Katherine Glass-Hardenbergh - All About Alternative Data (S2E9)
Flirting with Models
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The Problem With Prioritizing Data Vendors
You might find a great data set but you don't know if the vendor is even going to stay in business. And it's also a little bit of a question of if I do find a signal is it going to be good enough if maybe it is only around for a few years and that vendor shuts down? It becomes part of our prioritization process and questions we ask ourselves in a series of trade-offs. Maybe we're a little nervous about the vendor but if they've got great coverage in history maybe that's an okay trade-off that will prioritize looking at this particular data set next.
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