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From Microsoft to Self-Driving Cars, Invention Springs From Data

True breakthroughs come from product insights

By Peter Reinhardt

August 21, 2016

In June, Microsoft bought LinkedIn, one of the largest acquisitions in the history of tech, and it boils down to one thing: data.

Peter Reinhardt
@reinpk is an aerospace engineer turned CEO and co-founder of Segment, a customer data platform.
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