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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

Media Query Source: Part 36 - Connecticut Innovations (US state venture capital newsletter); My recommended book for entrepreneurs

The responses I provided to a media outlet on February 20, 2022: Media: Best business books for leaders. Media: Entrepreneurs are short on time. If you could recommend one business book that should be on every entrepreneur's must-read list, what would it be and why do you recommend

New Book Review: "Do Something for Nothing"

New book review for Do Something for Nothing: Seeing Beneath the Surface of Homelessness, through the Simple Act of a Haircut, by Joshua Coombes, Akashic Books, 2021: Copy provided by Amazon. The subtitle to this book provides a great summary for what this book is all about, albeit from a

Media Query Source: Part 35 - CMSWire (US digital magazine); Synthetic data & its usage in the workplace

The responses I provided to a media outlet on February 9, 2022: Media: What is Synthetic data and does it have a digital workplace use? Gfesser: Synthetic data is a type of test data that is intended to reflect the statistical properties of real production data. Because of this, synthetic

Community Comment: Part 13 - No direct competition exists between Java & Python

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Programming Jokes / IT Humor & Memes Group: python or java ?? Gfesser: Just because both Java and Python are general purpose languages doesn't mean there's a battle between them. In my opinion, there's no

Community Comment: Part 12 - Now that all companies are software companies, people who like data and use code are more common

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Chief Consulting Officer at Investment Management Firm: I've come to the conclusion that the working world is roughly split into two groups… 1. People who like pictures and use powerpoint 2. People who like numbers and use

Media Query Source: Part 34 - MSDynamicsWorld (US digital magazine); Azure Data Box is counterpart to AWS Snow product family

The responses I provided to a media outlet on January 27, 2022: Media: What are the biggest gaps in Data Box capabilities, if any? Gfesser: The Azure Data Box family of products is essentially used to get data into Azure, focusing on storage optimized hardware. In contrast, the AWS Snow

New Book Review: "The Success Trail"

New book review for The Success Trail: Learn to Win with a Marathon Runner's Mindset, by Jack Perconte, Second Base Publishing, 2021: Copy provided by author Jack Perconte (former professional baseball player). As a lifelong runner, I've read many running books over the years, and this

New Book Review: "The First 90 Days"

New book review for The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, by Michael D. Watkins, Harvard Business Review Press, 2013: Copy provided by Deloitte. The introduction provided by Benton actually offers a realistic look at what is offered in the rest of the

Past Book Review (December 30, 2020): "Still Running"

New book review for Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion, by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Shambhala, 2020: Copy provided by Amazon. In her introduction to this book, Goddard discusses the concept of "zazen", seated meditation, as the main path to liberation in Buddhism, and then quickly follows

Past Book Review (November 28, 2020): "Running with Joy"

New book review for Running with Joy: My Daily Journey to the Marathon, by Ryan Hall, Harvest House Publishers, 2011: This memoir by Ryan Hall (American half-marathon record holder, fastest American-born marathoner, and fastest Boston Marathon runner as of 2011) provides a fascinating, daily running log that as a lifelong