Alex Rampel

5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Alex Rampell · said 7 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Premium pricing over competitors proves a true data network effect
“If you can really show that you're charging 20, 30, 40% more than the competition, that's a, and they're actually willing to pay for it, and they're switching from a lower priced product, either they're totally irrational, they say, hey, I want to lose more mo…”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:53 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
Jan 2, 2019
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Hiring specialized data scientists before accumulating data causes high employee churn
“I often advise companies where they say, oh, you know, we're going to hire these five data scientists, but they don't have any data yet. And what they don't really realize is that if these are, if they're data scientists who are happy to take out the trash and…”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:33 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Fragmented markets with equal competitors prevent data network effects
“You're never going to get to a network effect if it's a, if there are 25 companies doing exactly what you do, and they're all about the same size, and nobody gets the big, that nobody has like a just demonstrably better system, then the data is actually, it lo…”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:56 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Pure algorithm companies struggle to build value without proprietary data
“If you are an algorithm company, It's very, very hard to build any kind of value because somebody else comes up with a marginally better algorithm. So you need to pair the algorithm with the data.”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:10 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Visa's transaction data exhaust is worth billions but cannot be monetized directly
“Visa's exhaust is very, very valuable, but if they shared that, then they're Clients wouldn't like them very much, and then they lose their clients. So even though their exhaust is worth, it's probably worth billions of dollars a year.”
Alex Rampell Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 30:37 a16z Podcast | Data Network Effects
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