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When spreadsheets fail

Hi,

Our recent research briefs on the $10 billion startup club or where the smart money is investing in Fin Tech both heavily relied on our Business Social Graph.

We wanted to share some Business Social Graph case studies from clients to illustrate other ways we see folks using it to answer questions like:

Is American Express deprioritizing the network side of its business?
Do Salesforce's investments & acquisitions suggest increased focus on HR tech?
Within Digital Health, what are IBM, Microsoft and SAP focused on?
Where are the smart VCs investing within Digital Health?
Is the Human Capital Management space consolidating?

When trying to understand fast moving industries, competitors or emerging trends, rows/columns in a spreadsheet aren't always best. Sometime, seeing the data is believing.

Have a great week ahead,
Anand

@asanwal

P.S. If you like data visualizations (esp d3.js) and making great data more usable and beautiful, we're looking for talented front-end developers.

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