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How Fab.com Raised $40 Million With A Lot Of Data And No Pain

Behind the Scenes: How Fab Raised $40 million with a lot of data and not much pain Let’s face it, fundraising can be a real pain in the ass for the entrepreneur.
The Data.WorldBank.org project we built for the World Bank makes 339 human development data indicators open and available to the public (with 700+ more coming soon), but the site itself is really just a display layer on top of the World Bank’s API . http://developmentseed.org/blog/2010/jun/23/building-drupal-powered-data-browsers-stories-dataworldbankorg/

Building Drupal Powered Data Browsers: Stories from Data.WorldBank.org

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Most Recent Surveys The Microdata Library includes datasets that have been produced by the World Bank, such as impact evaluation of the Bank’s operations or research on development issues. It also includes datasets from other international organizations, statistical agencies and other agencies in low and middle-income countries.
http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/11/07-13-obama2012-predictive-modeling-data-mining-scientists-analysts.html analyze the campaign data to guide election strategy and develop quantitative, actionable insights that drive our decision-making. Looking for people at both the senior and junior level to join the campaign Analytics Dept through November 2012. Company: Obama 2012 Presidential Campaign Location: Chicago, IL Web: www.barackobama.com

Predictive Modeling and Data Mining Scientists/Analysts at Obama 2012 Presidential Campaign, Chicago, IL

The Rise of the Data Web « Dataspora

The future of the web is data, not documents. The web has evolved from Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision of “some big, virtual documentation system in the sky” into an vibrant ecosystem of data where documents — and human actors — will play an ever smaller role. As others have noted , we’ve reached a tipping point in history: more data is being manufactured by machines — servers, cell phones, GPS-enabled cars — than by people. http://www.dataspora.com/2009/08/the-rise-of-the-data-web/