ELT vs ETL: Key Differences & Use Cases

Understanding the differences between ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) is essential for anyone working with large datasets in data science. The order of operations in these processes is crucial and directly impacts the efficiency and effectiveness of data integration strategies. In essence, both methodologies are deployed to move data from one […]
Revolutionizing Personalization: Insights from Paul Meinshausen

At The Founder, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Paul Meinshausen, the visionary CEO and co-founder of Aampe, a trailblazing company reshaping the personalization landscape for consumer apps. With an impressive background that includes co-founding PaySense (acquired for $185M) and a founding team of scientists specializing in cognitive and behavioral science, […]
Data Science Pipeline: Key Stages and Best Practices for Efficiency

Whether you’re a budding data scientist or an experienced analyst, getting familiar with building a data science pipeline is crucial. It ensures that the insights you glean from your data are not only accurate but also actionable. The pipeline serves as a roadmap, starting with data acquisition. This step is where you collect raw data […]
The Genius Behind Spotify’s Growth Loop

Spotify’s growth loop is bloody brilliant. It’s also cloneable. First of all, if you didn’t know, Spotify breaks their entire catalog of over 100 million songs into over 6,000 genres (Some of their genres are downright goofy like “Bedroom Pop,” “Escape Room,” and “Yacht Rock”), but these genres are the keys to Spotify’s growth loop. […]
Case Study: theCut Integration

How a Quick Deployment of Aampe Elevated theCut’s AI Martech Strategy Every digital company, from startups to the Fortune 100, is sprinting to figure out its AI strategy. And with a flood of AI software hitting the market daily, it’s the paradox of choice. To hedge bets and act quickly, many companies are now over-investing […]
A User Story – a simplified version with audio

We earlier released a storybook version of how Aampe does personalization. You can read that version here.Here is a simplified version with an audio track: Thanks for watching!
Appthropology Episode 1 – Getting Featured in the App Store with Baptiste Malaguti (Kuri)

🎉🎙 The Appthropology Podcast is LIVE!!! 🎧🎉 Each week, Paul Meinshausen and James Laurain chat with the people behind the most awesome mobile apps in the market to understand the biggest lessons they’ve learned on their mission to bring value to people through their apps, and dive into the interesting stories and insights about how […]
Reinforcement learning is about to eat A/B testing for lunch

Imagine you walk into an ice cream shop that only has one flavor. “Where’s the cookie dough?” You ask. “I’m sorry,” responds the shopkeeper. “We ran a test and found that 62% of our customers preferred chocolate to vanilla, so we implemented chocolate across the board.” “Maybe we’ll test chocolate vs. cookie dough next month.” […]
Sending more messages isn’t the key to driving revenue. This is.

It’s like clockwork: When times get tough, companies send more messages. Promotions. Sales. Discounts. Offers. Whatever you want to call them, they all start hitting users’ email boxes, phone screens, and even mailboxes in a desperate attempt to drive more sales. The latest data from Omnisend showed that the number of promotional SMS […]
Is optimized messaging really worth it?

So someone like Jim Laurain drops into your DMs. You already follow all the industry best practices, but Jim says there’s a better way. Well, yeah, there’s always room for improvement. Everyone knows that. The real question is: how much upside can you potentially see from making your messaging better? This can be a hard […]