Silverpeak co-hosts Leadership dinner for data-rich businesses

On the evening of 5^th July, Spectrum, the technology sector executive search firm, Silverpeak, the mid-market tech-focused corporate finance advisor and Squire Patton Boggs the global law firm, co-hosted a Data Leadership Dinner.

We brought together 15 senior executives for a ‘Chatham House rule’ discussion on data businesses during a private dinner in Central London.

The key points of debate and discussion were:

• What makes a business a data business?
• The origins of businesses that are now data businesses – what problem is being solved
• What is the value of data?
• The role of AI
• The necessity for data to deliver actionable insights
• The 3 layers of data
• The role of the edge to cut out noise
• The residual value of data
• How data businesses are valued, and the challenges associated with valuing data businesses – including data ownership