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Why CEOs should test big digital business ideas in tiny countries.

Mark Raskino

The President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson explained this phenomenon to me when I had the privilege to interview him in 2011 (Gartner Report: G00212784 ). “So He was talking about something we call the ‘compound uncertainty’ that must be navigated when we want to test and introduce a real breakthrough digital business idea.

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. Sometimes, we escape the clutches of this sub optimal existence and do pick good metrics or engage in simple A/B testing. Testing out a new feature.

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Estimating causal effects using geo experiments

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Similarly, we could test the effectiveness of a search ad compared to showing only organic search results. Structure of a geo experiment A typical geo experiment consists of two distinct time periods: pretest and test. After the test period finishes, the campaigns in the treatment group are reset to their original configurations.