{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67d119d61842c480a19b96bf/69b9ff56073190d04aaf9f23?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Can Founders Really Trust Data? AI, Web3 and Better Decision-Making [DATA FOR FOUNDERS]","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67d119d61842c480a19b96bf/1773799911042-9b92884a-e4ad-4e1d-b8cd-037afcc30684.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Data is supposed to help founders make better decisions. But how much of it is actually reliable?</p><p><br></p><p>And what happens when the data looks solid but the assumptions behind it aren’t?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of <strong>Asian Business Owners</strong>, I sit down with <strong>Tamir Abdel-Wahab</strong>, co-founder of <strong>Preferences AI</strong>, to talk about how founders can use data more critically, what most companies still get wrong about market research and why AI and Web3 may change the way businesses understand customers.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about:</p><ul><li>Why many companies still make decisions based more on instinct than real data</li><li>How bias, incentives and blind spots affect market research</li><li>Why traditional market research is dead</li><li>How AI tools can help founders understand customers faster</li><li>What Web3 really means beyond the buzzwords and why it overpromised</li><li>The keys for founders to think more clearly about data, ownership and decision-making</li></ul><p><br></p><p>✅ Get your <a href=\"https://forms.gle/BdYBCTsg9f3uitdL7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">free day pass</a> at Garage Society!</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>(00:00)&nbsp;Welcome to Asian Business Owners</p><p>(00:54)&nbsp;Behind-the-scenes: Family Legacy and Values</p><p>(02:49)&nbsp;Behind-the-scenes: When to Have Kids As a Founder</p><p>(04:00)&nbsp;Behind-the-scenes: Always On Founder Mindset</p><p>(05:01)&nbsp;Meet Tamir and Preferences AI</p><p>(07:19)&nbsp;Data Bias and Confirmation</p><p>(10:59)&nbsp;Market Research Is Dead</p><p>(12:33)&nbsp;Digital Twins and Simulations</p><p>(15:31)&nbsp;Memory Layers Explained</p><p>(19:28)&nbsp;Philosophy of Prediction</p><p>(24:25)&nbsp;Trust and Data Quality</p><p>(26:21)&nbsp;Web3 for Verifiable Responses</p><p>(27:15)&nbsp;Enriching User Data</p><p>(28:11)&nbsp;Training the Digital Twin</p><p>(29:06)&nbsp;Tamir's Story: From Finance to Web3</p><p>(33:08)&nbsp;Web3 Explained Simply</p><p>(35:37)&nbsp;Web3 Hype vs Reality</p><p>(40:09)&nbsp;Data Ownership Incentives</p><p>(41:03)&nbsp;Next Two Years in AI</p><p>(42:53)&nbsp;Autonomous Agents and Safety</p><p>(45:30)&nbsp;Choosing Trusted Tools</p><p>(47:16)&nbsp;Founder Lessons From Tamir</p><p>(50:49)&nbsp;Outro</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>✅ Get your <a href=\"https://forms.gle/BdYBCTsg9f3uitdL7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">free day pass</a> at Garage Society!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>👉 To find out more:</strong></p><p>Tamir on <a href=\" ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamirabdelwahab/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p>Preferences AI <a href=\"https://www.preferencesai.io/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website</a></p><p>Preferences AI on <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/prefencesai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>To follow my journey:</strong></p><p><strong>💬 </strong><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/abo.pod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">abo.pod</a></p><p>📲 Find me on<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmen-salameh-705059b1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p>🎧 Subscribe to Asian Business Owners wherever you listen to it!</p>","author_name":"Carmen Salameh"}