About this episode

In this episode, Carmen Salameh discusses with Tamir Abdel-Wahab the critical use of data in decision-making for founders, exploring the impact of AI and Web3 on market research.

Data is supposed to help founders make better decisions. But how much of it is actually reliable? And what happens when the data looks solid but the assumptions behind it aren’t? In this episode of Asian Business Owners , I sit down with Tamir Abdel-Wahab , co-founder of Preferences AI , to talk about how founders can use data more critically, what most companies still get wrong about market research and why AI and Web3 may change the way businesses understand customers. We talk about: Why many companies still make decisions based more on instinct than real data How bias, incentives and blind spots affect market research Why traditional market research is dead How AI tools can help founders understand customers faster What Web3 really means beyond the buzzwords and why it overpromised The keys for founders to think more clearly about data, ownership and decision-making ✅ Get your free day pass at Garage Society! Timestamps: (00:00) Welcome to Asian Business Owners (00:54) Behind-the-scenes: Family Legacy and Values (02:49) Behind-the-scenes: When to Have Kids As a Founder (04:00) Behind-the-scenes: Always On Founder Mindset (05:01) Meet Tamir and…

People in this episode

Host: Carmen Salameh

Guest: Tamir Abdel-Wahab

Topics covered

• data reliability
• market research
• AI
• Web3
• decision-making
• founders

Keywords

• data
• founders
• market research
• AI
• Web3
• decision-making
• bias
• customer understanding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Preferences AI

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