Data Operations

Posts about data operations, analytics, and organizational data management

189 posts

What is Data Operations and why should I care?

How do you define the world of Data Operations or more broadly, the importance of data in a revenue organization? Most people start by looking at the data points itself (e.g. data quality), then the coordination of data between teams (e.g. data compliance…

You need data unification

Photo by Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash You’re probably familiar with the idea of a network effect, aka Metcalfe’s law. from If not, it’s the idea of conforming to a standard to increase utility. For…

Multiplayer spreadsheets are awful

Photo by Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash Photo by Susan Q Yin on Unsplash Spreadsheets are excellent for certain tasks. They are a great way to create a model for what happens with changing data, display a visualization of information that’s…

Product Expectations = Customer Experience

James Brown @ancient_james Very happy about this. 2:42 AM ∙ Jun 7, 2022 84,707Likes13,737Retweets One way to learn about product-led growth is to observe it in the wild. What do people do when they get real-world cues during a product…

A Roadmap is a marathon

If you’ve managed a product, you’ve probably heard this a few times: “where is that feature on the roadmap?” Depending upon the context of the question, your teammate or customer or boss might be asking when the product will have…

Building a better PLG Demo

Subscribe now to join smart, curious folks who get the Data Ops 📊 newsletter Photo by Lukasz Grudzien on Unsplash Introducing buyers to enterprise software is a tricky business. Often, you will encounter prospects that are interested in some aspects…

Finding the right level of detail

Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash If you’ve spent time explaining technical concepts to a prospect (or perhaps a fellow member of a product or engineering team), you’ve had the experience of getting a…

Designing for a better PLG interaction

Subscribe now to join smart, curious folks who get the Data Ops 📊 newsletter Steve Blank has famously written that “no business plan survives first contact with customers.” Said another way, when prospects and customers arrive at a PLG (product-led…