December 28, 2019

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Turning fails into wins

Turning fails into wins

Being a data-driven company means that we have to move fast and fail often. But how do we learn to not only be proud of our failures but also turn these fails into wins? Grace Tang explains how to set up experiments so that negative results become epic wins, saving your team time, effort, and money, instead of just being swept under the carpet.
Talk Title Turning fails into wins
Speakers Grace Tang (Uber)
Conference Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag Make Data Work
Location Singapore
Date December 6-8, 2016
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
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Being a data-driven company means that we have to move fast and fail often. But how do we learn to not only be proud of our failures but also turn these fails into wins? Grace Tang explains how to set up experiments so that negative results become epic wins, saving your team time, effort, and money, instead of just being swept under the carpet. Topics include:

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