Amir Orad

Everything Amir Orad said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Orad: Sisense processed 10TB of data in 10s on a $1k server

“Taking 10 terabytes, 10 terabytes, and in 10 seconds, running all the algorithm analysis on a standard Dell server that cost, you know, a thousand dollars.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 8:01 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Insight

Orad: Tech products should eliminate process steps rather than automate them

“Don't automate things, try and make them go away. Ok, this is the whole assembly line concept. You can save endless resources by taking this different attitude versus we'll do it faster.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 16:36 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Insight

Orad: Startups in competitive markets must be fundamentally different, not just better

“Don't be better than someone. Be totally different. It's the only way to stand out and provide value.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 16:52 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

Orad: VCs rejected Sisense, leading a founder's father to invest $2M

“And they went to the VC community, and everyone told them they're stupid and refused to invest, so the guy's dad gave him a lot of money. Two million dollars, so you need to have the right parents, I guess.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 3:44 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Supported

Orad: CPU registers are the fastest hardware unit for analytics

“The fastest performing unit for analytics on the planet is the register inside the CPU.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 4:55 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Insight

Orad: Complex data forces teams to spend more time prepping than analyzing

“The truth is that the more complex your data, the more time you spend getting everything ready than the actual analysis.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 9:53 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Supported

Amir Orad: Cyota invented risk-based authentication before acquisition by RSA

“So, the first one was Syota, which was, became part of RSA, invented what is known as risk-based authentication.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 0:59 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Supported

Orad: $30 billion per year is spent on business intelligence

“BI is a huge space, thirty billion dollars a year spent on BI from infrastructure all the way to applications.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 9:14 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Orad: Sisense has over 1,000 customers including NASA, eBay, and Target

“A thousand customers from NASA to Lockheed Martin, to Sandisk, to Motorola, to eBay, to Target, you name it, really nice names.”

Amir Orad Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 14:21 The Benefits of Fast Business Intelligence // Amir Orad, Sisense (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)

The other half of the tape: Amir Orad's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Ashley Kramer 2

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Amir's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	CEO, Kraken Technologies	1	9	60% 3/5	full record on the MAD Podcast →