Comment by roybahat

Hey... I run Bloomberg Beta. I think that creating a self-fulfilling prophecy is absolutely a dynamic here. Our goal wasn't to succeed at predicting so much as it is to get to know great people before they start companies. If that action induces them to start companies, and they have a great experience doing it, but our prediction's accuracy is compromised -- that's fine. We're using data as a tool to make things better, not for its predictive value in and of itself.