Using inversion strategy, I designed and developed a data profit center in the world's largest electronics components distributor.

1. Presented by Eliot Arnold
September 2022
How I Built a
Data Profit Center

2. WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO COVER TODAY
From Fortune 500 to entrepreneur
Data Rich, Innovation Poor
Inversion Strategy
Productizing Data Assets
Action Plan

3. FROM FORTUNE 500 TO
ENTREPRENEUR
3X Founder
• Advanced Military Technology
• Analytics
• Conversational Interfaces
• Ambient Intelligence

4. DATA RICH,
INNOVATION POOR
Massive data volume +
immature capabilities =
OPPORUNITY

5. INVERSION STRATEGY
“All I want to know is
where I’m going to die,
so I’ll never go there.”
- Charlie Munger

6. WAYS I BROUGHT DATA TO MARKET
INFORMATIONALIZE
EXPLOIT
ASYMMETRIES INFOMEDIATE
Have you read Thomas Davenport or Thomas Redman?

7. When you are back
in the Office
Detail ways innovation is
avoided and use process to
uncover potential ideas
NEXT STEPS
Next 30 Days
Prioritize a project that will
test your inversion
strategy. Document scope,
direct and indirect
monetization factors,
value proposition
Next 60 Days
Develop prototype, find
early adopters and gain
commitments

8. Get in Touch
Eliotarnold@gmail.com
Phone: 720-412-6830