Update: A few people reached out asking me to re-run this analysis for Ms. Swift’s latest album, Lover. I did and was somewhat surprised to see that the alcohol references weren’t a passing phase. I followed the same methodology as I did for the below, but this time put the data into Tableau Public for […]
Author: Joe Hovde
Want to Get Into VC? Go to Stanford, Study Engineering, and be Named David
I have a bad habit of reading successful people’s bios. Be it on LinkedIn, Twitter, VC Websites…there’s something about the concentrated shot of prestige I find addictive. Stanford! McKinsey! HBS! Sequoia Capital! Spending time with my kids! It’s enough to make you sick. In that vein, I decided to analyze a bunch of VCs’ bios […]
WeWork’s Future is in Enterprise Services
WeWork is a fun company to analyze. Its valuation is huge, its business model is changing fast, and it has a charismatic, audacious CEO. It’s flush with SoftBank cash and has deployed it in some interesting ways. It also epitomizes the divisive stereotype of the yuppie / techie / millennial that inspires both mockery and admiration, […]
Topic Analysis of Tim Ferriss’ Podcast Using Rvest
March 28, 2018 Text Analysis of Tim Ferriss Podcast Episodes Using R I recently came across a great respository of transcripts from Tim Ferriss’ podcast, courtesy of transcripts.io. I don’t actually listen to Ferriss’ podcast (too heavily monetized for my taste), but I know that many do and he gets great guests. I thought I’d […]
The Numbers Behind MoviePass and Why It’s (Probably) Doomed
Update: Based on a recent filing discussed in this article, it appears that MoviePass’ parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, is losing roughly $20mm a month. The company’s auditor included a statement of concern that it could continue operations while burning through so much cash, and it is scrambling to raise more money. The company’s leadership […]
Most-Recommended Books from Top VCs
The books the top venture capitalists and entrepreneurs most recommend All data come from the many, many interviews Harry Stebbings has conducted for The Twenty Minute VC. On the off chance you haven’t heard of it, it’s an incredible resource for learning about tech and venture capital, and features the best VCs and entrepreneurs in […]
Analyzing Facebook Messages in R
Facebook Profile Data Analysis It’s fun to see data about yourself. So upon learning that you can download all of your facebook data, I think it’s natural to want to analyze it. Facebook makes it quite easy to download all of your data, but analyzing it is harder. You get a .zip file with a […]