When evaluating the competitive advantage of a data-based analytics business, three important questions come to mind: 1) Is the data proprietary? 2) Are the insights from the data critical? and 3) Does the data fuel a product feedback loop? Verisk began its operations in 1971 as Insurance Services Offices (ISO), a non-profit enterprise started by P&C […]
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[WIX] Wix.com
[scuttlebit] Wix at the AI Crossroads
March 6, 2026
What are scuttlebits? Wix was conceived to democratize the creation of websites at a time [...]
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Continue reading →[SPGI] S&P Global
S&P, Moody’s, and the limits of AI disruption: Part 1
March 3, 2026
(Part 1 concerns S&P Global; Part 2 will be published next week and discusses Moody’s) [...]
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Continue reading →[VEEV] Veeva Systems
Veeva, AI, and regulated workflows
February 23, 2026
I recently recorded my annual podcast interview with @LibertyRPF, where I offer some thoughts on [...]
Continue reading →[POOL] Pool Corp.
How Pool stacks up to Watsco
February 13, 2026
MBI and I recorded an episode of Never Sell recently (Big Tech Earnings) (Spotify, Apple, YouTube, RSS feed) Having just written [...]
Continue reading →[RELY] Remitly
Remitly looks interesting
February 4, 2026
It may not be entirely fair to think of Wise as “cross-border transfers for yuppies”, [...]
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