#7 - Max Sklar: Location Data, Sentiment Analysis, and Fake Listings
Data on the Rocks - A podcast by Soleadify
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On this episode we sit down with Max Sklar. Max is a seasoned software engineer and data scientist, best known for his decade-long pioneering contribution at Foursquare. Since Max was so passionate about location data and maps, he proceeded to focus on his personal project, New Map dot AI. He also started hosting his own podcast, The Local Maximum. In this conversation we explore the intricacies involved in constructing extensive entity lists, while addresing the challenges of "bad data" in our environment. Mr. Sklar also takes us back to the days when handling large volumes of data was a rarity, long before it was deemed "sexy" by the tech community. I found his reflections on these early days to be quite thought-provoking. Max's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-sklar-b638464/ The Local Maximum: https://www.localmaxradio.com/ PODCAST INFO Podcast website: https://podcast.veridion.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QVTmqp... RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/7635cea8/podcast/rss Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@veridiondata SUPPORT & CONNECT Florin Tufan is the Co-Founder & CEO of Veridion, the host of Data on the Rocks Podcast, and a data enthusiast passionate about seeking Truth. Florin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florin-tu... Veridion is a big data startup that leverages advanced scraping and ML technologies to ingest hundreds of billions of webpages every week and perform at scale human-like ML based research to create and maintain a database of 50+ data points on 70M+ companies. Clients vary greatly in terms of domain (from insurance and banking to procurement and private equity) but share a core common trait: the need to perform business decisions at scale. About Veridion: https://veridion.com/about-us/ Veridion's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veri... Veridion's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veridiondata/ Veridion's Twitter: https://twitter.com/veridiondata
