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Silent Reunion

When the reality hits that the safest imaginable places are no longer safe from gun violence nothing is the same. It was closing in on a decade since my wedding, and predictably after a spate of friends’ weddings in close succession we’d all withdrawn into the isolation of the daily…

Sandy Hook

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Silent Reunion
Silent Reunion

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

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Engineering a More Profitable Industry

The Restaurant Economic Model is Broken — Technology Can Fix It — As the country starts to emerge from over a year of Covid hibernation, the size, shape and dynamics of the restaurant industry looks rather different from what went into the crisis. Some restaurants are quickly discovering that reopening their doors and playing by the pre-pandemic game plan is simply not…

Restaurant

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Engineering a More Profitable Industry
Engineering a More Profitable Industry

Published in Towards Data Science

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The Success & Resounding Failure of “Big Data”

A Retrospective View from the Top of the Hype Cycle — While doing some research the other day I stumbled across a modified copy of a presentation I did at a Restaurant Marketing Executives conference right when “Big Data” was at the peak of Gartner’s Hype Cycle. It’s hard to believe that was 7 years ago, and it’s been 5 years…

Data Science

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The Success & Resounding Failure of “Big Data”
The Success & Resounding Failure of “Big Data”

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Jun 11

What Rhymes with Stagflation?

“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” Mark Twain It may just be a mental block, but I can’t for the life of me think of anything that rhymes with stagflation. I can think of a few things that rhyme with transitory, maybe that’s why that adjective lingered for…

Cpi

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What Rhymes with Stagflation?
What Rhymes with Stagflation?

Published in The Startup

·Feb 21, 2021

Higher Prices on the Menu for Restaurants in 2021

It’s time to reshape the economics of a historically unprofitable industry Even before Covid-19 wrought havoc on the Restaurant industry there was a simmering struggle across the industry over the increasingly difficult unit-level economics that operators were facing. With an average profit margin of just 5% every blip of operating…

Restaurant

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Higher Prices on the Menu for Restaurants in 2021
Higher Prices on the Menu for Restaurants in 2021

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Feb 12, 2021

A Long Slog Ahead for the ‘Other Economy’

Headline economic numbers aren’t capturing the distortions and depth of pain in the economy. An Uneven Recovery for Businesses and Consumers The new spate of headline economic numbers released in the past week show mostly improving numbers, but a deeper look reminds us why ‘averages’ are misleading when evaluating performance…

Economics

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A Long Slog Ahead for the ‘Other Economy’
A Long Slog Ahead for the ‘Other Economy’

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Jan 14, 2021

AI & America’s Most Trusted Brands Fueled the Insurgency

The Misinformation Epidemic is Funded by Brands we Trust Most Misinformation is destabilizing our democracy and last week people who have become radicalized by it attempted a violent overthrow of the government and continue to plot terrorist acts against their fellow Americans. This did not happen in a vacuum, and…

Data Science

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AI & America’s Most Trusted Brands Funded the Insurgency
AI & America’s Most Trusted Brands Funded the Insurgency

Jan 8, 2021

Q-ANON IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION & 41% OF GOP SAY THEY ARE ‘GOOD’

Q-ANON IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION & 41% OF GOP SAY THEY ARE ‘GOOD’ According to PEW research a little more than 1/2 of Americans have heard of Q-Anon as of December ‘20, but that has probably increased since Jan 6th when they became a driving force behind the takeover of…

Misinformation

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Q-ANON IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION & 41% OF GOP SAY THEY ARE ‘GOOD’
Q-ANON IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION & 41% OF GOP SAY THEY ARE ‘GOOD’

Published in DataDrivenInvestor

·Dec 4, 2020

Unemployment Numbers Continue to Confound

DOL Reports 11M unemployed but 21M claims were filed in October — The massive shock that the pandemic had on the economy starting last spring also had a big impact on government agencies’ ability to process data accurately. The official unemployment ‘headline’ numbers come from a survey that asks people about their employment status. Early in the pandemic the ambiguity of ‘furloughed’…

Economy

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Unemployment Numbers Continue to Confound
Unemployment Numbers Continue to Confound

Nov 11, 2020

It’s Not Over Until the Electors Vote

What If Republicans prove more loyal to Trump than Democracy? — After 4+ years the media and politicians continue to underestimate Donald Trump and his ability to tear down the fabric of democratic process and convention. His refusal to concede was not a surprise, but it’s a mistake to think that he will stay within the rules or respect any constitutional…

Politics

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It’s Not Over Until the Electors Vote
It’s Not Over Until the Electors Vote
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