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Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning

Los Angeles, CA

Looking for advice on data strategy or data science? I would love to speak with you.

I am a VP of Data Science with 15+ years experience helping businesses improve products and achieve growth using data science. I have used data science to solve problems in online marketing, e-commerce, SaaS and other domains. I help individuals and businesses understand data science and develop a wining strategy using data.

Reviews from previous callers testify that they got more than they hoped for. If you schedule a call and are not satisfied at the end of the call, I will happily refund the full amount.

$3.33/min

39 Calls

20 Reviews

31 minutes
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Growth Hacking Startup Consulting Big Data A/B Testing Data Science Machine Learning Growth Strategies Data Mining Internet of Things Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

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Data Science for Businesses

Data Science consultation based on years of experience. Use data to establish your business as an industry leader. Advice and implementation details on using data to help you achieve growth by attracting and engaging customers, improve products and processes and identify opportunities otherwise unclear.

I do these calls because applied data science is my passion.

What Is Data Science?

Data Science adoption has exploded in the past few years. Despite the growing popularity, very few people clearly understand what data science is and how it can empower organizations.

I have given this talk at different forums to receive a very good response. If you are in the process of adopting data science or building a team of data scientist but do not clearly understand what data science is, I can help. Plus, one-on-one nature of the call will allow us to discuss your specific context and answer your specific questions.

How to Be a Data Scientist

Data Science will continue to be a rewarding career for at atleast another decade. Having selected data science as a career path well before data science became the mainstream, I can help you create a plan to become a data scientist whether you are just about to start a career path or planning to switch career to data science.

Los Angeles Data Scientist

I am a Los Angeles based Data Scientist. If you have a Data Science related problem that you would like to discuss, I would love to talk.

A/B Testing ( a B Testing ) Content Optimization

Getting traffic and leads for your business is a difficult task and organizations spend a lot of effort and money in doing so. However, a lot many of them fail to improve their processes to convert traffic and leads into sales. If you are looking to improve your current conversion funnel (emails, landing pages, website content) using A/B testing, I would love to talk to you.

Curious why I have (A B Testing) in the title?

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Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

What are the best traits to look for in a data scientist/data analyst?

Knowledge (of algorithms, statistics, fundamental principles), Creativity (in solving problems) and Experience (in wrangling data, writing code). Different people different combinations of these so you will have to trade-off.

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Data Science

Data Analysis

Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

Can you use Twillio as a smart routing business phone solution?

Yes, exactly what Twilio is capable of. If you need it for just your business, this can be done using simple scripts. Routing is actually the easy part. Voicemails are a bit more involved but they have you covered: https://www.twilio.com/docs/howto/voicemail

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Sales Operations

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Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

How do founders find the right investors when it comes time to find investment?

This has been discussed many times before and rather than repeating a lot of those things here, I will direct you to one of the best resources on this topic.

Clarity CEO Dan Martel recently released a video "Raising Capital Like a Pro" that covers most things you need to know about fund raising. Here is the link: http://youtu.be/7dew9hhWBB4

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angel investing

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Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

We are looking for a software solution that can help us track associates sales for a referral program .

Have you thought about handing out coupons to these partners with unique Coupon Codes for each partner? While your barcode idea is similar, the coupon could motivate prospective customers to value the referral even more.

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Mobile applications

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Entrepreneurship

Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

How did Clarity get initial traction?

Dan asked experts in his network to donate 1 hour of their expertise to help others as his birthday gift. Thats how Clarity was born!

Clarity CEO Dan Martel explains this in his blog post "From a Birthday Wish to $1.6M in funding" http://www.danmartell.com/clarity-from-a-birthday-wish-to-1-6m-in-funding/

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Growth Strategies

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Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

I'm starting a new startup with a cofounder. Do I need to also create a shareholders agreement or is a company constitution enough?

If you are just getting started, you need to get the founders agreement signed. Here is a sample template: https://www.docracy.com/6348/founders-agreement-template

If you are incorporating your company, I strongly suggest you review this write up: http://startuplawyer.com/startup-issues/if-i-launched-a-startup

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Corporate Law

Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

What is the best tool to visualize different types of data? I have all the info on my website but need a nice tool to visualize it.

I see two important players missing in the answers already provided so I wanted to add them here.

If you are planing to embed charts in your website and are fairly comfortable with programming, consider d3.js which is a very versatile visualization tool.

If you need to analyze data and create interactive dashboard to visualize the data that you have using minimum programming, consider Tableau which has both server and desktop editions.

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Web Analytics

Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

A super niche product on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1Cg64at - how'd you get free traffic & growhack strategies? Few big media gave up on us last min.

The product looks interesting. Have you tried posting it to gaming forums? Reddit? If not, I would start there.

I would suggest you to reach out to bloggers that cover gaming and technology.

One thing I noted is that your entry level backing starts at $45. It helps to have lower level backing so that your campaign trends higher in Kickstarter.

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Growth Hacking

Marketing Strategy

Crowdfunding

Shishir Bashyal - Data Science and Machine Learning answered

How can I assess the value of my data assets?

If I understood it correctly, you certainly have collected some useful data that can be valuable.

Organizations like Kelly Blue Book, J.D. Power and Associates and Consumer Reports are possible buyers.

Another thing that comes to mind is creating a consumer website where prospective car buyers can research which make and model are better from the cost of ownership perspective.

Same applies to people looking to buy new tires. Moneyball for tires?

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Reviews

Great, practical advice.

Jeffrey Katz Source: Clarity

Very very informative. Mr. Bashyal provided me with great insight into what is a data scientist and how to be a good data scientist. He is so very kind and wise. I also got good advice on job-seeking. I would like to talk to him again in the future.

Chang Shen Source: Clarity

Shishir offered a lot of insight and valuable knowledge, answering all of my questions and then some. I will definitely consider following up for more calls in the future.

Austin Roeshink Source: Clarity

Excellent initial call with Shishir. He helped me think of how to best structure a new data science and BI team for our startup and give me some great insights using references to different companies and different examples in the industry.

Sam Marks Source: Clarity

Did not answer any questions and was not helpful at all.

Boran Dedeoglu Source: Clarity

Shishir provided fantastic insights into data science as a career during our call. He also allowed me to share information about my own experiences and gave pertinent advice that was specific to my concerns. As a student looking to begin my career, this type of interaction is invaluable. Thanks again, Shashir.

Andrew Wetzel Source: Clarity

Shishir did an excellent job distilling our complicated problem into easy actionable items in a very short amount of time.

Kevin Day Source: Clarity

Shishir was great. He was able to explain a complex matter (AB testing for SaaS businesses) in a logical way and solve an issue we've been dealing with.

Dave Nevogt Source: Clarity

Shishir reached out to me on predictive analytics discussion forum by crafting a practical and insightful response to my inquiry. I was impressed with how thoughtful and personalized his advice was, and decided to extend our conversation via Clarity. Shishir has been a data scientist since before the position existed and I want to assure you that he can offer both the strong technical advice and entrepreneurial wisdom needed to drive business growth.

Thank you Shishir.

Cody Frehr Source: Clarity

I talk to a lot of experts here on Clarity and I must say that this call with Shishir was exceptional. He was already bursting with ideas! Highly recommended.

Uzair Gadit Source: Clarity

It was a great call. Shishir and I interacted before the call. Shishir came prepared for the agenda. During the call we discussed the specific type of monetization I was looking for and narrowed down the scope. Shishir followed up after the call with some additional suggestions for the specific monetization strategy.

Anand Karasi Source: Clarity

Member since January 2014