Hilary Mason

A good scientist can understand the current state of a field, pick interesting questions where a success will actually lead to useful…

— Hilary Mason

To gain the competitive edge, companies must master the ability to innovate.

— Hilary Mason

Teaching someone to program is like giving them a superpower.

— Hilary Mason

Data science is the combination of analytics and the development of new algorithms.

— Hilary Mason

I wish I'd known more about how to build a startup when I was younger.

— Hilary Mason

I'm a huge fan of the liberal arts approach of teaching you to think, analyze, and communicate, then sending you out into…

— Hilary Mason

My attention is the most valuable resource I have. I can protect it with an information diet.

— Hilary Mason

It's easy to find people who can make pretty pictures, and it's easy to find people who can do math. But it's…

— Hilary Mason

I think e-mail should be sorted by importance, not by time.

— Hilary Mason

In tech entrepreneurship, even a lot of hack events tend to be overly commercial in that they're designed to produce companies.

— Hilary Mason

I think of 'data science' as a flag that was planted at the intersection of several different disciplines that have not always…

— Hilary Mason

I grew up as a computer scientist, and I've always been fascinated by algorithms.

— Hilary Mason

I believe there are a lot of inefficiencies in the way technical innovation happens.

— Hilary Mason

A lot of people seem to think that data science is just a process of adding up a bunch of data and…

— Hilary Mason

I hope that, in the future, data is used to empower people and not just for marketing purposes.

— Hilary Mason

You really need to have a lot of empathy for the work you're doing and the people who you're ultimately trying to…

— Hilary Mason

I don't actually, as a general policy, block any sort of cookies. I keep them all turned on, and that's because I'm…

— Hilary Mason

Deep learning allows you to create predictive models at a level of quality and sophistication that was previously out of reach. And…

— Hilary Mason

It turns out it's important to build a product and not just a bunch of data models.

— Hilary Mason

As your competitors learn more, you'll need to learn, too.

— Hilary Mason

Everyone likes taking their own photos and seeing themselves reflected back.

— Hilary Mason

In some ways, chocolate chip cookie recipes are my favorite algorithms. You put a bunch of bad-for-you stuff in a bowl and…

— Hilary Mason

Value experiences by how much you're learning, and if you're aren't learning, move on.

— Hilary Mason

It's a huge competitive advantage to see in real time what's happening with your data.

— Hilary Mason

I'm really curious about people - what their desires and interests are - and bit.ly's data tell me that. It gives me…

— Hilary Mason