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Dauber: Portfolio AI analyzes medical cases 10% more accurately than humans
“We have a portfolio company in the med tech space where, you know, my dad was a pathologist, and when I was a kid, it would take him 20 minutes to analyze a case to determine whether or not you had cancer. You know, I think in a minute, ah, these guys can anal…”
Mike Dauber Sep 30, 2016 ▶ 10:34 Venture Capital Investor Panel: Investing in Big Data (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
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Dauber: HIPAA puts the US at a material disadvantage in healthcare AI
“And I think the United States is gonna be at a material disadvantage on the healthcare side for this reason, where I think, ah, as a patient, and as, ah, a son or a father, You know, I appreciate the HIPAA laws, and I think they're, they have all these good in…”
Mike Dauber Sep 30, 2016 ▶ 27:37 Venture Capital Investor Panel: Investing in Big Data (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
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The 'big data' concept will disappear within 5 to 10 years
“And our belief is, five, 10 years from now, this notion of big data is going to disappear, and this is going to be this notion of data. And companies that incorporate big data capabilities into their applications are going to win relative to companies that don…”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 6:57 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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From 1900 to 2000, government operationalized major tech before consumers
“Every technology that came out was really, even if it was invented by somebody else, It was operationalized by the military or some government entity.”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 2:18 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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Consumer companies have replaced government as the primary tech innovators
“The companies now that are coming up with the new technology are big consumer companies and not the government and not the military.”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 3:53 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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Not enough data scientists exist to support all current data science tools
“There just aren't enough smart data scientists to buy all the technology that's being built today for data scientists, just as an example.”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 6:23 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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SaaS venture investments significantly outperformed cloud infrastructure tools
“If you look at the SaaS investments, they outperformed the cloud investments by a margin that was pretty significant, right?”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 5:35 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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Steve Wynn's pricing rule was to charge $10 more than Caesar's Palace
“Steve Wynn personally had a single rule on how they ran what the price was for the hotel every night, and the rule was very, very, very simple. Look across the street at Caesar's Palace. Whatever they're charging, charge 10 dollars more.”
Mike Dauber Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 7:45 Mike Dauber, Battery Ventures // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013 (interviewed by Matt Turck)
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