"Why would you want to start a data-driven startup?" In our case (http://timetric.com http://timetric.com) - it was at least in part due to having spent severa

"Why would you want to start a data-driven startup?" In our case (http://timetric.com http://timetric.com) - it was at least in part due to having spent several years beavering away trying to build products for the management of scientific data, before discovering that outside of science: a) there's lots of other interesting data can benefit from better management b) people will pay for it :-) The article's a very good overview of lots of the issues we've faced in building a business around data.