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VCs to data startups: Your fancy tool is not a product, it’s just nerdy

May 21, 2014 /

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Data nerds might be incredibly good at creating fancy data models and tools, but if they want to take those skills and create a company, they need to make sure they build an actual product that actual people want to use, says Scott Rainey, a partner at Redpoint Ventures.

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