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Wunderdata Wunderdata is a great startup in Berlin providing business intelligence tool to eCommerce companies.In this interview, Richard Neb and Mike Roetgers share the idea behind their business model. They also explain their competitive advantage and provide advices for avoiding mistakes for the first time entrepreneurs.Interviewer: Hi. Today we are in Berlin with Wunderdata. Richard and Mike, who are you, and what do you do?Mike: We are three founders who founded Wunderdata a year ago. We are basically developing business intelligence software for online shops.Interviewer: Please tell us a bit more about your background, what did you do before you started this company, and what made you switch from being an employee to starting your own company?Mike: I was a software developer for ten years. Actually when I was 17, I started doing a bit of freelance work, and at 18 I started my first startup. Back then I didn’t know it was a startup, I thought it was just this small company, and we had ve nture capital, even though I didn’t call it that. For the first some years we did music downloads with MP3s, it was back 2005, long before Apple did that. But when Apple switched to MP3s in 2007 we failed. Then I worked as an employee for some years until last year when we started Wunderdata.Interviewer: And you Richard?Richard: I’ve worked for four different online shops so far. Mike has also a lot of experience, and also Stefan who is our third founder, in ecommerce. And what we realized or the learning out of it was that it’s very important for online shops to work data-driven, but at the same time it’s very hard to work data-driven professional online tools because all the solutions in the market are either self-built or in enterprise field, both of which are very, very expensive, and it takes of time, several months, until you can deploy it to work. And it takes a lot of knowledge to work with it. Every developer can build some SQL queries, but to build a scalable, flex ible data solution is a whole other game. So what we realized there was that we could do it better, so we founded Wunderdata.Interviewer: Tell us about how the business model of Wunderdata works. Is it subscription or SaaS model? Tell us a bit more about what the software is really doing, what the data output looks like, and how you try to store the data in this data warehouse?Mike: What we do is we create a data warehouse for the individual customer, and we try to identify data sources for the customer, which are relevant. Of course the base level is the online shop in our case, and very important is web-tracking, like Google Analytics, or Web Track, or whatever. And then it’s often about getting all the different costs. Like if you have marketing, you want to know what you spent on Ad Words, what you spent on ZaNote, etc. and you want to know logistics costs, for example, returns, what you pay for pay for that and stuff like that. We bring all that together in one big data model and we connect everything with each other. So our big difference with a lot of other BI vendors is that we are not totally generic, but we know what data we have and what it means. It’s not like a number we know what it means and that’s where we interconnect it. Then we are able to do, for example, filter globally. I can look at a certain customer corporate and see what brands they bought, I can bring everything together, I can try to find correlation between different data, which you normally don’t look at together. So that’s the basic idea.Interviewer: Assuming you had all the clean data and access automatically to all the data sources, are there different types of data sources like Google Analytics, etc. is quite easy to extract, but maybe there is some other data, from like logistic quest, or specific other marketing or offline expenses that I generated that I might put in manually in the other system or so, so how do you extract this data and put it into the data wareh ouse?Mike: Of course we love APIs, so whenever it’s possible to get it through an API we get it through that. We can use direct databases access. If you have your open system, for example, we can connect directly to database if you allow us, and we try to find what we need. And we can also use spreadsheets, for example, so if once a month you give us payment correction cost on that spreadsheet, and we import it so we’re pretty flexible. As long as it’s structured data we can use it.Interviewer: But API or Quora or whatever, you will need to develop ones?Mike: Exactly. As soon as we have a new data source, we connect it and then we have it. It’s a bit more if it’s completely new data, like I can exchange Analytics with Web Track, that’s pretty easy, but if it is something new then we have to integrate into the other model and see where are our correlations and where do we need to put links, stuff like that. But normally it’s pretty fast.Interviewer: So it doesn’t take that much time?Mike: No, not a lot. A new API if we know the data it’s about a day or two. We have to integrate new models, maybe four or five days.Richard: But it’s only once and for the customer it’s always only a few minutes of effort.Interviewer: I am just thinking on the one hand you have this subscription model where you have something 200 to 1000 Euros a month, for example, and you are not charging for the individualization, and it takes three to five days, it’s additional cost you would have to incur that you need to cover a longer period that the customer’s paying you money.Richard: But what we saw in ecommerce especially that it’s a very homogenic market. 40% of all online shops are using Magenta, for example. More than 80% are using Google Analytics. So we don’t really have a lot of variance there.Interviewer: In terms of your distinction from other competitors, there are a lot of analytics software coming out over the last two or three years, what makes yo u unique?Mike: Because we specialize in ecommerce, we have prepared a huge amount of analysis and dashboards for you, so you don’t start with a white paper with nothing on it, rather you have a functioning system which you can just use. You just get your account and log in and you can work with it, not only the BI expert who knows all the data but also the intern, for example, can access to his parts that he needs and he just sees the KPIs which are important for him. That’s one thing. Then this global filtering, no one can do that except for the very generic SaaS systems, because it is so generic that you don’t know that this order has to do with this customer. And we know it’s an order from this customer, so we can do the link. You have to do that by yourself in a lot of systems, we can do it automatically. So we connect you, and it’s working, and it is 100% there.Interviewer: Nobody else is doing this kind of global metering?Mike: They all do a very generic system. Of c ourse if you have relational data, it’s pretty easy to match them. For example, Magenta is not very relational, there’s a lot of crazy tables, and if you put in a very generic system you have to do a lot of work in order to make it work. And with us it is different, because we understand Magenta, we understand the data model, we can just do it automatically.Interviewer: As I understand, you have different target groups you want to offer your services to, like startups such as Amorelie and Lesara. Are there any other specific criteria for selecting the target group?Richard: We can connect every shop or shop-like system which is transactional based. It doesn’t matter what you sell, shoes or events or something, everything will work. As to how big the customer is, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a startup or a big online shop, we can do it. Technologically we have a high speed database, but from the sales approach we are more targeting the smaller and not the enterprise field because there are a lot of big, strong players, and the sales cycle itself is just longer.Interviewer: How do you acquire those customers?Richard: We have different acquisition channels. One is very classical, it’s just direct sales, calling over the phone. One is content marketing, we’re trying out building educational content, especially what are the best KPIs for ecommerce, etc.Interviewer: Like a blog or…Richard: Yeah, kind of whitepapers, blogs, yeah. The third channel, which is interesting, which we are working on at the moment, are multipliers. For example, IT agencies, a lot of them asking us, because they already have ecommerce customers, they’re building the shop system for them, but they often get asked whether they can also build a business intelligence solution, but it’s a whole different field, it’s not their core competency, so it’s very interesting for us to work with them.Interviewer: Is this based on a revenue share model?Richard: Yes.Interviewer: Do you also have an affiliate model or something like that?Richard: Not yet, but if you refer a customer to us we can work something out.Interviewer: Tell us a little bit more about your future plans in terms of whether the product is really finished, you’ll never work on it for years, or is there something that you would love to work on in order to create more value for customers?Mike: First of all, it never stops that new shops pop up or new APIs we could connect, so that’s always a thing we can invent time in. I think there is some stuff to do on the front end. We are three technical founders but we are both backhand developers. So it’s not as beautiful as it could be. There is definitely potential, also some pretty normal frontal functionality like comparing charts, stuff like that. We have some technical debts, we know about them, and we know there is stuff we need to do in order to make it really really good. We are working on that, but it’s a bit more time, maybe some ex pertise from the outside. And it’s about atomization of course, we want to automate more stuff. Right now technical debts are there so not everything is 100% automated, and we are currently working on that, on becoming better and faster so that more tasks and can rebuild your data warehouse faster and stuff like that. There is a lot of potential to optimize, but the product itself is usable and is used every day.Interviewer: Imagine, I am a client of a BI analytics software and now you’re pitching me, “Martin, we would like to offer you our software, Wunderdata.” Then I will ask you how hard is it to switch to your product, do I need to change anything, or do I just need to pay the money and that’s it, all the rest will be done, and I have my past data, I have all the APIs working from day one.Richard: The effort on your side would be limited to a few minutes. You just need to connect the data source, but the work on our side is all automated. Then you can start working an d you wouldn’t need to train all your employees on how to use the tool, how to build the report, etc., especially when it comes to more complex KPIs like customer lifetime value, cohort analysis, etc., it’s already there. So you can really implement the tools within a few minutes and start working with it.Interviewer: Let’s talk about how you want to pursue creating the competitive advantage? I totally understand that you have this more specific kind of framework for matching different data sources and creating data of that, which others don’t have, because they only fit the generic model. Is this something that is the core value of your software, or is there something else you would like to develop for creating value to shop owners?Richard: We’ll go even further in automating the whole experience, not only in terms of information and data but also a little bit â€" I can’t go into this too deep â€" but we believe that if you want to implement data driver culture in a com pany it is very, very important that it will to grow more and more, then you need a tool which is super-easy to use, so everyone from the CEO to intern can use it from the first minute. And then, and only then, you will have a data driven culture and you won’t have any presentation meetings of some bullshits storytelling, you will only look at the data and then make the right decisions.Interviewer: What is the typical lifetime of a customer. Assuming I am subscribing to your service, how many months am I typically a user of your service?Richard: Statistically speaking for eternity, because no one’s gone so far. That’s very good. But on the other hand we are pretty good for a startup that launched several months ago.Interviewer: If it keeps like that, that’s awesome.Richard: Definitely, yeah.Interviewer: We always try to share some insights and advice to first-time entrepreneurs, what will be your top one or two advice that you could give to first-time entrepreneurs so they m ake less errors?Richard: One important is not to underestimate the amount of time it takes to close a deal, because on B2C you can test out very very fast a feature or your whole product, but on B2B it can take long. We built a product which is multiple times faster implemented than the current products in the market, but it doesn’t mean that the sales cycle will shorten to the same degree. This is one thing that we learned.Interviewer: Any other lessons in terms of product development?Mike: In general we can say everything takes a bit longer than you think. It’s not only B2B, it’s cycle, it’s everything, raising money, everything you cannot influence directly, you can’t rush it. As soon as you depend on other people, it’s always like you have to wait and they have other stuff to do and it is weeks and months sometimes, so it’s frustrating if you don’t plan for it from the beginning. You think you’re going to do this and this, and that takes a week, and then at the end it’s not like that, as soon you’re not the only one involved. So that’s something we learned the hard way to be honest in the first month, and it’s frustrating sometimes.Interviewer: But right from the start your product was the same product marketed or was there some kind of iterative process where you learnt along the way what the customers really wanted, and how did you approach that?Mike: We built a prototype which worked, which was not perfect but had the basic functionality we wanted to build, and then we brought in first customers to learn from them, and their feedback was very valuable because you don’t see all the stuff they do. We knew the ways to do it, for example, but then some stuff Amorelie did different, like Lesera is more focused on sourcing than Amorelie on marketing, so you can learn from the first customers very much, and you have to really integrate them, and get the feedback fast, and then move fast, and adapt it to them. That was very good.Inte rviewer: Great. Mike and Richard, thank you very much for your time.Mike: Thank you very much.Richard: Thanks.

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The lottery winner Essay Example For Students

The lottery winner Essay The book starts out in Manhattan, New York in modern times. The book mostly takes place in New York city but throughout the book they also travel to London, England, cypress point spa, and several other places. The book ends back in Manhattan, New York. Alvirah Meehan is a former maid that is near her sixties and has quit her job after her and her husband struck it rich in the winning of the lottery. Alvirah started taking interest in helping people with murders and other problems that she ran across while traveling across the world. After she had won the lottery the New York Globe news paper had asked her to write about all of her different adventures. We will write a custom essay on The lottery winner specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now Willy Meehan is around his sixties, he has blue eyes with white hair. Willy is a former plumber who quit his job after wining the lottery with his wife Alvirah. Willy enjoys traveling with Alvirah to all the different places. He is very supportive and help full to Alvirah in her interest of helping others with there crimes. He also enjoys helping the poor or just those people that cant afford to hire a plumber so he dose the job for free. Brian who is somewhere around his twenties, he is an up and coming famous play writer. Brian is the nephew of Willy. Brian is first introduced in the first story called The body in the closet.He was staying at the apartment of Willy and Alvirah were a body was found in there closet at there return from there trip to England. He becomes the main suspespect in the murder because he was the last be in the apartment. This was not a good thing for Brian because his career was just taking off with all the great plays he was writing. Brian becomes very lucky with the help of Alvirah as they prove his innocence. Brian then was able to go back on with is writings of the plays. Cynthia Lathem was found guilty for the murder of her father in the second story.It all happened when she was in her junior year of the Rhode Island School of Design when her step father Stuart Richards was found shot to death in the study of his mansion. Cynthia spent 12 years in prison for the murder. She spent the time thinking and asking herself who could have set me up. Cynthia knew that she was innocent and thats when she meet Alvirah who was the answer to all her problems because she was about to help prove her innocence. Cynthia proved her innocence and then went on to marry and enjoy her life. Rhonda Alvirez the winner of six million dollars. She was latter cheated out of the money by her husband when he swapped the ticket with a ticket bought by the lady he had thought he fell in love with. A lady that he had been having an affair with. His intentions where to run off with her, but things got out of hand and he was killed. Rhonda then became the main suspect in the murder only to make things worse in her life. But once again Alvirah was to the rescue she meet her and Alvirah began to take over by going through her crime solving technics. With the help of Alvirah Rhonda was found not guilty and received the six million dollars that was so rightfully hers. The book starts out with Alvirah and willy returning from their trip from England just after they struck it rich in the lottery. Alvirah takes interest in solving crimes and murders so at each trip she ends up in getting herself into something or another dealing with crime. She helps many people throughout the book where it ends back in New York where she solves her last crime. .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .postImageUrl , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .centered-text-area { min-height: 80px; position: relative; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:hover , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:visited , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:active { border:0!important; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .clearfix:after { content: ""; display: table; clear: both; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f { display: block; transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; width: 100%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; background-color: #95A5A6; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:active , .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; background-color: #2C3E50; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .centered-text-area { width: 100%; position: relative ; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .ctaText { border-bottom: 0 solid #fff; color: #2980B9; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: underline; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .postTitle { color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .ctaButton { background-color: #7F8C8D!important; color: #2980B9; border: none; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; moz-border-radius: 3px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: none; width: 80px; min-height: 80px; background: url(https://artscolumbia.org/wp-content/plugins/intelly-related-posts/assets/images/simple-arrow.png)no-repeat; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:hover .ctaButton { background-color: #34495E!important; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .centered-text { display: table; height: 80px; padding-left : 18px; top: 0; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f-content { display: table-cell; margin: 0; padding: 0; padding-right: 108px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%; } .u84a982eb358ff5f91c03714847ff250f:after { content: ""; display: block; clear: both; } READ: Application Stuff: EssayThe theme of the book was that Alvirah in how she won the lottery and found herself to be very good at crime solving as she travels the world helping people as well as in her home town Manhattan, New York. She wanted to be apart of everything no matter how much harm it would bring to herself. There was at least one time in the book where she almost had her own life taken by another person while trying to help solve a crime. I think that Alvirah learns in this book that she could have been a lot better detective than just a cleaning lady. The book was very interesting. It was always hard to find a place to quit reading. The book was very suspenseful always leaving you to guess what could possible happen next. I was always on the edge of my chair waiting and wondering what could possibly happen next. I would recommend the book to anyone that enjoys reading suspenseful books. Bibliography:Authors Biography:Mary was born and raised in New York. She is of Irish descent who considers her Irish heritage an important influence on her writing. Marys father died when she was just Ten years old leaving her mom to raise her and her and her two brothers. After she graduated she went on to secretarial school so that she could get a job to help her mother with family fiances. She went on to marry a neighbor who she had known since she was 16 years old. Then later her husband died leaving her to raise there five children. Shortly after she became more known before she became the writer she is today.Who we refer to as the AMERICAS QUEEN OF SUSPENSE. Authors Biography:Mary was born and raised in New York. She is of Irish descent who considers her Irish heritage an important influence on her writing. Marys father died when she was just Ten years old leaving her mom to raise her and her and her two brothers. After she graduated she went on to secretarial school so that sh e could get a job to help her mother with family fiances. She went on to marry a neighbor who she had known since she was 16 years old. Then later her husband died leaving her to raise there five children. Shortly after she became more known before she became the writer she is today.Who we refer to as the AMERICAS QUEEN OF SUSPENSE.

The Role of the High Court in Australias system of government

The Role of the High Court in Australias system of government Introduction The Australian High Court is the highest independent judicial arm of the government, which is also a significant feature of Australia’s liberal-democratic governance (Patapan, 2010, p. 167; Banks, 2007, p. 16).Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on The Role of the High Court in Australia’s system of government specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More The main functions of this court include interpreting and applying the Australian constitution, solving cases regarding the federal system of governance such as instances where the constitutional validity of the laws is challenged, and officiating appeal cases (Singleton et al., 2009, p.64). However, in the recent past, there have been arguments over the court’s role in the shifting balance of power, which tends to favor the Commonwealth. As a result, there is the need to look into the factors underlying this shift in the balance of power and the rele vant constitutional interpretations since the initial constitution provided for the preservation of the balance of power between the commonwealth and the states (Singleton et al., 2009, p.64). To this end, the essay will look at the role of the high court in interpreting the wording of the Australian constitution by considering the Engineers case (Amalgamated Society of Engineers Vs Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd) of 1920. In addition, this essay aims at illustrating the High Court’s role as a political institution of governance through considering the court’s input in supporting the legislation regarding income tax, which was enacted by the Commonwealth in 1942. Overall, the two cases will serve as examples of the roles played by the high court in interpreting the Australian constitution, and acting as a political institution in the Australian system of governance.Advertising Looking for essay on government? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More The role of the High Court in interpreting the laws Considering that all the constitutional rights of appeal bestowed upon the Privy Council have been abolished in the recent past, it is certain that the Australian constitution allows the High Court to interpret the laws (Singleton et al., 2009, p.65). This implies that all the constitutional cases including appeals originating from different jurisdictions, which bear a greater political significance to the federal government, are referred to the High Court. Here, it is worth noting that most constitutional cases are based on disagreements involving the balance of power between the federal and the state governments particularly in matters dealing with trade, banking, and arbitrations (Singleton et al., 2009, p. 65; Wiltshire, 2008, p. 31). Thus, the decisions made by the High Court regarding these cases can have far-reaching implications since they form the framework for decisions made by other cou rts several years later. Accordingly, since its inception, the High court’s rulings have been centered on controlling the federal powers, giving wider interpretations of the federal powers, sustaining the role played by the Commonwealth in governance without bias, and as can be noted from the recent developments, the High Court is engaged in providing additional interpretations of the powers held by the federal government (Ward Stewart, 2010, p. 105). However, of particular interest in this respect is the court’s role in the Engineers case whereby it was decided that the federal adjudication powers as provided in section 51(xxxv) of the constitution could also apply in other parts of the country including Western Australia (Singleton et al., 2009, p. 66; Ward Stewart, 2010, p. 115). Additionally, regarding the Engineers case, the High Court is said to have given the Commonwealth the full control over worker’s wages at the national level.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on The Role of the High Court in Australia’s system of government specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More In so doing, the court can be regarded to as playing the role of reshaping the constitutional interpretations put forward in 1901, and thus, providing a framework upon which the disagreements arising between the Commonwealth and the States can be solved. Here, the court played the role of a constitutional adjudicator considering that despite enlarging the legislative powers of the Commonwealth on one hand, it also confined these powers on the other hand. Further, it is to be noted that the majority of the court was of the idea that the interpretation of the constitution should be based on its original wording, and not on implied prohibitions or implied immunity, which were two major doctrines used by the courts in the early 1900s (Ward Stewart, 2010, p. 119). Therefore, by giving the constitution its nor mal word meaning, the High Court extended the powers of the Commonwealth to cover some aspects, which were initially prohibited by interpreting the laws on the basis of the drafters’ wishful meanings of the constitutional wording. However, it should be noted that this broader interpretation of the laws was not meant to give the federal government an upper hand, but it served to check almost all aspects of governance, and to maintain the balance of power between the federal and state governments (Wiltshire, 2008, p. 35). The role of the High Court as a political institution If we had to examine what the drafters of the Australian constitution had in mind, it is certain that they wanted to develop the US-system of the judiciary, which performs various functions such as the federal judicial review (Banks, 2007, p. 18). Here, the role played by the High Court entails examining the laws made in both the Commonwealth and the State legislatures in order to ensure that they fall with in the provisions of the constitution.Advertising Looking for essay on government? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Accordingly, considering that disputes could arise between the federal and state governments such as the one discussed above, there is the paramount need to have a mediator who should be impartial and unconcerned with issues raised by either party in order for justice to be served. This role could not fit any institution apart from the Australian High Court. As a result, the High Court can be regarded to as an arbiter of federalism or an advocate of the Australian constitution (Patapan, 2010, p.168). It then follows that the decisions made by the High Court will have extensive political implications. For instance, during the war-time in 1942, the federal government came up with a legislation meant to control the overall income tax, a move which was challenged in court by the state governments (Singleton et al., 2009, p. 169). In this constitutional conflict, the High Court ruled in favor of the federal government, and thus gave the Commonwealth the authority to implement uniform tax ation at the national level. This implied that the state governments could not impose their own taxes outside those implemented by the Commonwealth. Besides, it is to be noted that the court also gave a broader meaning of section 90, which entails the Excise, and thus limiting the taxation power of the Commonwealth in some aspects. These decisions of the court point to the fact that it plays a political role in that the High Court has the power to look into the actions of both the legislature and the executive in order to determine whether those actions fall within the exact meaning of the constitution. Furthermore, the case shows instances where the High Court can annul some actions of the executive, which may not be based on proper interpretation of the constitution. Moreover, this case is one of many instances where the High Court came in to help solve constitutional conflicts arising from wrong interpretation of the constitution or obscure laws (Ward Stewart, 2010, p. 105). Her e, it is also important to note that the High Court was acting purely within its constitutional mandate, which dictates that such conflicts be treated as legal questions irrespective of the impending political consequences. Overall, the court’s decisions show that the High Court judges understand their role in the political sphere and judicial review (Patapan, 2010, p. 169). References List Banks, R 2007, Hot topics: legal issues in plain language, Legal Information Access Centre, Australia. Patapan, H 2010, High court, (Insert the publisher and the Town for the book you scanned for me). Singleton et al. 2009, High court, (Insert the publisher and the Town for the book that you scanned for me). Ward, T Stewart, R 2010, Politics one (4th ed), Palgrave MacMillan, Australia. Wiltshire, K 2008, ‘Australian federalism: the business perspective’, The University of  New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 31-45.