Evolving data due diligence
Two years ago, DataDiligence created a new category of due diligence – the assessment of Data Assets to better inform investment...
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Chelsea Wilkinson
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Data is a risk to mitigate & opportunity to realise in all M&A
‘Data’ goes way beyond bits and bytes, a customer list, or production line feed. Data is an ecosystem of interdependent and...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Tesla: automaker or data company?
Famously, Uber is the world’s largest taxi business – but doesn’t own any taxis. Airbnb is the world’s largest accommodation provider –...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jun 21
- 1 min
What questions are investors asking about data in the due diligence process?
Consider this: 🤔 Dry powder (unspent commitments to private equity funds) reached US$3.4 trillion globally in 2021, according to Bain &...
Chelsea Wilkinson
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Watch out world!
Holding your first company offsite is a big thing for a start up. Holding your first company offsite - when the team has NEVER physically...
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...
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.
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...
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.