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Leaving Google and BCG to Start Their Own Data Firm (Gleb Drobkov & Mike Dezube) - KNN Ep. 162

Ken's Nearest Neighbors

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The Power of Flexibility in Startups

There's a pretty aggressive trend towards big tech companies hiring significantly more consultants and contractors. I think that we're entering this age where companies are going to be outsourcing significantly more than they ever have before, even core data science responsibilities. And the idea that you can have something that is generalizable, but also can specialize to specific use cases, is the same idea technology wise versus human capital wise.

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