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Disrupting Markets Without Killing Them

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Russel Perkins discusses how Vivino has licensed its image recognition technology to Magnus, who in turn has created a market disrupting app for the art world. What is most fascinating about Magnus is that while technically its a disruptive data play in the art market, its not meant to displace galleries. The simple objective of Magnus is to get galleries to be more open about their pricing in the belief that this will make buying art less intimidating to the average consumer and grow art sales overall.

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Old Business Models Never Die…They Evolve

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In the technology age, there is far more clarity around the evolution of old business models. This is a theme you’ll see in almost every industry. These OLD models don’t fade off into the distance, they go through a revolution and adapt with the world around them.

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Should We Monetize Mediocrity?

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Despite Apple claiming App Store search improvements, it seems we shouldn’t hold our breath for anything groundbreaking – especially if we expect the results to come without a cost!

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How Businesses Can Become Authoritative Databases

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Opportunities are emerging for what might be called authority databases, databases where a business owner supplies data information and keeps it current. Russell Perkins, Subscription Insider guide to Data Strategy, explores how businesses can become an Authoritative Database.

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Three New Business Data Products to Watch

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InfoCommerce Group’s Russell Perkins highlights 3 business data products to watch: LinkedIn Profinder, SpinGo Display Advertising and Quorum Analysis.

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Supercharge Your Audience Database

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Time, Inc. announced a deal with a company called Audience Partners overlaying its massive consumer database with voting data from Audience Partners creating a National Online Voter database.

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Where Disruptors Fear to Tread: Manipulating Google Business and Map Maker

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Google Business and Map Maker both depend on user-generated content, hence the opportunity to manipulate Google. If you’re sleazy, it’s easy to create a fake business in Google Business. And it’s not much harder to create a fake entry for your business in Map Maker either.

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Monetizing Information Flows with a Compelling Value Proposition

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StreetContxt is a hot, Canadian-based start-up that just raised $8 million from A-list investors. Its mission is simple: to maximize the value of the mountain of investment research that gets generated each year. But what really makes StreetContxt stand out is that it offers a very compelling business proposition.

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Could You Be a LinkedIn for Product Information?

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A young Canadian company called Hubba is making waves internationally with its goal to become the “single source of truth” for product information. They’d like every company with products to post and maintain their product information in their database.

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Data With Backbone: NGP VAN

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You may recall a political dust-up this summer when the Clinton campaign accused the Sanders campaign of gaining illicit access to its voter data. How was this even possible? Well, it all traces back to a private company called NGP VAN.

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