Faisal Chaudry | Talent Rank

DEC 2013 — OCT 2016

CO-FOUNDER + PRODUCT DESIGNER

From Market Prediction to Talent Discovery

INITIAL MOONSHOT

We applied crowd wisdom theory to beat Wall Street at their own game.

Our breakthrough came from realising you don't need massive crowds - just diverse ones.

This insight let us unlock collective intelligence with small, carefully selected groups of analysts.

We applied crowd wisdom theory to beat Wall Street at their own game.

Our breakthrough came from realising you don't need massive crowds - just diverse ones.

This insight let us unlock collective intelligence with small, carefully selected groups of analysts.

“The Pitch” as part of the Microsoft Accelerator Cohort at London’s KoKo, presented by my co-founder Arjun Hassard.

"We absolutely killed the analyst consensus - our forecast made the Financial Times front page with our predictions landing exactly where we said they would."

SYSTEM DESIGN

We created an ecosystem where complex financial analysis felt intuitive.

From real-time market data integration to collaborative forecasting, every touchpoint was designed to reduce cognitive load while maintaining analytical rigour.

We created an ecosystem where complex financial analysis felt intuitive.

From real-time market data integration to collaborative forecasting, every touchpoint was designed to reduce cognitive load while maintaining analytical rigour.

The Myriada Web Interface. A brand new prediction input and visual language was defined.

Myriada's iOS app home screen.

The Myriada iOS app task view

Version 3 of the Myriada iOS app interface was granted a patent.

"Taking 100 collective-driven market positions, we achieved a 22.5% annualised return versus the average hedge fund return of 1.69% over the same period."

STRATIGIC PIVOT

Data patterns revealed an unexpected insight: we could identify exceptional analytical talent by studying how people made predictions, not just what they predicted.

Our methodology of measuring diverse thinking patterns led to reimagining the entire product strategy.

The Talent Rank web interface.

"We managed to do this with a small group of amateurs which means what we've unlocked here is the wisdom of the crowds but without the need for a crowd."

IMPACT

Selected for Microsoft Accelerator, Level39's fintech hub and MassChallenge silver winners, our evolution into TalentRank was adopted by Goldman Sachs and Imperial College, transforming how financial institutions identify analytical talent.

"If you can design one thing, you can design everything."

— Massimo Vignelli