Numerate Choir · posts

Preachin’ ’bout data + startups — the 2011–2016 archive, plus new writing at mikegreenfield.substack.com.

A Wall Around My Country and a Moat Around My Hometown
September 8, 2016
Walking Away
July 21, 2016
The Story Behind One Introduction; The Data Behind 100K Introductions
December 15, 2015
It's Easier to Be Honest the Second Time Around
April 19, 2015
Why My Startup Isn’t in Stockton: How to Further the Culture and Network Effects of Silicon Valley
October 1, 2014
How the Heck Would I Know What I Should Do For YOUR Company?
September 26, 2014
How to Bring Innovative, Not-Insanely-Wealthy People Back to Palo Alto
August 4, 2014
Best of Numerate Choir
April 18, 2014
Design vs. Darwinism. Data vs. Darkness.
December 12, 2013
Your Metrics Are Bad and Why "Data Driven" Isn't Enough
August 2, 2013
To Avoid the Perils of Get-Rich-Quick, Work With People Who'll Play the Game Again (and Again)
July 29, 2013
How to Build a Quant Venture Fund
July 18, 2013
Why 'A' Players Should Collude
May 20, 2013
Happy 10th Birthday, LinkedIn!
May 5, 2013
In Search of a Happy Medium Between Academic Papers and Shlocky Business Insider Top 10 Lists
April 2, 2013
In a Data-Driven World, Honesty is the Fundamental Virtue
February 12, 2013
Journalism, Through the Eyes of a Data-Focused Entrepreneur
February 6, 2013
Six Steps to Growth: What I Learned as 500 Startups' Growth Hacker In Residence
January 17, 2013
Goodbye to a Patriarch
December 29, 2012
After the Thrill Is Gone
December 5, 2012
Why You Should Play Games In Inefficient Markets
November 19, 2012
A Founder's Constant State of Rejection
November 18, 2012
Why Campaigns Are Smart and Policymakers Are Dumb
November 6, 2012
FiveThirtyEight, Slow News, and Fast News
October 30, 2012
Yes, Developers and Investors Are Really Different
October 30, 2012
Why Developers Aren't Interested In Your Startup
October 15, 2012
How AngelList Quantitatively Changes the Investing Game
September 20, 2012
The Four Things That Motivate Me
September 17, 2012
Job Creation Stats Under Republicans and Democrats
September 6, 2012
A Primer on A/B Testing (Yummy Candy!)
September 6, 2012
The Epidemiology of an Internet Business
August 27, 2012
No Job Left Behind / How to Not Shoot Yourself in the Foot
August 21, 2012
Developers are Oil, Marketers are Vinegar: Mix Them Wisely
August 13, 2012
Predicting The Future is The Future
August 7, 2012
3 Things I Learned at LinkedIn (and 2 I didn't)
August 6, 2012
Interviewing: Like Networking, But Better
July 30, 2012
The Slow Road to Entrepreneurship: Learnings From Early PayPal
July 23, 2012
How to Improve Student Testing with Crowdsourcing and Data
July 18, 2012
No, you don't need a real-time data dashboard*
July 17, 2012
Why "A/B Testing vs. Holistic UX Design" Is a False Dichotomy
June 26, 2012
The Forgotten Art of Estimation
June 13, 2012
Data Science is the Old New Thing
June 1, 2012
Data Scale - why big data trumps small data
May 23, 2012
WTF is the "Numerate Choir"?
May 11, 2012
Cutting the Facebook Cord
May 1, 2012
The Visionary and The Pivoter
March 29, 2012
Why An Asocial Geeky Dude is Building Technology for Moms
February 8, 2011