The Jigsaw Story - Data 2.0 2012 Keynote by Jim Fowler
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The Jigsaw Story Jim Fowler Data2.0 – San Francisco April 3, 2012
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Founder and CEO of Jigsaw and InfoArmy offers insight into start-ups and lessons learned from founding Jigsaw.
Transcript of The Jigsaw Story - Data 2.0 2012 Keynote by Jim Fowler
The Jigsaw Story
Jim Fowler
Data2.0 – San Francisco
April 3, 2012
Brief Jigsaw History
Overview
• Founded in 2003
• $18M in VC funding (3 rounds)
• 145 Employees
• Purchased by CRM in 2010 for $175M
What was Jigsaw?
21M Records
• New
• Updated
• Dead
Crowdsourcing by Community
Compilation Model
Superheros
Data-as-a-Service (DaaS)
DaaS in Practice
Open API
DaaS Vision
Positioning
Lessons Learned
Early Stage Mental State
Focus
The Christmas Tree Effect
Pioneers Take Arrows
Partnerships Suck
Be Ambivalent During M&A
Data Observations
Compilation > Aggregation
Data Business Models
Big Data?
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5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
Jigsaw Contact Growth by Quarter
Where’s the Innovation?
Data Needs Personality
Thank You!
www.infoarmy.com
@InfoArmy
www.jimfowler.com
@fowlinator
