Benjamin Feifke

Husband, Father, Data Scientist, Creator
Founder and Principal @ 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇱

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@nicktrimmer Awesome.

[Steph from OpenVC @StephNass]

Do you agree:

The founding team (CEO + CTO) should be able to build the MVP, sell, and reach ramen profitability without external funding?

If you can't do this, you don't have a complete founding team.

(For software startups only)

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@zebulgar Where in Europe are you?

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@Sowndharkrishna @dakshgup Yeah but also money is a really nice thing to have.

Do it like Bezos and Zuck (forgot where I read this first): "Get wealthy, then get healthy, then get happy".

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

A client recently gave me some feedback, and it made me really reflect on how to build successful client relationships...

Here's what he told me: “With you, Ben, what I see is what I get. If you tell me something is going to take 10 hours, it takes 10 hours; if you tell me you can deliver something only by a certain date, you deliver that thing by that date.”

And it made me think... So much about being a good professional service provider is the same as being a good friend or person:

- Be punctual, and when you can’t be, let people know as far in advance as possible.

- Have integrity. Set reasonable expectations, and then meet or exceed those expectations.

- Be honest.

- Communicate optimistically—always give people the benefit of the doubt.

It's a lot easier than people think to start building a clientele. So if you want to start, then just start!

#entrepreneur #data #ai #ml #freelance #consulting #python

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@mikestrives Love it!

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Me: "Ugh, I hate working with date times. Time zones are especially so annoying!"

Google Calendar: "Do you want a separate start and end time zone for that event?"

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Sometimes I intentionally write poorly formated #python code so I can let @astral_sh #ruff work its magic.

Every time it formats my code in .2 seconds, it feels like a birthday present.

#Python #SoftwareDevelopment

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@d4m1n protobuf FTW

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@iamfra5er search

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Overheard in a #Boston coffee shop just now:

"I've been working at my current job for 4 years. Legally I have to give them just 2 weeks notice before I leave [to join your company], but I love my colleagues and they depend on me, so I'd want to give them 3".

#Berlin will never understand the hustle that this lack of a safety net can offer you. Labor laws drive labor culture.

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Is it just me, or did @joerogan and @lexfridman decide together to start saying "Steel Man" all the time on their episodes a few weeks ago?

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@jevon @Replit Scrolled through the comments and couldn’t find the answer… what’s the app? And congrats to you on raising such an industrious kid!

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@levelsio And it all could have been avoided if he hadn’t skipped leg day.

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[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

In case you missed it...

I had a great time with @ShawhinT and The Data Entrepreneurs yesterday discussing hourly vs project-based pricing for data consultants!

This workshop is a collection of some of my learnings as I've been building https://t.co/9JvUI1YbJu over the past few months, and it was a pleasure to hear from some other current and aspiring data consultants who had their own thoughts and experiences to share on the topic.

The recording is live on YouTube here: https://t.co/qi8Zh8oqeJ

Thanks to everyone who joined!

#dataentrepreneur #data #datascience #consulting #ai #machinelearning #pricing #freelancer #ml #python

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@shl Super astute, thanks for sharing.

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Looking forward to it @ShawhinT !

[Shaw Talebi @ShawhinT]

While many similarities exist between doing data work as a full-time employee and a freelancer, there is something essential to freelance work that FTEs never have to worry about—pricing.

This Thursday (Oct 31) at 10AM CST, @benfeifke will discuss the two major pricing models for data freelancers (Project-based and Hourly) and when each makes sense.

Ben is a senior data scientist turned data consultant running a boutique firm called Beyond Data Consulting.

Join us live and ask Ben your freelance questions!

👉 Register here: https://t.co/sD3OdG1VNP

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

@ShawhinT @cursor_ai @pycharm Yeppp it’s pretty nice 😎

[Benjamin Feifke @benfeifke]

Switched back from @cursor_ai to @pycharm . Sorry everyone.

[Marko Denic @denicmarko]

It's true.