There’s no cookie-cutter way to choose metrics that will work for all startups. In fact, what the history shows us is that everybody who’s tried to come up with a better metrics framework has made progress but has ultimately failed…
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As an analyst, you probably spend a lot of your time creating dashboards and other reports to help your teams and Top Brass track metrics. And you probably spend at least some of this time grinding your teeth, because you…
Continue reading KPIs, OKRs, OMTM: The History of Modern Metrics & Why It Matters for Analysts
You know the drill: Sometime in mid-December, a tsunami of planning will crash into your company as teams frantically scramble to figure out their initiatives and KPIs for next year. And as they scramble, every single one of them will…
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You nailed your proof of concept project. Your initial group of users are happy, and they’re getting comfortable mining the first batch of data for insights that may actually have an impact on your company’s bottom line.The Higher Ups are…
Trying to transform your business into a data-driven powerhouse can feel overwhelming. Even if you’ve got amazing self-service tools, helping your team become comfortable and skilled at using them is no joke.That’s why smart data analysts don’t go it alone—they…
In an ideal world, when you create an amazing plan to build a world-class data stack, your coworkers’ minds would be blown, your company’s CEO would thank you for your brilliance, and you’d start on your new datafantastic adventure.In the…
Continue reading How to Get High-Level Buy-In for Your Data Warehouse Project
The first iteration of your shiny new data warehouse is up and running, and folks are loving it. For example, Marketing is thrilled at how easy it is to pull up the data that used to eat up their time…
Continue reading What Is a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) and Why Do You Need One?
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” sang Andy Williams about the Christmas season, but a “wonderful time” might not be how analysts working in e-commerce and retail see the incredibly busy and stressful season. According to the National Retail…
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You’ve spent a bunch of time figuring out the best data stack for your company. It was hard work, and occasionally it was frustrating, but mostly it was fun. Now for the un-fun part of the process: putting together a proposal…
There’s nothing more aggravating for a data analyst than sweating over a great analysis or dashboard only to have it go unused.It’s easy to feel that the problem is your (ungrateful) users. Most of the time, it isn’t.The real issue…
Continue reading Why Data Analysts Should Adopt a Product Mindset
Every week, analysts around the globe are working hard to create data warehouses.And far too often, most of their effort is wasted.Why? Because it’s easy to create the right solution for the wrong problem.If you build a data warehouse that’s…
Continue reading Analyzing Business Needs: The First Step in Your Data Warehouse Project
Implementing modern data management best practices can optimize voluminous amounts of disparate data. This facilitates insights by embracing full transparency across your data lifecycle, allowing seamless extraction of the most useful data, all at the speed of business.This is part…
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