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Sharing Standardized Data to stop diseases like COVID-19
Sharing Standardized Data to stop diseases like COVID-19
By Derk Arts, MD PhD
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Making all medical research data reusable.
Making all medical research data reusable.
By Derk Arts, MD PhD
Contributions
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What are common scaling mistakes for start-ups, and how can Thought Leadership help?
This is often the beginning of the end. While you can get away with a big push on customer acquisition for a short while, a leaky bucket will always catch up to you. You will lose customers faster than you can bring them in. Always relentlessly prioritize listening to your customers. Get on calls, get the NPS data, do what it takes. One thing to keep in mind, specifically with SaaS, you can't please everyone. So focus on your ideal customer profile and optimize for them!
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What are common scaling mistakes for start-ups, and how can Thought Leadership help?
Start with WHY and then: Repetition, repetition, repetition. When you think you've explained something more than enough, you are just getting started. People will not be listening, may be on PTO, or just forget what you said. To keep everyone on the same page and moving in the same direction, everyone needs to be able to communicate the strategy and explain the WHY. Be consistent, and repeat!
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I think this is a major flex today. Thank Mattias Ängehov and Team!
I think this is a major flex today. Thank Mattias Ängehov and Team!
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Last week I hosted two dinners in my home in New York. A Leaders in Talent dinner and a CFO / procurement dinner. I am lucky that my wife Olya has…
Last week I hosted two dinners in my home in New York. A Leaders in Talent dinner and a CFO / procurement dinner. I am lucky that my wife Olya has…
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Experience & Education
Courses
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AMC: Advanced topics in clinical epidemiology
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AMC: Clinical Data Management
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AMC: Clinical epidemiology
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AMC: Practical biostatistics
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AMC: Statistical computing in R
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NIHES: Advanced topics in biostatistics
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NIHES: Advanced topics in decision making in medicine
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NIHES: Bayesian statistics
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NIHES: Cohort studies
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NIHES: Health economics
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NIHES: Logistic Regression
ESP66
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NIHES: Methods Health Services Research
ESP42
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NIHES: Methods of Public Health Research
ESP11
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NIHES: Methods of clinical research
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NIHES: Primary and secondary prevention research
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NIHES: Principles of epidemiologic data-analysis
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Honors & Awards
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NEJM Scholar
New England Journal of Medicine
Languages
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Dutch
Native or bilingual proficiency
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English
Full professional proficiency
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