Summary of The Business of Big Data Workshop

I just attended The Business of Big Data workshop which was organized by General Assembly in the Flatiron district of Manhattan.  * GA told me not to attend because the event had sold out but luckily they let it slide when I showed up at the beginning of the presentation (how could they turn away another $20?).  The presentation was by Ben Siscovick and Andrew Cove of IA Ventures which is a dedicated Big Data venture fund located in NYC.  Here is a summary of my notes from the event which was interrupted three times by a faulty smoke alarm: