The Marketing Funnel
Recently I’ve been thinking about and giving advice to a bunch of friends, colleagues and ex-colleagues who want to drive more sales. Please don’t ask me how I got into …
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The Learning Curve
We’ve all probably heard of the learning curve, perhaps we’ve even said something like “it had a steep learning curve but I got there in the end” when learning a …
4 corners analysis
Porters 4 Corners Analysis – it will help you to try and understand what other people, teams and organisations will do. While it’s aimed at ‘competitors’ I would encourage it …
My interview at LinkedIn
At the start of the year I interviewed at LinkedIn for the position of Engineering Manager (Machine Learning), I thought it would be good to share with everyone how that …
Kuber-Ross Change curve
Change is change, for some, it is challenging, for others it’s an opportunity. When dealing with change which is difficult it can often be helpful to understand some of the …
Portfolio Diversification
Ever heard the saying “putting all your eggs in one basket”? It is essentially a warning that you should not concentrate all efforts and resources in one area as one …
My experience with NoSQL
I’ve spent the last 20 years working with data and databases, more specifically relational databases. I even taught database development for a short while including the whole – what is …
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
I was first introduced to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs on a business course around 22 years ago (I’m getting old). It didn’t mean much to me back then. I knew …
Applying the Sharpe Ratio (Nov 2022)
This is an article I wrote for the first iteration of my newsletter. Here I have done some calculations on stock data from the S&P 500. In short, I calculated …