Ask HN: Machine learning/Data startups
I'm a web developer working with Python and Django. Recently I've been playing with some ML toy problems and working through the Programming Collective Intelligence book in order to get an idea of the different possibilities available.
I realised there are a lot of different algorithms and a ton of different applications:
- Use social network data to identify users needs. - Predictive analysis(e.g. model future sales, cash-flows and expenses, packages volume...) - Find the best price of a product/service - Market analysis.
And many more...
As I am a begginer in this field, it's difficult to me to know how I should proceed in order to start a startup and make money with it. So I ask you if you have personal experience or know someone who's working in this kind of startups, what are you/they doing, how they began, how they decided in which kind of application to focus...
Right now I'm thinking of picking one or two topics, start playing with them and after a while see if I'm onto something or if I should look for other topics.
Thanks.