You want to evaluate future borrowers, but in order to train an algorithm that will help you identify future defaults, you have to train it and evaluate it on past data. Anthony Goldbloom algorithmborrowerdatum Change image and share on social
I love kite surfing and mountain bike riding. It's kind of interesting; my kite surfing ability has probably deteriorated with the rate of Kaggle's success. Anthony Goldbloom abilitybikedeteriorate Change image and share on social
If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will earn more than $50 million per year, just like the world's best hedge fund managers. Anthony Goldbloom bankcompanycompetition share on social
I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle. Anthony Goldbloom datumdriveexcite Change image and share on social
Companies are getting bitten by hiring a data scientist who isn't really a data scientist. Anthony Goldbloom bitecompanydatum Change image and share on social
As a young entrepreneur starting an enterprise company, be prepared for the fact that you'll need to get involved in enterprise sales. Everyone wants to speak to the founder, and this is also how you'll get feedback on your product. It's worth bringing in early somebody with enterprise sales experience. Anthony Goldbloom bringcompanyearly share on social
Business analytics or predictive modelling is a $100 billion industry, and $41 billion is spent on outsourced business analytics every year. I think that's about twice the size of the movie industry - it's really big. Anthony Goldbloom analyticbigbillion share on social
Startup stories are always smoother in the telling than they are in reality. A startup is not one, but a series of 'Aha!' moments, and some which seem like 'Aha!' moments but turn out not to be. Anthony Goldbloom ahamomentreality Change image and share on social
It turns out that with Twitter data alone, we can go quite some way into figuring out someone's personality. Anthony Goldbloom datumfigurepersonality Change image and share on social
We think Facebook and Google know a lot about us - who knows more about us than AmEx, MasterCard and Visa? They know exactly what we spend and where we spent it... so they're looking at ways to unlock it. Anthony Goldbloom amexfacebookgoogle share on social