As per the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 800,000 people die every year from suicides. For each suicide that reaches it’s intended conclusion, there are 20 additional attempts that fail. For this reason, suicide prevention has been identified as a primary health objective by major health organizations, spearheaded by the World Health Organization. The most recent openly downloadable data on global suicide rates by core demographic strata (gender, age) goes back to 2016, although various websites and organizations employ estimation techniques to ascertain suicide rates for the years that followed. The data inputs used in this project can be accessed...
The Instagram Marketing Mix: Mastering The Social Media Platform
Sometime two or three years ago, Instagram became the new King. It has ruled with diligence and pride, and only now do we see another competitor in it’s midst. Rest assured, TikTok is not going to kill off Instagram. Just like Instagram didn’t end Facebook. These are different platforms for different purposes. And each happens to be more popular with certain demographics and business types. When I write about Insta being crowned the King, it doesn’t imply that it’s numbers exceeded it’s sisters concern Facebook. What it does mean, however, is that the focus of the industry shifted towards Insta...
Is DataQuest the best self-learning platform for Data Science?
If you are an absolute beginner, DataQuest just might be the best way to learn data science. That’s the conclusion I reached after months of using their online platform. I have to admit, it’s quite a claim. There are obvious alternatives like DataCamp – the online market leader, MOOCs offered by major universities as well as conventional tech programs offered by universities. After all, you really aren’t going to rate an average DataCamp certificate holder against a Stanford Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Data Engineering. But then again, whether you are a data science enthusiast or an employer, you really...
Stick To Your Niche: Why Content Focus Is Critical
Diversification is great. That is, provided that you have the resources. It makes little sense to diversify your stock portfolio with $1000 in hand. Firstly, you won’t be minimizing risk through diversification. The extra transactional costs will result in immediate inefficiencies when you scale them against the returns. Secondly, you miss out on the benefits of concentration e.g. ability to sell off quickly and conveniently. Billionaire (or even millionaires) investors, on the other hand, would do well to diversify. The same holds true for the companies they run. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has taken diversification to the next...
How Running Your Own Blog or Podcast Is The Perfect First Startup
2020 has been a tough year for fresh graduates, the unemployed, and the work market as a whole. It’s tough getting a job: the U.S. economy saw it’s the worst contraction on record in the 2nd quarter of 2020. So if you’re not too optimistic about your work prospects in the near future, you’re not alone. With things looking rather bleak until 2022 at least, I thought it would be a good time to redirect your energies to a potential undertaking that – at best, can make you a successful self-made businessman, and at worst – teach you so much...