Best Zero Analytics Podcasts (2024)

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Super-Deep Sleepers Part 1 & This Show's Philosophy 1:05:06

19m ago1:05:06

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You love the Super-Deeps! Who doesn't love the Super-Deeps? It's a list we do every year, to unearth ultra-deep fantasy football sleepers who shouldn't be drafted in standard-sized leagues, but who we think have a chance to make a dent given the chance in 2024. We'll begin the countdown of our 2024 Super-Deep Sleepers, plus discuss the philosophy o…

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Succeeding as an introvert, building zero-to-one, and why you should PM your career like you PM your product | Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry, ex-Facebook, PayPal, eBay) 1:11:25

41m ago1:11:25

1:11:25

Deb Liu is the CEO of Ancestry and former longtime VP of Product at Facebook. At Facebook, Deb led the creation of Facebook Marketplace, developed the first mobile ad product for apps, built the company’s games business, and launched Facebook Pay. She’s also held leadership roles at PayPal and eBay, serves on the board of Intuit, and is the author …

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Dynasty Ups & Downs Plus Rhamondre Draftability 1:05:06

13m ago1:05:06

1:05:06

Dynasty fantasy football leagues are funny. We fetishize youth before it ever proves it can play, and discard veterans while still at their peaks! That's why it's our contention that there really is no such thing as a "purely" dynasty conversation: the *current* year in a dynasty league matters, too! So today's show will list players who've seen th…

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Safe Players For 2024 & Brian Thomas Profile 1:02:53

18m ago1:02:53

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When it comes to draft strategy, it seems like all people talk about is "upside" and "ceiling," and of course we understand. Who doesn't love week-winning fantasy football options? But sometimes when considering roster construction, it's important to find safe players, too. That'll be our goal for today's podcast: the philosophy of when taking "hig…

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#178 - Rob Harmon - Rob Harmon - Small Data, Efficiency, and Data Modeling 1:03:41

22h ago1:03:41

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Rob Harmon joins us to chat about small data, being efficient, data modeling, and much more.

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Five Busts For 2024 & Davante Adams Profile 1:07:51

38m ago1:07:51

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Let's talk fantasy football busts for 2024! These are players we think either won't deliver at their current draft values, or we think could absolutely tank your team via diminished playing time, role, or injury. It's a major list we do every season! How many of these guys will *you* be avoiding in your fantasy football draft? Plus we'll talk about…

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#681: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive 48:56

1h ago48:56

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Simon is joined by Jason Hunter, AWS Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, do dive super-deep into how to make the most of DynamoDB. Whether you are new to DynamoDB, or have been using it for years - there is something in this episode for everyone!Shownotes:Jason's Blog Posts: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/author/jzhunter/The Apache Ice…

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Unorthodox PM wisdom: Automating user insights, unselling job candidates, logging every decision, more | Kevin Yien (Stripe, Square, Mutiny) 1:28:40

1h ago1:28:40

1:28:40

Kevin Yien leads product for merchant experiences at Stripe. Before that, he meandered his way from being a technical designer to a product manager, built the restaurants business and ecosystem team at Square, and most recently was head of product and design at Mutiny. He also makes ice cream and teaches for fun. In our conversation, we discuss: • …

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Flag Players 5 thru 1 & Josh's Frag Players For 2024 1:04:11

21m ago1:04:11

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Let's get to the *rest* of the 2024 Flag-Planted Players -- the fantasy draft picks we like best as a combination of upside and value. Don't draft your fantasy football team without the flag players! Today, we'll also get to some DO-NOT-DRAFT players with Cousin Josh's Frag List, and we'll review the tape on fantasy first-rounder Breece Hall to det…

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Flag Players 10 Thru 6 & Offenses We Might Be Wrong About 59:44

20m ago59:44

59:44

Let's plant some flags! It's time for our annual list of players we love drafting at their current value...we'll give you half our list on today's show, and half tomorrow. Plus we'll talk about DK Metcalf's game film from 2023 and discuss his draftability this season. And we'll also delve into assumptions that underpin our fantasy football ranks fo…

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Is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion bad for business? 20:04

2h ago20:04

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Send us a Text Message. Recently, there has been a surge on social media stating that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are bad for business. Some of the world’s largest firms have also significantly reduced their investment in diversity and inclusion. But what does this mean for boards that do believe DEI are good for business? Should they ch…

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State GOP Chair Schimming says Harris 'honeymoon' will be 'cut short early' 10:52

1h ago10:52

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In this week's Capitol Chats episode, state GOP Chair Brian Schimming says while there may be a honeymoon period around Dem presidential nominee Kamala Harris' candidacy, he expects it to be cut short once voters learn more about her record.

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Handicapping The NFL In 2024 & Austin Ekeler Sleeper Status 1:06:48

7d ago1:06:48

1:06:48

Who's winning the NFL's passing yards title in 2024? Who'll lead the league in rushing TDs? Which team has the best odds to make or miss the playoffs? Today we're hunting over/under season win totals we like, talking about teams we think the market is most undervaluing, and digging overall into handicapping the NFL in 2024. Plus some review of Aust…

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Biggest ADP Surprises For 2024 & Dalton Kincaid Film 1:06:49

9d ago1:06:49

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It's finally time to dig into Average Draft Position and figure out the players we think have been mis-evaluated by the fantasy football market. Which players are being pumped up too much in fantasy drafts? Which players are coming at absurd value? We'll begin to tell that story today...and also evaluate the rookie tape of Bills second-year tight e…

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#177 - Joe Reis & Matt Housley - Return of the Show! 1:01:36

9d ago1:01:36

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We're back from our Summer break and ready to rant about all kinds of stuff. We talk about the tech downturn, AI hype bubbles, and much more.

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#154 - Sol Rashidi - Getting Business Value From Data, the CXO playbook, AWS ReInvent, and more 1:00:01

3d ago1:00:01

1:00:01

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sol-rashidi-a672291/ is a heavy hitter in the enterprise data space, having been CXO at Estee Lauder, Sony, Merck, and more. She joins us to chat about getting business value from data, the CXO playbook, AWS ReInvent, and more.

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Rookies For 2024 & Michael Pittman Film 1:08:48

19h ago1:08:48

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Will a couple rookies get over-drafted for fantasy football in 2024? Yes! Should that stop us from taking chances on later-round rookies who might blow up? No! On today's podcast, we'll review the first-year NFL players for '24 and discuss both their re-draft and their dynasty potentials, and whether we think they're coming at good fantasy draft va…

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#680: AWS News Updates, August 12, 2024 26:13

1d ago26:13

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A fun set of updates to hear about this week! Chapters:00:48 Analytics02:35 Application Integration 03:26 Artificial Intelligence07:35 Business Applications09:22 Compute 13:18 Cost Management 14:16 Customer Engagement 15:16 Databases17:01 Developer Tools17:35 End User Computing18:41 Internet of Things19:29 Management & Governance20:45 Media Service…

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Improve strategy, influence, and decision-making by understanding your brain | Evan LaPointe (founder of CORE Sciences) 2:14:39

2d ago2:14:39

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Evan LaPointe is the founder of CORE Sciences, which teaches companies and individuals how our brains work and how that translates to improved collaboration, better products, faster decision-making, and more growth. Previously, Evan was the co-founder of Satellite, the fourth-largest analytics product on the internet today (it mostly runs behind th…

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Risk Factors Of Top 2024 Picks & Zay Flowers Film 1:08:39

4d ago1:08:39

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Risk management isn't sexy, but it's a big part of fantasy football draft strategies in 2024, especially in the early rounds. How risk-tolerant or risk-averse are you? That can influence which players you should select! Today we'll go through every player currently being selected in the top 36 of fantasy drafts, and we'll assign risk coefficients f…

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Players We Love & Anthony Richardson Film 1:05:40

8d ago1:05:40

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You know what sometimes makes an NFL season more enjoyable? When you focus on love! Today we're counting down some players whose skills we think are really great. Sometimes it means we think they're awesome to draft on a fantasy football team, and sometimes it simply means we love watching them. Fun topic! We're spreading the love! Also, let's thin…

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How embracing emotions will accelerate your career | Joe Hudson (executive coach, Art of Accomplishment) 1:18:47

7d ago1:18:47

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Joe Hudson is one of the most sought-after executive coaches in Silicon Valley. He is the founder of Art of Accomplishment, a transformational coaching program that has helped tens of thousands of people, including many tech executives and founders from companies like Apple, OpenAI, and Google. His unique method of transformation comes from over 25…

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Post-Hype Sleepers For 2024 & Josh Jacobs Film 1:01:39

6d ago1:01:39

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The fantasy football market is a fickle beast. It will hype the living heck out of a young player, usually inflating his price to the point where we don't want to draft him...but if that young player doesn't live up to his billing, the market will drop him like a hot potato. That's where this episode comes in: today we'll list players who qualify a…

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Swing Players For 2024 & Aiyuk Drama 1:02:24

15d ago1:02:24

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Every year a lot of fantasy leagues get decided by the high-upside, scary-downside draftees that we decide to either take a chance on or let slip by in our fantasy drafts. These are the players who can swing a league! And that's why we call them Swing Players! Today we'll count down some risk/reward guys you might be considering for 2024 fantasy fo…

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Film Room Zeroes & SNARKBAG 1:06:29

8d ago1:06:29

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Last week we tackled players we *love* on film...and today, we're doing the opposite. It's a football discussion that can also impact your fantasy team -- mostly, though, we're just going to list some players whose most recent game film didn't impress us very much. It's the annual Film Room Zeroes list! We'll also read some of your snarky emails an…

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#679: [Beyond the API] Becky Weiss 1:39:12

8d ago1:39:12

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Join Simon for an occasional special series in deep conversation with Amazon Distinguished Engineers. Learn about the HOW and the WHY in addition to the WHAT they do! In this episode Simon speaks with Becky Weiss VP & Distinguished Engineer about her work, her influences, and the eternal question of "Tabs vs Spaces".…

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Lessons from scaling Uber and Opendoor | Brian Tolkin (Head of Product at Opendoor, ex-Uber) 1:14:39

9d ago1:14:39

1:14:39

Brian Tolkin is the Head of Product at Opendoor. Previously, he was one of the early employees at Uber, where he was instrumental in launching and growing UberPool, UberHop, and UberExpress and started one of the first product operations teams in tech. In our conversation, we dive into: • How to enable product and ops to work well together • How to…

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ALMANAC DAY & Acid-Reflux All-Stars 1:08:04

11d ago1:08:04

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Today you get to read about every skill player you're considering drafting for fantasy football in 2024! It's ALMANAC DAY! We're looking forward to having you read our evaluations and jokes and silliness in this year's Almanac! Of course, injuries are gonna happen, and we already have two big ones to metabolize on today's podcast: Justin Herbert an…

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Film Room Heroes & George Pickens Preview 1:01:08

21d ago1:01:08

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Sometimes when it comes to the NFL, it's all about love! Today we'll talk about players whose game film we simply enjoy watching. They might not necessarily all come at fantasy football prices we're willing to pay, but they *are* all Film Room Heroes! Also, we'll review the tape on third-year Steelers wideout George Pickens and talk about what kind…

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How to master internal board evaluations that generate real insights for Directors 14:54

14d ago14:54

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Send us a Text Message. Corporate Governance Codes worldwide state that an internal board evaluation shall be conducted in years one and two after a fully facilitated external evaluation. It is one of those tasks on a Company Secretariat's calendar that has to be done. But how? In this podcast, Dr Sabine Dembkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of …

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Capitol Chats: Wikler says delegates who haven't formally endorsed Harris support her over Trump 13:52

13d ago13:52

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In this week's Capitol Chats episode, State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler says Wisconsin DNC delegates who haven't formally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign have "absolute clarity" that they support her over former President Donald Trump.

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Offensive Line Grades & Top Almanac Talents 58:04

13d ago58:04

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Knowing which offensive lines have the potential to be great and which ones might be a problem can be awesome deep background for your fantasy football drafts. Today we'll discuss the blocking units we expect to be unexpectedly good *and* unexpectedly bad in 2024. We'll also survey the '24 Player Profile Almanac and discuss the top (and bottom) tal…

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Five Skill Players Who Could Lose Their Jobs & Chase Brown Film 1:07:14

18d ago1:07:14

1:07:14

Fantasy football ranks can be precarious things. We think there are some skill-position spots that could legitimately be up for grabs before the 2024 NFL season begins, and today we'll count 'em down. Which running backs could lose their primary gigs? Which receivers might unexpectedly infringe on starting territory? Of course, we don't know for su…

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Most Important August Storylines & Kyle Pitts Film 1:06:55

23d ago1:06:55

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We're back! The Little Podcast That Could has returned to *five* episodes per week! And we'll kick things off by consolidating all the stuff we talked about in July, and coming up with a list of the five training camp stories we think will matter most for fantasy football in 2024. Plus we'll take another look at Kyle Pitts's film and decide if a fo…

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#678: AWS News Updates, July 29, 2024 30:40

15d ago30:40

30:40

Simon and Shruti share over 70 new updates and features! Chapters:00:31 AWS Marketplace01:09 Analytics04:35 Application Integration 05:18 Artificial Intelligence16:25 Compute 19:30 Customer Engagement 19:47 Databases22:58 Developer Tools24:52 Media Services25:13 Security, Identity, & Compliance26:49 StorageShownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfro…

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The ultimate guide to performance marketing | Timothy Davis (Shopify) 1:42:03

16d ago1:42:03

1:42:03

Timothy Davis has led performance marketing for all of Shopify for the past 2.5 years, and as a consultant has helped companies like Pinterest, LinkedIn, Redfin, and Eventbrite kickstart and scale their performance marketing teams. In every one of those cases, he got them so performant at paid growth that they significantly scale spend and investme…

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AFC South Preview & One Week Til Almanac! 1:08:49

27d ago1:08:49

1:08:49

The Texans look like an absolute wagon, but with two huge new offensive pieces -- Joe Mixon and Stefon Diggs -- we have to reevaluate how we're taking all those Houston players in a fantasy football draft. The Titans have a re-made backfield *and* a re-made receiving corps. The Jags dumped their top two outside receivers. And the Colts have an all-…

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5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker) 1:22:03

20d ago1:22:03

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Roger Martin is one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and the author of Playing to Win, one of the most beloved books on strategy. He’s written extensively for the Harvard Business Review; consulted for dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including P&G, Lego, and Ford; and written 11 other books. In our conversation, we discuss: • The five ke…

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NFC South Preview & How To Draft Alvin Kamara 1:08:16

23d ago1:08:16

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What to do with Alvin Kamara? Is he a cooked workhorse who will drag down your fantasy football team? Or does he present a great buy-low opportunity for 2024? We'll discuss, and we'll preview training camps for the Buccaneers, Saints, Falcons and Panthers, also known as the teams of the NFC South. How could our opinions evolve in August on players …

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#677: High performance computing in FSI 24:36

25d ago24:36

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Join Simon as he discusses the use of high-performance computing (HPC) in the financial services industry, particularly for risk modeling and regulatory reporting. Alex Kimber, a principal technologist at AWS, explains how financial firms leverage HPC to run millions of scenarios to measure and manage risks like credit, market, and actuarial risks.…

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What most people miss about marketing | Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, author) 1:24:36

23d ago1:24:36

1:24:36

Rory Sutherland is widely regarded as one of the most influential (and most entertaining) thinkers in marketing and behavioral science. He’s the vice chairman of Ogilvy UK, the author of Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life, and the founder of Nudgestock, the world’s biggest festival of behaviora…

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Capitol Chats: Post-RNC special edition 33:57

25d ago33:57

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A special edition of Capitol Chats reviews the 2024 Republican National Convention. WisPolitics President Jeff Mayers speaks with WisPolitics reporter Kate Morton; Lou Jacobson, who covers politics for US News, PolitiFact and Sabato's Crystal Ball; and Taurean Small, campaign reporter at CBS News.

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AFC West Preview & Zamir White Profile 1:00:29

25d ago1:00:29

1:00:29

The Raiders will give Zamir White unlimited volume! There's nobody for Justin Herbert to throw to! The Broncos are definitely spreading their backfield among four running backs! Actually, we're not sure that *any* of these things are true...and training camp stories may guide us to decide whether we can trust and believe in these players for our fa…

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How to get creativity and innovation into the boardroom | Sir John Tusa 21:39

28d ago21:39

21:39

Send us a Text Message. Many Directors have positive intentions, want to leverage their experiences, support executives, and discuss the big picture in the boardroom. But many quickly become disillusioned, stuck in detail, ticking off boxes and agenda items rather than supporting executives and helping the organisation make a real mark. In this pod…

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NFC West Preview & Kyren Williams Profile 1:04:05

28d ago1:04:05

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The Rams and Seahawks both feature backfields filled with young talent, and therefore they both present fantasy football questions. Is Kyren Williams really set to do it again, or will rookie Blake Corum eat into his workload? Will Ken Walker maintain a big lead over Zach Charbonnet or are they headed for a more even split? We can't tell you exact …

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#676: AWS News Updates, July 15, 2024 28:24

1M ago28:24

28:24

Simon and Jillian share some super-new things! Chapters:00:37 Analytics04:41 Application Integration 05:26 Artificial Intelligence09:54 Compute 13:26 Customer Engagement 14:39 Databases16:57 Developer Tools18:39 End User Computing19:44 Management & Governance21:28 Media Services21:56 Migration & Modernization23:20 Networking & Content Delivery24:29…

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Building a world-class data org | Jessica Lachs (VP of Analytics and Data Science at DoorDash) 1:19:55

1M ago1:19:55

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Jessica Lachs is the global head of analytics and data science at DoorDash, where she’s built one of the largest and most respected data organizations in tech. In her more than 10 years at DoorDash, she has served as the first general manager, responsible for launching new markets; the head of business ops and analytics; and the VP of analytics and…

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AFC East Preview & Stefon Diggity Almanac Profile 1:07:38

1M ago1:07:38

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Whoever winds up being the Bills' top receiver has a chance to be extremely valuable for fantasy football. But will we be able to tell who that is based on training-camp stories? We'll discuss that topic plus many others for teams of the AFC East. What will the Dolphins do with their backfield? Will we be able to discern whether the Jets and Aaron …

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Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead) 2:35:00

1M ago2:35:00

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Jeff Weinstein is a product lead at Stripe, where he helped grow their payment APIs to hundreds of billions in volume and transformed the way founders start companies into a few simple clicks with Atlas. Prior to Stripe, Jeff led several startups and sold companies to Groupon and Box. He’s known for his customer obsession, craft, quality, and build…

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Capitol Chats: Lincoln Project's Olson says Trump is playing 'zero-sum autocratic game' 12:43

1M ago12:43

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In this week’s Capitol Chats episode Trygve Olson, a senior adviser for anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, compares former President Donald Trump to an autocrat and says Wisconsin voters will decide whether democracy continues in the 2024 presidential election.

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