Andreas S. Weigend, Ph.D. speaks with Mark Choey of SF New Developments (http://www.sfnewdevelopments.com/) at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

Andreas Weigend is a former Chief Scientist at Amazon.com and the author of over 100 scientific papers on the application of machine learning techniques to finance and business problems.

Mark Choey is founder of SF New Developments, where he provides resources for his clients to navigate the booming San Francisco residential new development landscape. Mark has deep knowledge in the condo and loft buildings in the SOMA, South Beach, Rincon Hill, Mission Bay areas and constantly monitors the market for the latest deals and the newest developments for his clients. As such Marks deep understanding of the market gives him a great sense of how to optimally position buyers and sellers to get what they are looking for, namely, the best deal possible.

Video filmed and produced by Shaun Tai.

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Ted Shelton is currently CEO of The Conversation Group. Ted has spent the past 20 years working in the high tech industry, as a software developer and executive in both public and privately held companies. Prior roles include Chief Strategy Officer of Borland Software and Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for WhoWhere.

Nobody likes being interrupted by irrelevant marketing messages. In this 7-minute conversation after class at Haas, Ted Shelton and Andreas Weigend discuss how sharing data leads to higher expectations towards relevance and serendipity.

Video filmed and produced by Shaun Tai.

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