Tag: analytics

  • Sitting next to Billy Beane watching him watch Brad Pitt in Moneyball

    You think that the guy who Brad Pitt played in the movie “Moneyball” would get tired of watching his movie star doppleganger. Billy Beane is keynoting the start to Internet Week, with its focus on “Big Data, Big Solutions.”  And obviously, with our degree’s emerging emphasis on data and storytelling, it’s a timely talk.  Yahoo!…

  • As 2011 comes to a close, the economic situation remains bleak. Usually, graduate school applications rise during a depressed job market, but the ongoing uncertainty has discouraged some potential students from pursuing a graduate degree — MBA applications are down 10%, according to The Wall Street Journal. Yet with the rise of social media and the rapid…