my deck for Digital London. Not sure I nailed the data science angle, but i got good feedback. i look at the economics of valuation based on data, for example.
12. Things that happened in 1989
The Soviet Union left Afghanistan
Time and Warner Merge
The Exxon Valdez oil spill
Tiananmen Square
Rain Man won best picture
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13. The average age of the
Top 20 Software Companies is
47 years
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33. “The lumber industry sells what used to be
waste — sawdust, chips, and shredded wood
— for a pretty profit. Today you’ll find these
by-products in synthetic fireplace logs,
concrete, mulch, particle board, fuel, livestock
and pet bedding, winter road traction, weed
killing and more.”
Jason Fried, 37signals
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