I started North One because of the potential to help small business owners get their businesses up and running and do so in a way that doesn't cost them the rest of their lives when they're trying to manage the finances of the business. Data science is central to any company starting up these days but really to ours.
One of the biggest problems that we see in the market is that, you have banks which sit on reams of data — enormous amounts of data — and they've done very little with it. At North One, we want to change that by using data intelligently to serve small business owners better than traditional banks ever could.
The bootcamp gave me the vocabulary and the technical understanding I needed to lead conversations with my data team effectively. We learnt about the different data science platforms available, which allowed me to have a very informed conversation with my own team back home as to what was best for our needs. That kind of informed leadership makes a real difference when you're building a data-driven company.