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The potential for data to make (or break) a PE deal has never been greater than it is today

Chelsea Wilkinson

Mar 8
2 min

The potential for data to make (or break) a PE deal has never been greater than it is today

Around this time each year, I wait with bated breath for Bain & Company’s Annual Private Equity Report. (You’re right, I don’t get out...

Data Maturity Survey - calling participants!

Chelsea Wilkinson

Mar 1
1 min

Data Maturity Survey - calling participants!

As the famous adage goes: Knowledge is power. But, when it comes to the burgeoning world of data and data science – comprehensive,...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Feb 22
2 min

The new leverage

What never depletes? Never wears out? And can be used across an unlimited number of use cases? Data. Data – be it a client list,...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Feb 8
1 min

Why data due diligence?

Two questions for private equity & corporate finance professionals : QUESTION 1: How many Information Memoranda have you read recently...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Feb 1
1 min

Supercharging client & partner success

Maintaining excellent client acquisition and retention is challenging - particularly as a small, but swiftly growing consultancy. Early...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jan 11
2 min

The 'Dean of Big Data'

In December 2021, DataDiligence produced our inaugural ‘Year in Review’. The report captured our thoughts and ambitions, client...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Dec 15, 2021
1 min

Year in Review

All start-ups begin with a dream and — hopefully — a unique proposition which the market recognises and needs.

United & American Airlines used data to secure a massive loan. How?

Chelsea Wilkinson

Nov 10, 2021
1 min

United & American Airlines used data to secure a massive loan. How?

Data can add huge value to companies. But how do you measure its value? What is the value of data projects and how do investments in them...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Nov 3, 2021
2 min

What a difference a year makes!

A year ago, Adam Votava and I launched DataDiligence founded on a seemingly simple premise: DATA IS VALUABLE. But, we also knew that: · ...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Sep 28, 2021
1 min

Data literacy. What is it?

Tomorrow, DataDiligence's Adam Votava will be a keynote speaker at Panintelligence’s webinar Embedding Data Literacy: how technology...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Sep 14, 2021
1 min

The role of a CDO

Last week, I posted a poll asking: What do you think is the role of a Chief Data Officer? Well, if we’d been playing ‘Who want to be a...

Chelsea Wilkinson

Aug 31, 2021
2 min

3 Challenges of Data Adoption

Last week, DataDiligence’s Adam Votava spoke at a webinar: 'Prepare your data for adoption from the front line to the C-suite', in partnersh

Chelsea Wilkinson

Aug 24, 2021
2 min

You're hired!

Last week, DataDiligence hired its first two employees; a huge milestone for a 10-month start-up. And though recruiting is very much my...

A reflection on getting it right the first time

Chelsea Wilkinson

Aug 3, 2021
2 min

A reflection on getting it right the first time

Last year, when Adam Votava and I founded DataDiligence, we co-authored an article: Why is data science failing to solve the right problems?

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jul 27, 2021
2 min

Data Jackanory!

Question: What is ‘the last mile of analytics’? Model deployment? A dashboard? No. Storytelling.

What investing in advanced analytics & AI looks like for fund managers - Hg Capital

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jul 20, 2021
1 min

What investing in advanced analytics & AI looks like for fund managers - Hg Capital

Hg are widely regarded as a tech-savvy #privateequity manager. But did you realise that they’ve pretty much incorporated advance #analytics,

From T.S. Eliot, to data, to the corner office

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jul 13, 2021
1 min

From T.S. Eliot, to data, to the corner office

T.S. Eliot famously wrote: Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jul 6, 2021
1 min

The results are in

48% of respondents believe that post-acquisition value creation is the space PE should be targeting with AI & advanced analytics

What's the AI/analytics opportunity for PE?

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jun 29, 2021
1 min

What's the AI/analytics opportunity for PE?

“GPs and LPs that choose not to embrace automation and analytics will become second tier in the medium term and may completely disappear

Data due diligence is the next step on the digitalisation value chain

Chelsea Wilkinson

Jun 22, 2021
1 min

Data due diligence is the next step on the digitalisation value chain

“Due diligence is due for an upgrade,” Douglas Laney argued in a 2020 Forbes article. I agree.

Points of view

The potential for data to make (or break) a PE deal has never been greater than it is today

Data Maturity Survey - calling participants!

The new leverage

Why data due diligence?

Supercharging client & partner success

The 'Dean of Big Data'

Year in Review

United & American Airlines used data to secure a massive loan. How?

What a difference a year makes!

Data literacy. What is it?

The role of a CDO

3 Challenges of Data Adoption

You're hired!

A reflection on getting it right the first time

Data Jackanory!

What investing in advanced analytics & AI looks like for fund managers - Hg Capital

From T.S. Eliot, to data, to the corner office

The results are in

What's the AI/analytics opportunity for PE?

Data due diligence is the next step on the digitalisation value chain

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