Great read! You’re right on the lack of defensibility from using public data. I used to lead strategy at Adzuna, a large global job aggregator, and we launched a data analytics product by combining our proprietary data with the same public data sources that the others use. There’s lots of interesting verticals with different use cases depending on the nature of data available - hedge funds, corporates, higher ed, national and local govt, think tanks and economic consultancies.
Thanks Praneeth. I think the key, if you are aggregating public data, is to keep adding value through new datasets and analytics tools. Standing still is going backwards!
Great read! You’re right on the lack of defensibility from using public data. I used to lead strategy at Adzuna, a large global job aggregator, and we launched a data analytics product by combining our proprietary data with the same public data sources that the others use. There’s lots of interesting verticals with different use cases depending on the nature of data available - hedge funds, corporates, higher ed, national and local govt, think tanks and economic consultancies.
Thanks Praneeth. I think the key, if you are aggregating public data, is to keep adding value through new datasets and analytics tools. Standing still is going backwards!