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Table stakes

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The bare minimum dressed up like a competitive edge.

Table stakes

Stuff you *have* to do just to be taken seriously, even though it adds zero excitement and lots of meetings. Basically the cover charge to play the data game. Everyone pretends it's strategic, but it's mostly just common sense with a press release.

"Data quality isn’t innovative—it’s table stakes, like having a pulse or not storing PII in plaintext."

Table stakes
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