# 5 Steps for Building Machine Learning Models for Business

DevFeed: [5 Steps for Building Machine Learning Models for Business](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-steps-for-building-machine-learning-models-for-business-1323.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/building-business-machine-learning-models>)

Author: Ali Wytsma

Published: 2021-08-25T17:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence.md>), [Model Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-development.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents five steps for approaching machine learning from a business perspective. It discusses deciding whether machine learning is appropriate for a product, prioritizing product validation and user feedback, establishing a strong data-collection strategy, and later using machine learning to improve and extend a proven product.

## Source excerpt

We share five steps on approaching machine learning from a business perspective that helped to build and scale our suite of machine learning products.