about his deep interest in astrophotography last year and saw many of his brilliant images on Instagram. I was curious to explore his journey and to my delight, he was ready to share. I hope you enjoy this special episode.
Harish is active on Instagram and his handle is hk.astro. He has promised to create a web site with his images soon.
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Suresh Kumar is the Global CTO and Chief Development Officer of Walmart.
The highlights of the conversation
- How being curious and passionate helped him. He encourages one to follow those traits.
- A few management secrets such as connecting the dots.
- How AI and ML is being used at Walmart to deliver valuable customer experiences and increase efficiency.
- Pros and Cons of Technology expansion in our lives
Suresh is an articulate speaker and there is a lot to take away from this episode. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed producing it.
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"Climate Change is THE problem that all problems report to"
"Climate Change is an existential problem for us over next 20 years"
To budding entrepreneurs, "Do something that matters"
In this wide ranging episode. Grant describes how Droneseed are following data and customers to make an impact on regrowing fire damaged forests. Putting three types of drones to work and ensuring a robust supply of seeds and seedlings from their SilvaSeed acquisition, they are unburdening people from heavy labor and ensuring a good shot for burnt forests to come back alive. Classic example of using technology to try to repair a broken situation.
Grant explains in depth their process, how he methodically arrived at finding the problem and attracting a team to develop the drone based solution. Lots of other interesting nuggets including use of OKR's and his favorite food.
Enjoy this episode featuring a global wanderer who came back home to attempt to save the planet.
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In this discussion, Geoff shares his insights on
- Skills he needed to make a move into Venture Capital investing
- Evaluating AI/ML Companies with skill
- Attributes of a successful founder
- His firm's focus on Pacific Northwest Founders
Mentions - Seattle Angel Conference, Alliance of Angels, Pike Place, RedSox, Pike Place, Home Recording Studio
Flying Fish can be found at https://flyingfish.vc
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