Data Academy

Monetise your data

Short, sourced 3-minute guides to understand the value of your data, how to price it, and how to sell it safely.

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Is Your Data Worth Money?

The 7 Monetizable Data Assets

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The European data market exceeds €115 billion. Discover the 7 data families your SME can monetize — and which ones are dormant within your organization.

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What is a Dataset Worth?

4 Valuation Methods

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Cost, market, buyer value, future cash flows: depending on the method, the value of the same file can vary by a factor of 25. Learn how to cross-reference methods.

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How a Data Transaction Works

The Role of the Broker & the Deal Room

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From sourcing to delivery: the 8 steps of a structured data sale, and the 4 protections (mandate, NDA, license, escrow) that secure the deal.

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What you are entitled to sell

GDPR & Data Monetization

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Personal or not? Anonymous or pseudonymous? What legal basis for transfer? The 5-question checklist to monetize your data without GDPR risk.

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5 Mistakes That Drive Buyers Away

...and How to Fix Them

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Dirty data, zero documentation, unclear rights, arbitrary pricing, and unmanaged GDPR: the 5 anti-patterns that kill a sale — and their fixes.

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Your Expertise is Gold for AI

Expert Reasoning, the New Raw Material

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AI labs are no longer buying $3 images: they are paying experts (doctors, lawyers, engineers) to verbalize their reasoning. Yours has value too.

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Your workshop videos are worth a fortune

The scarcity of physical world data

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AI is critically lacking real-world manual gesture videos. If your business films or can film its gestures, you hold a nearly unobtainable data asset.

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Your rare language is missing for AI

The underrepresented language deficit

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AIs speak English. For underrepresented languages, dialects, and sign languages, data is scarce—and expensive to produce. Yours has value.

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Your Specialized Images Are Rare

The Visuals AI Can't Find Online

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Medical imaging, industrial defects, finely annotated biodiversity: these images do not exist on the open web. If your business produces them, you hold a rare asset.

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