How to Build a Machine Learning Team When You Are Not Google or Facebook

By Lukas Biewald, Founder, Weights and Biases; Founder, Figure Eight (formerly known as CrowdFlower). Lately, friends at companies of all sizes and industries have been asking me the same question, "How do I apply machine learning to my business?" These folks know enough to have a sense of good use cases for machine learning. Where everyone gets stuck is actually making it work, hiring people, and making them successful. I'll outline my three main approaches depending on the size of your business.